Friday 3 May 2019 Business Bulletin Iris Ghnothaichean
Portfolio Questions - Pilot Grouping of Questions The Presiding Officer has decided to group questions 1 and 3 at next week's Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Portfolio Questions.
Today's Business
Meeting of the Parliament Committee Meetings There are no meetings today. There are no meetings today.
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Chamber | Seòmar
Meeting of the Parliament
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Committee Meetings
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Future Meetings of the Parliament
Business Programme agreed by the Parliament on 1 May 2019
Tuesday 7 May 2019
2:00 pm Time for Reflection: Madinah Javed of Andalus Glasgow, Law Graduate, Peace Activist and Campaigner for Women's Rights to perform public Qur'an Recitations followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by Topical Questions (if selected) followed by Stage 3 Proceedings: Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Bill followed by Committee Announcements followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5:00 pm Decision Time followed by Members' Business — S5M-16039 Bruce Crawford: Scottish Gigabit Cities
Wednesday 8 May 2019
2:00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions 2:00 pm Portfolio Questions Social Security and Older People Finance, Economy and Fair Work followed by Scottish Labour Party Debate: Scotland's Future followed by Scottish Labour Party Debate: Health followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5:00 pm Decision Time followed by Members' Business — S5M-16822 Miles Briggs: Scotland, a Nation of Lifesavers
Thursday 9 May 2019
11:40 am Parliamentary Bureau Motions 11:40 am General Questions 12:00 pm First Minister's Questions 12:45 pm Members' Business — S5M-15570 Kenneth Gibson: Changes to Pension Credit Could Cost Mixed-age Couples £7,320 Annually 2:00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions 2:00 pm Ministerial Statement: The Scottish Government’s Response to the Sturrock Review followed by Portfolio Questions Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform
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followed by Stage 3 Proceedings: Vulnerable Witnesses (Criminal Evidence) (Scotland) Bill followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by Business Motions 5:00 pm Decision Time
Tuesday 14 May 2019
2:00 pm Time for Reflection followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by Topical Questions (if selected) followed by Scottish Government Business followed by Committee Announcements followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5:00 pm Decision Time followed by Members' Business
Wednesday 15 May 2019
2:00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions 2:00 pm Portfolio Questions: Rural Economy; Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity followed by Scottish Government Business followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5:00 pm Decision Time followed by Members' Business
Thursday 16 May 2019
11:40 am Parliamentary Bureau Motions 11:40 am General Questions 12:00 pm First Minister's Questions 12:45 pm Members' Business 2:30 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions 2:30 pm Portfolio Questions: Justice and the Law Officers followed by Scottish Government Business followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5:00 pm Decision Time
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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 on the committee hub page. http://www.parliament.scot/business/committees/index.htm
Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee 7 May 2019 14th Meeting, 2019 The Committee will meet at 9:30 am in the Robert Burns Room (CR1) 1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 3 and consideration of of all future evidence on financial scrutiny in private. 2. Financial Scrutiny: The Committee will take evidence from-
Elaine Lorimer, Chief Executive, and Mike Paterson, Head of Tax, Revenue Scotland; Don McGillivray, Deputy Director, Environmental Quality and Circular Economy, Scottish Government; and then from— Michael Cairns, Economic Adviser, Economic Strategy in the Office of the Chief Economic Adviser, and Uzma Khan, Deputy Director, Economic Strategy in the Office of the Chief Economic Adviser, Scottish Government; and then from— Ian Russell, Chair, Infrastructure Commission for Scotland. 3. Financial Scrutiny: The Committee will consider the evidence heard. 4. EU exit and the environment (in private): The Committee will consider the evidence heard at its last meeting. 5. Work programme (in private): The Committee will consider its work programme.
Proposed future business For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Lynn Tullis, on 0131 348 5240 or at [email protected].
