MINUTES of PROCEEDINGS Parliamentary Year 5, No. 23

MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS

Parliamentary Year 5, No. 23 Session 4

Meeting of the Parliament

Wednesday 2 September 2015

Note: (DT) signifies a decision taken at Decision Time.

The meeting opened at 2.00 pm.

1. Portfolio Questions: Questions on Fair Work, Skills and Training and Social Justice, Communities and Pensioners’ Rights were answered by Cabinet Secretaries and Ministers.

2. Scottish Government’s Programme for Government 2015-16: The Parliament continued to debate the Scottish Government’s Programme for Government 2015- 16.

3. Business Motion: Joe FitzPatrick, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, moved S4M-14115—That the Parliament agrees the following programme of business—

Tuesday 8 September 2015

2.00 pm Time for Reflection followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by Topical Questions (if selected) followed by Scottish Government Debate: Progress in the Scottish Economy followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions

5.00 pm Decision Time

followed by Members’ Business

Wednesday 9 September 2015

2.00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions

2.00 pm Portfolio Questions Finance, Constitution and Economy followed by Scottish Labour Party Business followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions

5.00 pm Decision Time followed by Members’ Business

Thursday 10 September 2015

11.40 am Parliamentary Bureau Motions

11.40 am General Questions

12.00 pm First Minister’s Questions

12.30 pm Members’ Business

2.30 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions

2.30 pm Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee and Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee Debate: Internationalising Scottish Businesses followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions

5.00 pm Decision Time

Tuesday 15 September 2015

2.00 pm Time for Reflection followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by Topical Questions (if selected) followed by Scottish Government Business followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions

5.00 pm Decision Time followed by Members’ Business

Wednesday 16 September 2015

2.00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions

2.00 pm Portfolio Questions Justice and the Law Officers; Rural Affairs, Food and Environment followed by Scottish Government Business followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions

5.00 pm Decision Time followed by Members’ Business

Thursday 17 September 2015

11.40 am Parliamentary Bureau Motions

11.40 am General Questions

12.00 pm First Minister’s Questions

12.30 pm Members’ Business

2.30 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions

2.30 pm Stage 3 Proceedings: British Sign Language (Scotland) Bill followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions

5.00 pm Decision Time

The motion was agreed to.

4. Business Motions: Joe FitzPatrick, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, moved:

S4M-14047—That the Parliament agrees that consideration of the Footway Parking and Double Parking (Scotland) Bill at stage 1 be completed by 15 January 2016.

S4M-14049—That the Parliament agrees that consideration of the Higher Education Governance (Scotland) Bill at stage 1 be completed by 15 January 2016.

S4M-14050—That the Parliament agrees that consideration of the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill at stage 1 be completed by 18 December 2015.

S4M-14051—That the Parliament agrees that consideration of the Succession (Scotland) Bill at stage 1 be completed by 27 November 2015.

S4M-14098—That the Parliament agrees that consideration of the Education (Scotland) Bill at stage 1 be extended to 30 October 2015.

The motions were agreed to.

5. Referral of SSI: Joe FitzPatrick, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, moved S4M-14053—That the Parliament agrees that the Scottish Parliament (Disqualification) Order 2015 [draft] be considered by the Parliament.

The motion was agreed to (DT).

6. Committee Membership: Joe FitzPatrick, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, moved S4M-14112—That the Parliament agrees that—

Richard Baker be appointed to replace Margaret McCulloch as a member of the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee;

Malcolm Chisholm be appointed to replace Lewis Macdonald as a member of the Devolution (Further Powers) Committee;

John Pentland be appointed to replace Siobhan McMahon as a member of the Education and Culture Committee;

Drew Smith be appointed to replace Jayne Baxter as a member of the Equal Opportunities Committee;

Jackie Baillie be appointed to replace Malcolm Chisholm as a member of the Finance Committee;

Margaret McDougall be appointed to replace Jayne Baxter as a member of the Justice Committee;

