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BUSINESS BULLETIN No. 99/2014 Friday 13 June 2014 BUSINESS BULLETIN No. 99/2014 Friday 13 June 2014 1 Contents The sections which appear in today’s Business Bulletin are in bold Section A: Today’s Business - Meetings of Committees - Meeting of the Parliament Section B: Future Meetings of the Parliament Section C: Future Meetings of Committees Section D: Oral Questions - Questions selected for First Minister’s Question Time - Questions selected for response by Ministers and junior Scottish Ministers at Question Time Section E: Written Questions – new questions for written answer Section F: Motions and Amendments Section G: Bills - New Bills introduced - New amendments to Bills - Members’ Bills proposals Section H: New Documents – new documents laid before the Parliament and committee reports published Section I: Petitions – new public petitions Section J: Progress of Legislation – progress of Bills and subordinate legislation Section K: Corrections to the Official Report 2 Business Bulletin: Friday 13 June 2014 Section B – Future Meetings of the Parliament Business Programme agreed by the Parliament on 11 June 2014 Tuesday 17 June 2014 2.00 pm Time for Reflection – Reverend Alison McDonald, Minister, Northesk Parish Church, Musselburgh and Convener, Church of Scotland Committee on Ecumenical Relations followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motion followed by Topical Questions (if selected) followed by Finance Committee Debate: Written agreement on the budget process (for text of motion S4M-10268 see Section F of the Business Bulletin for Wednesday 11 June 2014) followed by Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee Debate: Standing Order Rule Changes, Budget Process (for text of motion S4M-10312 see Section F) followed by Scottish Government Debate: Asylum Seekers and Refugees, The Need to Create a More Humane System followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5.00 pm Decision Time followed by Members’ Business – S4M-10226 Cameron Buchanan: Strategic Planning in the Lothians (for text of motion see Section F of the Business Bulletin for Thursday 5 June 2014) Wednesday 18 June 2014 2.00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions 2.00 pm Portfolio Questions Culture and External Affairs; Infrastructure, Investment and Cities (for text of questions see Section D of the Business Bulletin for Thursday 12 June 2014) 3 followed by Scottish Labour Party Debate: Scotland’s Future followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5.00 pm Decision Time followed by Members’ Business – S4M-09759 Sarah Boyack: First Anniversary of the Rana Plaza Disaster (for text of motion see Section F of the Business Bulletin for Tuesday 22 April 2014) Thursday 19 June 2014 11.40 am Parliamentary Bureau Motions 11.40 am General Questions (for text of questions see Section D of the Business Bulletin for Thursday 12 June 2014) 12.00 pm First Minister’s Questions 12.30 pm Members’ Business – S4M-09329 Richard Lyle: Celebrating 125 Years of the Showman’s Guild (for text of motion see Section F of the Business Bulletin for Friday 14 March 2014) 2.15 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body Question Time (for text of questions see Section D) followed by Stage 3 Proceedings: Buildings (Recovery of Expenses) (Scotland) Bill followed by Stage 1 Debate: Historic Environment Scotland Bill followed by Financial Resolution: Historic Environment Scotland Bill (for text of motion S4M-09869 see Section F of the Business Bulletin for Wednesday 30 April 2014) followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5.00 pm Decision Time Tuesday 24 June 2014 2.00 pm Time for Reflection followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 4 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 25 June 2014 2.00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions 2.00 pm Portfolio Questions Education and Lifelong Learning followed by Stage 3 Proceedings: Housing (Scotland) Bill followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5.00 pm Decision Time followed by Members’ Business Thursday 26 June 2014 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 followed by Final Stage Proceedings: City of Edinburgh Council (Portobello Park) Bill followed by Scottish Government Business followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5 5.00 pm Decision Time 6 Business Bulletin: Friday 13 June 2014 Section C – Future Committee Meetings This section includes the agendas of the forthcoming committee meetings and outlines proposed future business, which may be subject to change. Committees have the right to take items in private and this will be notified as far in advance as possible. Many committees include details of their future business on their webpages, which can be accessed at: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/committees/index.htm Public Petitions Committee 17 June 2014 12th Meeting, 2014 The Committee will meet at 9.30 am in the Robert Burns Room (CR1) 1. Consideration of a current petition: The Committee will consider— PE1517 by Elaine Holmes and Olive McIlroy, on behalf of the Scottish Mesh Survivors - "Hear Our Voice" campaign, on polypropylene mesh devices and take evidence from— Alex Neil, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing, and Dr Frances Elliot, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Scottish Government. 