Economy, Energy and Fair Work Committee 7 May 2019 15th Meeting, 2019 The Committee will meet at 10:00 am in the David Livingstone Room (CR6) 1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 3 and 4 in private. 2. Scottish National Investment Bank Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from— Benny Higgins, Special Adviser to the First Minister on the Scottish National Investment Bank;
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Paul Brewer, former member, and Alan McFarlane, former member, the Advisory Group on the Implementation Plan for a Scottish National Investment Bank; and then from— Professor Jeremy Peat, Deputy Chair, Economy and Enterprise Committee, Royal Society of Edinburgh; Eilidh Dickson, Policy and Parliamentary Manager, Engender; Robin McAlpine, Director, Common Weal. 3. Scottish National Investment Bank Bill: The Committee will consider the evidence heard at today's meeting. 4. Work programme: The Committee will consider its work programme.
Proposed future business The Committee will next meet on 7 May. For further information, contact Alison Walker the Clerk to the Committee, whose details are [email protected] on extension 0131 348 5403.
Health and Sport Committee 7 May 2019 13th Meeting, 2019 The Committee will meet at 10:00 am in the James Clerk Maxwell Room (CR4) 1. European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018: The Committee will consider whether the following instrument has been laid under the appropriate procedure and categorisation— The Public Health and Tobacco (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (SSI 2019/142) 2. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instrument— The Public Health and Tobacco (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (SSI 2019/142) 3. Human Tissue (Authorisation) (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the Bill at Stage 2. 4. Instruments/documents laid for consultation (in private): The Committee will consider its approach to the following— Scottish Public Services Ombudsman (Healthcare Whistleblowing) Order 2019 - Proposed Draft Regulations (SG/2019/66) and Proposed Draft Explanatory Note (SG/2019/67).
Scottish Public Services Ombudsman's consultation on the Draft National Whistleblowing Standards. 5. Finance and Constitution Committee (in private): The Committee will consider its response to a letter from the Convener of the Finance and Constitution Committee.
Proposed future business As part of theHealth and Sport Committee’s Primary Care Inquiry, a series of Saturday publicpanels will be taking place as follows: 11 May, Dunfermline; 18 May, Inverurie;1 June, Cambuslang, Glasgow; 8 June, Dunfermline and 15 June, Inverurie. For further information, contact the Clerk tothe Committee, David Cullum on 0131 348 5210 or by email [email protected]
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Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee 7 May 2019 15th Meeting, 2019 The Committee will meet at 10:45 am in the Adam Smith Room (CR5) 1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 7 in private. 2. Update on Secondary Legislation: The Committee will take evidence from— Graeme Dey, Minister for Parliamentary Business and Veterans; Steven Macgregor, Head of Parliament and Legislation Unit; Luke McBratney, Team Leader, Constitution and UK Relations Division, Scottish Government; Fiona Taylor, Legislation and Propriety Manager; Paul Cackette, Acting Solicitor to the Scottish Government, Scottish Government Legal Directorate. 3. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure: The Committee will consider the following— Code for the Welfare of Meat Chickens and Breeding Chickens (Revocation) (Scotland) Notice 2019 (SG/2019/65) 4. Instruments subject to negative procedure: The Committee will consider the following— National Health Service (FreePrescriptions and Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) AmendmentRegulations 2019 (SSI 2019/145); TheInternational Joint Investigation Teams (International Agreements) (EU Exit)(Scotland) Order 2019 (SSI 2019/149) 5. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure: The Committee will consider the following— Actof Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session 1994 and Summary Applications,Statutory Applications and Appeals etc. Rules 1999 Amendment) (Proceeds ofCrime) 2019 (SSI 2019/146); Actof Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session 1994 and Child Care and MaintenanceRules 1997 Amendment) (Parental Orders) 2019 (SSI 2019/147) 6. Update on Secondary Legislation: The Committee willconsider the evidence it heard earlier.