Malcolm Chisholm be appointed to replace Dr Richard Simpson as a member of the Health and Sport Committee;

Siobhan McMahon be appointed to replace Mary Fee as a member of the Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee;

Jayne Baxter be appointed to replace Alex Rowley as a member of the Local Government and Regeneration Committee;

Dr Richard Simpson be appointed to replace Drew Smith as a member of the Public Audit Committee;

Michael McMahon be appointed to replace John Pentland as a member of the Public Petitions Committee;

Mary Fee be appointed to replace Margaret McDougall as a member of the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee;

Hugh Henry be appointed to replace Michael McMahon as a member of the Welfare Reform Committee;

Neil Findlay be appointed to replace Margaret McDougall as a member of the Welfare Reform Committee. The motion was agreed to (DT).

7. Substitution on Committees: Joe FitzPatrick, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, moved S4M-14054—That the Parliament agrees that Gavin Brown be appointed to replace John Lamont as the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party substitute on the Justice Committee.

The motion was agreed to (DT).

8. Substitution on Committees: Joe FitzPatrick, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, moved S4M-14113—That the Parliament agrees that—

Jayne Baxter be appointed to replace Malcolm Chisholm as the Scottish Labour Party substitute on the Health and Sport Committee;

Graeme Pearson be appointed to replace Hugh Henry as the Scottish Labour Party substitute on the Justice Committee;

Mark Griffin be appointed to replace John Pentland as the Scottish Labour Party substitute on the Public Audit Committee; and

John Pentland be appointed to replace Mark Griffin as the Scottish Labour Party substitute on the Public Petitions Committee.

The motion was agreed to (DT).

9. Establishment of Committee: Joe FitzPatrick, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, moved S4M-14114—That the Parliament shall establish a committee of the Parliament as follows:

Name of Committee: The National Galleries of Scotland Bill Committee.

Remit: To consider matters relating to the National Galleries of Scotland Bill.

Duration: Until the Bill is passed, falls or is withdrawn.

Number of members: 3.

Convenership: The Convener will be a member of the Scottish Labour Party and the Deputy Convener will be a member of the Scottish National Party.

Membership: Fiona McLeod, Anne McTaggart and Jean Urquhart.

The motion was agreed to (DT).

10. Decision Time: The Parliament took decisions on items 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 as noted above.

11. Fair Trade is the Goal for Gleniffer High School and Bala Sport: The Parliament debated S4M-13467 in the name of Neil Bibby—That the Parliament congratulates Gleniffer High School in Paisley on working with Bala Sport to become the social enterprise’s first member school in the UK; believes that the school is the first to invest in the community benefit society and to buy a small amount of shares, meaning that it will have a say in how Bala Sport is run; considers that the commitment by pupils and teachers to use Fairtrade footballs reflects a desire to promote fairness in the sports equipment industry and is a credit not only to the school but to the community; understands that, while currently less than a quarter of 1% of sports balls sold in the UK are Fairtrade certified, Bala Sport is a new co- operative organisation that was set up to expand the availability and use of ethically produced Fairtrade sports balls; notes support for raising awareness and encouraging the use of Fairtrade sports balls so that those who make them in Pakistan, which is the only country to produce Fairtrade certified balls, are paid a fair wage and work in safe conditions, and notes calls for other schools and organisations to follow what it considers the fantastic example set by Gleniffer High School and use Fairtrade sports balls.

The meeting closed at 5.37 pm.

P E Grice Clerk of the Parliament 2 September 2015

Appendix (Note: this Appendix does not form part of the Minutes)

Subordinate Legislation

Negative instruments

The following instrument was laid before the Parliament on 2 September 2015 and is subject to the negative procedure—

Reservoirs (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2015 (SSI 2015/315) laid under section 114(3) of the Reservoirs (Scotland) Act 2011

Laid only instruments

The following instrument was laid before the Parliament on 2 September 2015 and is not subject to any parliamentary procedure—

Reservoirs (Scotland) Act 2011 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2015 (SSI 2015/314 (C.37)) laid under section 30(2) of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010