2. Consideration of new petitions: The Committee will consider— PE1521 by George Eckton and Jane O’Donnell on no more Page 3 in the Scottish Sun and Scottish Parliament and take evidence from— George Eckton, and Jane O’Donnell; and will then consider— PE1518 by George M Chalmers on meaningful public consultation within the Scottish planning system and take evidence from— George M Chalmers; and will then consider— PE1519 by John F Robins, on behalf of the Save Our Seals Fund, on saving Scotland’s seals and take evidence from— John F Robins, Secretary, Save Our Seals Fund; and will then consider— PE1520 by Mary Laing on unrestricted freedom to build on plots of up to 1 acre. 7 3. Inquiry into tackling child sexual exploitation in Scotland: The Committee will consider a response from the Scottish Government. 4. Consideration of current petitions: The Committee will consider— PE1408 by Andrea MacArthur on the updating of Pernicious Anaemia/Vitamin B12 Deficiency understanding and treatment; PE1480 by Amanda Kopel, on behalf of the Frank Kopel Alzheimer’s Awareness Campaign, on Alzheimer’s and dementia awareness; PE1492 by Alan Kennedy on co-location of GP practices and community pharmacies; PE1505 by Jackie Watt on awareness of Strep B in pregnancy and infants; PE1503 by Mike Burns, on behalf of Average Speed Cameras on the A9 are not the Answer, on a review of A9 speed camera proposals. Proposed future business At its next meeting, on 5 August, the Committee expects to consider petitions on giving the Tinkers’ Heart of Argyll back to the Travelling People, free Wi-Fi in Scottish public buildings, access to justice, school bus safety, a register of interests for members of Scotland’s judiciary, effective thyroid and adrenal testing, diagnosis and treatment, Aberdeen to Inverness rail travel improvement, amendments to the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2012, equal rights for unmarried fathers, making Time for Reflection representative of all beliefs, referenda for Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles and improving bulk fuel storage safety. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, whose details are provided at the end of the Bulletin. Health and Sport Committee 17 June 2014 20th Meeting, 2014 The Committee will meet at 9.45 am in the David Livingstone Room (CR6) 1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 5 in private and whether its consideration of the Committee’s approach to scrutiny of the Scottish Government’s draft budget 2015-16 and its report to the Finance Committee should be taken in private at future meetings. 2. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instruments— Regulation of Care (Social Service Workers) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2014 (SSI 2014/129) 3. Food (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1, in round-table format, from— Uel Morton, Chief Executive, Quality Meat Scotland; David Martin, Head of Policy and External Affairs, Scottish Retail Consortium; Archie Anderson, President, Association of Meat inspectors; Colin Wallace, President, Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland; 8 Tony McAuley, Trading Standards Partnership Manager, East Lothian and Midlothian Council. 4. NHS boards budget scrutiny: The Committee will take evidence from— Paul Gray, Director General Health and Social Care and Chief Executive, NHSScotland; Christine McLaughlin, Deputy Director: Finance Health and Wellbeing, Scottish Government. 5. Draft Budget Scrutiny 2015-16: The Committee will consider its approach to the scrutiny of the Scottish Government’s Draft Budget 2015-16. Proposed future business At its next meeting, on 24 June, the Committee expects to consider oral evidence on the Food (Scotland) Bill. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, whose details are provided at the end of the Bulletin. Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee 17 June 2014 21st Meeting, 2014 The Committee
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