Proposed future business At its next meeting, on 14 May, the Committee expects to consider the Non-Domestic rates Bill bill; oral evidence from xx on yy; a draft report on zz; the 2000n-2000n+1 budget; a Sewel motion on xx; subordinate legislation (on?); petitions on; its approach to its XX inquiry and its work programme. The Committee expects to take / will continue to take evidence on its [ ] inquiry/consider the [ ] Bill at subsequent meetings. The Committee is also planning to carry out a inquiry into [ ] later in the year. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, whose details are provided at the end of the Bulletin.
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Motions
Motions and amendments are usually printed the day after lodging. When an amendment is lodged, then the original motion will be republished alongside it.
Motions and amendments can be published with symbols:
* before the number indicates publication for the first time *…* around a section of text indicates changes to previously published material R indicates a member has declared a registered interest
The Parliamentary Bureau periodically deletes motions or amendments that are over six weeks old and not scheduled for debate.
Questions regarding this section should be directed to the Chamber Desk.
Other new and altered motions and amendments
*S5M-17170 Graeme Dey on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau: Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Bill—That the Parliament agrees that, during stage 3 of the Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Bill, debate on groups of amendments shall, subject to Rule 9.8.4A, be brought to a conclusion by the time limit indicated, those time limits being calculated from when the stage begins and excluding any periods when other business is under consideration or when a meeting of the Parliament is suspended (other than a suspension following the first division in the stage being called) or otherwise not in progress: Groups 1 and 2: 40 minutes Groups 3 and 4: 1 hour 20 minutes Groups 5 to 7: 2 hours.
*S5M-17169 Graeme Dey on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau: Stage 3: Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Bill—That the Parliament agrees that the Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Bill be passed.
*S5M-17166 Alexander Burnett: Downie's Cottage Awarded Five Stars by VisitScotland— That the Parliament congratulates Jackie and Calum Innes of Downie’s Cottage at Braemar for achieving a five-star review from VisitScotland after restoring the 1850s cottage from dilapidated ruins; commends the hard work and dedication to renovate the building into a luxury self-catering cottage that enjoys stunning views over Braemar, a well-established tourism village; acknowledges that the cottage has now achieved the highest possible grading from the national tourism authority's Qualification Assurance scheme; recognises the efforts to maintain traditional features of the cottage, including exposed beams, lime-washed floors and a “hingin lum”, and thanks Jackie and Calum for the positive impact that it considers this renovation will have on attracting tourists who wish to explore the Cairngorms and enjoy a traditional stay in Aberdeenshire. Supported by: Miles Briggs*, Peter Chapman*, Tom Mason*, Richard Lyle*
*S5M-17164 Lewis Macdonald: World Curlew Day 2019—That the Parliament recognises that World Curlew Day 2019 was celebrated on 21 April; notes that this annual event aims to raise
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Motions | Gluasadan awareness of the threat facing curlew species around the world; understands that the curlew population in Scotland has declined by 61% since 1994, mainly as a result of the loss of habitats; recognises the need for ongoing monitoring of the efficacy of conservation schemes for waders, including the curlew; commends the efforts of the Working for Waders initiative in supporting curlew conservation projects across Scotland; welcomes the contributions to curlew conservation that have been made by farmers and land managers, and calls for continued financial support for schemes that work to restore curlew numbers in Scotland. Supported by: Kenneth Gibson*, Stuart McMillan*, Richard Lyle*
*S5M-17163 Kenneth Gibson: Infra-red Camera System Donated to Arran Mountain Rescue Team—That the Parliament acknowledges the donation of a hand-held infra-red camera system to Arran Mountain Rescue Team by Thales, a company based in Glasgow, on 30 April 2019; understands that the camera system, worth approximately £30,000, will assist the volunteer members of Arran Mountain Rescue Team by providing day and night vision capabilities as they endeavour to assist people who have got into difficulty in the hills and mountains of Arran; recognises that Thales started in Glasgow as Barr & Stroud as a pioneering optical engineering firm in 1888 and has contributed significantly to Scotland’s engineering sector since then; notes that Arran Mountain Rescue Team is made up of men and women from all over the island, all volunteers, who give up their time freely when an emergency arises, and is grateful for the generosity of Thales in supporting the lifesaving work of the rescue team. Supported by: David Torrance*, Sandra White*, Joan McAlpine*, Stuart McMillan*, Richard Lyle*
*S5M-17162 John Scott: Congratulations to Ayr Rugby Football Club—That the Parliament congratulates Ayr Rugby Football Club on winning the Scottish Premier League, the SRU Championship Cup, the SRU National Cup and the Bill McLaren Shield in the 2018-19 season; further congratulates the players, the coaching staff, office bearers and the many volunteers who support the club on a daily basis; recognises that the club has 584 playing members, including men, women, boys and girls, including approximately 400 boys and girls from age seven upwards, and wishes Ayr Rugby Football Club every success in the new Super 6 League next season in which Ayr, Boroughmuir, Heriot’s, Melrose, Stirling and Watsonians will be representing Scotland.
*S5M-17161 Lewis Macdonald: Archibald Leitch Link to Pittodrie Discovered —That the Parliament recognises the recent discovery that the radical reconstruction of Pittodrie Stadium in Aberdeen in the 1920s was the work of Scottish architect, Archibald Leitch; understands that the discovery was made by Aberdeen supporter, Sue Shepherd, whose painstaking research succeeded despite the fact that Aberdeen FC’s own records had been destroyed in a fire in 1971; recognises that Archibald Leitch was also responsible for the design of many other great stadiums between 1899 and 1939, including Hampden Park, Old Trafford, Anfield, Cardiff Arms Park and Lansdowne Road; acknowledges the important contribution that Glasgow-born Leitch made to football architecture across the country, and commends Sue Shepherd, as well as the AFC Heritage Trust, Aberdeen City Archives and others who helped her to establish the origins of the design of Pittodrie Stadium. Supported by: Stuart McMillan*, Liam Kerr*
*S5M-17160 Alex Rowley: Budget Cuts Bite Fife Food Inspections—That the Parliament is deeply concerned by the news that nearly half of Fife food premises are reportedly currently awaiting inspection following a recent audit that showed a backlog in the number of food premises inspections; acknowledges that Food Standards Scotland carried out checks in August 2018, which found that 2,283 out of 4,325 food premises were waiting to undergo inspection, while
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Motions | Gluasadan another 272 were unrated as they had yet to be inspected; understands that the audit showed that 60 premises were in the "high risk" A and B categories, with a further 114 in category C, 766 in category D and 1,343 in category E; notes that the audit report found that environmental health resources, including staffing, for conducting official controls was “insufficient” to achieve the requirements of the Food Law Code of Practice (Scotland) 2015; recognises that the report also states that budget information for food activities produced by Fife Council appear to show a reducing allocation of finance to the service, falling steadily from £635,000 in 2014-15 to under £500,000 in 2018-19; considers that Fife Council must do all that it can to ensure that food premises are inspected to ensure that high standards of food hygiene are in force for customers of food premises across Fife, and further considers that cuts to local authority budgets should not impact customers of food premises in Fife in relation to food safety and food hygiene. Supported by: Neil Findlay*
*S5M-17159 Liam McArthur: Permaculture Comes to Orkney—That the Parliament welcomes the first Permaculture Design Course taking place in Stromness, Orkney; notes that the course, hosted by Permaculture Scotland, will consider practical solutions for providing for global needs in a sustainable way, with the intention of eliminating waste; understands that these principles are taught by designing ways to live that limit consumption, while ensuring equity of access; recognises that these lessons rest on the understanding that choices are made every day that can be adapted in order to improve lives on a wider basis; welcomes the design course and the lessons that it will bring, and wishes all participants and practitioners the best of luck in taking forward this exciting initiative. Supported by: David Torrance*, Clare Adamson*
*S5M-17158 Michelle Ballantyne: Aberlady Scouts Award Win—That the Parliament congratulates the founders of Aberlady Scouts, Tim Day and Niall Bradley, on being awarded the 2019 North Berwick and District Association of Churches Community Award; understands that Aberlady Scouts, Cubs and Beavers was founded in 2012 and has now grown to include over 40 young people; thanks Tim and Niall for their hard work in running the Scouts, and wishes them all the best for the future. Supported by: Jamie Greene*, Maurice Corry*, Miles Briggs*, Iain Gray*, Alexander Stewart*, Tom Mason*, Bill Kidd*, David Torrance* R, Gordon Lindhurst*
*S5M-17157 Michelle Ballantyne: Galashiels Big Quiz—That the Parliament commends Lucy McAneny on organising the Big Quiz in Galashiels to raise money for Prostate Scotland; understands that a sum of £3,000 was raised for the charity and that the quiz, which was founded in memory of Lucy’s father, the former Gala RFC player and Scottish national rugby squad team manager, Duncan Paterson, who died in 2009, has now raised a total of over £40,000 during its eight years of operation; congratulates the team, The Brownlees, on winning the quiz by the narrow margin of half a point, and thanks everyone who attended the quiz for raising this generous sum. Supported by: Maurice Corry*, Jamie Greene*, Alexander Stewart*, Tom Mason*, Bill Kidd*, Alison Harris*, David Torrance*, Liz Smith*, Gordon Lindhurst*
*S5M-17156 James Dornan: Congratulating Southside Boxing Academy—That the Parliament congratulates Southside Boxing Academy on successfully putting forward three young boxers who will represent Scotland in the forthcoming Three Nations Championship in Wales; notes that Tyler Simpson, the current Scottish champion, will be participating in the 54 kg junior category, with Csaba Szilagyi having been selected in the 70 kg junior category and Robert Hewitt
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in the 60 kg youth category; recognises that all three are current champions and that it is a rare honour for three boys from the one club to represent their country at the same competition, and considers that this shows the hard work and dedication of all involved at the Southside Boxing Academy. Supported by: Emma Harper*, Stuart McMillan*, Sandra White*, Bill Kidd*, Joan McAlpine*, David Torrance*, Clare Adamson*, Jenny Gilruth*, Kenneth Gibson*, Alex Rowley*, Richard Lyle*
*S5M-17155 Jackie Baillie: Photographer of the Year, Jeff Mitchell—That the Parliament congratulates Jeff Mitchell on winning the Scottish Press Award for Photographer of the Year; appreciates the value of his contributions to photography, from his beginnings in local newspapers to photographing the refugee crisis in Europe and the Euromaidan protests in Ukraine; notes that Jeff follows in the footsteps of his father, David Mitchell, a well-known photographer from Balloch, and wishes Jeff all the best in his future career. Supported by: Clare Adamson*
*S5M-17154 Jackie Baillie: Local Feature Writer of the Year, Tristan Stewart Robertson— That the Parliament congratulates Tristan Stewart-Robertson of the Clydebank Post on winning the Scottish Press Award for Local Feature Writer of the Year; values the contributions that Tristan has made to his local community through his reporting, and endorses his empathetic, ethical and patient journalistic style as an example for all journalists to follow. Supported by: Clare Adamson*
*S5M-17153 Jackie Baillie: USDAW Protecting Shopworkers from Abuse—That the Parliament expresses its horror at the recent findings by the union, USDAW, which show that on average, a Scottish shopworker is threatened, abused or assaulted over 20 times a year; considers that shopworkers need to be protected in the face of such regular abuse; welcomes the proposal for a members’ bill, the Proposed Protection of Workers (Retail and Age-Restricted Sales etc) (Scotland) Bill by Daniel Johnson MSP, which it considers has been wholeheartedly backed by shopworkers themselves, Usdaw, Asda, the Co-op and the Scottish Grocers Federation, and encourages Members across the Parliament to do likewise.
*S5M-17151 Gillian Martin: Friends of Turriff Cemetery Wins My Place Award—That the Parliament congratulates the community group, Friends of Turriff Cemetery, on winning a My Place award, the Green Space Small Project from the Scottish Civic Trust for its work to develop its millennium garden and incorporate this into an adjoining memorial garden; recognises that the spaces created include a sensory garden, an area of remembrance for early lost pregnancies and a poppy garden with a statue to commemorate fallen soldiers; notes that these spaces are fully accessible to all; acknowledges that the My Place Awards aim to recognise the positive difference that good new design and careful restoration can make to communities in Scotland; applauds the committee and volunteers at the friends group on their work, and wishes them and the group well. Supported by: Sandra White*, Stuart McMillan*, James Dornan*, Bill Kidd*, David Torrance*, Clare Adamson*, Jenny Gilruth*, Richard Lyle*
*S5M-17150 Jackson Carlaw: Hungary's Annual March of the Living Dedicated to the Scot, Jane Haining—That the Parliament acknowledges that the 2019 Annual March of the Living, Hungary's annual Holocaust Memorial Day, was held in in Budapest on 14 April and was dedicated to the Scottish missionary, Jane Haining, who paid the ultimate sacrifice for protecting Jewish children during the Second World War; remembers the courage and bravery of Jane, who first ignored warnings to return to Scotland in 1940, and then again in 1944 after Hungary was
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Motions | Gluasadan invaded; recalls that she famously wrote that she would not leave the children in her care during days of darkness; acknowledges that Jane was arrested in March 1944 and was subsequently murdered at Auschwitz-Birkenau, aged just 47; recognises that she is the only Scot to be honoured as "righteous among the nations" at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Centre in Jerusalem, which is a title bestowed on non-Jewish people who risked their own lives to protect Jews during the Second World War, and that her name is rightly inscribed on the walls of honour at the Garden of the Righteous, and agrees that the decision to dedicate the 2019 annual march to her memory was a fitting tribute to the personal self-sacrifice that Jane made to protect Jewish children. Supported by: Michelle Ballantyne*, Alexander Stewart*, Margaret Mitchell*, Annabelle Ewing*, Stuart McMillan*, Miles Briggs*, John Mason*, Murdo Fraser*, Maurice Corry*, Jamie Greene*, Bill Kidd*, Alison Harris*, Sandra White*, David Torrance*, Clare Adamson*, Kenneth Gibson*, Gordon Lindhurst*, Neil Findlay*
*S5M-17144 David Torrance: Burntisland Heritage Trust Funding—That the Parliament congratulates the Burntisland Heritage Trust on securing £9,215 from Fife Council to restore three historic paintings; understands that the works include the Magistrates' Seat by Andrew Young, Young Burnt Island, Fifeshire by S Humble, and The Bridge of Life by Andrew Young; notes that the works are currently displayed in Burntisland Burgh Chambers and were recommended for restoration in 2008, and recognises the importance of conserving important heritage pieces such as these. Supported by: Clare Adamson*, Jenny Gilruth*, Sandra White*, Joan McAlpine*
Motions and amendments which have attracted additional support
S5M-17149 Monica Lennon: South Lanarkshire Council Petitions Committee (lodged on 01 May 2019) New Support: Neil Findlay*
S5M-17147 David Torrance: Greener Kirkcaldy (lodged on 01 May 2019) New Support: Jenny Gilruth*, Clare Adamson*, Sandra White*, Richard Lyle*, Stuart McMillan*, Joan McAlpine*
S5M-17145 David Torrance: World Para Athletics Championship Success for Derek Rae (lodged on 01 May 2019) New Support: Jenny Gilruth*, Clare Adamson*, Richard Lyle*, Stuart McMillan*, Sandra White*, Joan McAlpine*
S5M-17143 David Torrance: Congratulations to Douglas Hamill (lodged on 01 May 2019) New Support: Jenny Gilruth*, Clare Adamson*, Richard Lyle*, Sandra White*, Stuart McMillan*, Joan McAlpine*
S5M-17142 David Torrance: Queen's Scout Award (lodged on 01 May 2019) New Support: Jenny Gilruth*, Sandra White*, Stuart McMillan*, Joan McAlpine*
S5M-17141 Gail Ross: Caithness, Focal Point of Scottish Family History at National Conference (lodged on 01 May 2019)
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New Support: David Stewart*, Sandra White*, Gillian Martin*, Jenny Gilruth*, Bill Kidd*, David Torrance*, Clare Adamson*
S5M-17140 Gail Ross: Massive Achievement for Wick Players (lodged on 01 May 2019) New Support: Edward Mountain*, David Stewart*, Sandra White*, Gillian Martin*, Jenny Gilruth*, Bill Kidd*, David Torrance*, Clare Adamson*
S5M-17139 Liam Kerr: Success for Aberdeen Primary Schools During Autism Awareness Week (lodged on 01 May 2019) New Support: Richard Lyle*, Bill Kidd*, Clare Adamson*
S5M-17138 Neil Findlay: Scottish Cancer Patient Experience Survey Results (lodged on 01 May 2019) New Support: Claire Baker*, Alex Rowley*
S5M-17137 Sandra White: Salvation Army Lifehouse Service (lodged on 01 May 2019) New Support: Gillian Martin*, Jenny Gilruth*, Clare Adamson*, Alex Rowley*
S5M-17136 Stuart McMillan: Greenock Wanderers' Women Make History as 2019 National Women’s Bowl Winners (lodged on 01 May 2019) New Support: Sandra White*, Fulton MacGregor*, Jenny Gilruth*, Bill Kidd*, Joan McAlpine*, David Torrance*, Clare Adamson*
S5M-17135 Stuart McMillan: Inverclyde Academy Pupils Build their own Winning Race Car (lodged on 01 May 2019) New Support: Gillian Martin*, Jenny Gilruth*, Clare Adamson*
S5M-17134 Liz Smith: The University of St Andrews (lodged on 01 May 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-17133 Liam McArthur: William Sichel, the First North Coast 500 Runner (lodged on 01 May 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*, Alex Rowley*
S5M-17131 Bill Bowman: Dundee to Host 2019 the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Scotland Awards (lodged on 01 May 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-17130 Maureen Watt: Charlie House's Big Build Appeal (lodged on 01 May 2019) New Support: Gillian Martin*, Jenny Gilruth*, Clare Adamson*
S5M-17129 Keith Brown: Scotland Consumer Insight Report 2019 (lodged on 01 May 2019) New Support: Gillian Martin*, Jenny Gilruth*, Clare Adamson*
S5M-17128 Fulton MacGregor: Albion Rovers FC (lodged on 01 May 2019) New Support: Jenny Gilruth*, Clare Adamson*
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S5M-17125 Angus MacDonald: 89th Stenhousemuir Scouts Awarded SUEZ Communities Trust Funding (lodged on 01 May 2019) New Support: Gillian Martin*, Jenny Gilruth*, David Torrance*, Clare Adamson*
S5M-17124 Angus MacDonald: Hippodrome Silent Film Festival, Hippfest 2019 (lodged on 01 May 2019) New Support: Gillian Martin*, Jenny Gilruth*, Clare Adamson*
S5M-17123 Angus MacDonald: CalaChem and Grangemouth Community Care (lodged on 01 May 2019) New Support: Jenny Gilruth*, David Torrance*, Clare Adamson*
S5M-17122 Angus MacDonald: NHS Forth Valley Royal Hospital Excellence Award (lodged on 01 May 2019) New Support: Gillian Martin*, Jenny Gilruth*, Clare Adamson*
S5M-17121 Angela Constance: West Lothian College's Articulation Agreement with Queen Margaret University (lodged on 30 April 2019) New Support: Gillian Martin*, Jenny Gilruth*, David Torrance*, Neil Findlay*
S5M-17119 Claire Baker: The Scottish SPCA, National Wildlife Centre, Clackmannanshire (lodged on 01 May 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-17118 Margaret Mitchell: UWS Wins at Guardian University Awards (lodged on 01 May 2019) New Support: Peter Chapman*, Clare Adamson*
S5M-17117 Bob Doris: The Garngad’s Lisbon Lion, Stevie Chalmers (lodged on 01 May 2019) New Support: Jenny Gilruth*, David Torrance*, Clare Adamson*, Alex Rowley*, Neil Findlay*
S5M-17112 Bill Bowman: Forthill Community Sports Club, Broughty Ferry, Installs Defibrillator (lodged on 30 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-17111 Jenny Marra: St John’s High Dundee Wins the SSFA’s Senior Shield (lodged on 30 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*, Alex Rowley*
S5M-17110 Bill Bowman: University of Dundee Makes Research Breakthrough (lodged on 30 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-17109 Claire Baker: Christian Aid Week 2019, Standing Together for Dignity, Equality and Justice (lodged on 30 April 2019) New Support: Iain Gray*, Jenny Gilruth*, Clare Adamson*, Alex Rowley*, Neil Findlay*
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S5M-17108 Maureen Watt: Deaf Awareness Week 2019 (lodged on 30 April 2019) New Support: Gillian Martin*, Clare Adamson*, Alex Rowley*
S5M-17107 Elaine Smith: Caledonia Steel Queens Crowned National Champions (lodged on 30 April 2019) New Support: Finlay Carson*, Clare Adamson*
S5M-17106 Angela Constance: Scottish Cancer Patient Experience Survey (lodged on 30 April 2019) New Support: Gillian Martin*, Clare Adamson*
S5M-17105 Alexander Stewart: Bladder Cancer Awareness Month (lodged on 30 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*, Alex Rowley*, Neil Findlay*
S5M-17104 James Dornan: Recognising Queen’s Park FC (lodged on 30 April 2019) New Support: Gillian Martin*, Clare Adamson*
S5M-17103 Gil Paterson: Bearsden Festival (lodged on 30 April 2019) New Support: Gillian Martin*, Clare Adamson*
S5M-17102 Kezia Dugdale: Foster Care Fortnight 2019 (lodged on 29 April 2019) New Support: Gillian Martin*, Clare Adamson*, Alex Rowley*
S5M-17101 Maureen Watt: Therapet at Aberdeen International Airport (lodged on 29 April 2019) New Support: Gillian Martin*, Clare Adamson*
S5M-17100 Alexander Burnett: Deeside Rugby's James Cochrane-Dyet Awarded Volunteer of the Month (lodged on 29 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-17097 Tavish Scott: Shetland Young Fiddler of the Year Awards 2019 (lodged on 29 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*, Alex Rowley*
S5M-17095 Liam McArthur: Stromness Drama Club "Breaks a Leg" at the Scottish Drama Final (lodged on 29 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-17094 James Dornan: Cassiltoun Housing Associations’ Advice Team’s Success (lodged on 29 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-17093 John Finnie: Ross County, Championship Winners (lodged on 29 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*, Alex Rowley*
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S5M-17090 Margaret Mitchell: St Bride’s Primary School and Nursery Class (lodged on 29 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-17089 Brian Whittle: Callum Hawkins Sets New Scottish Marathon Record (lodged on 29 April 2019) New Support: Alex Rowley*, Alexander Burnett*
S5M-17088 Liam McArthur: Orkney Takes Top Honours at Netball Scotland Competition (lodged on 29 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-17087 Neil Findlay: Make-up Artist Wins UK Award (lodged on 29 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-17086 Neil Findlay: West Lothian Council Tackles Funeral Poverty (lodged on 29 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*, Alex Rowley*
S5M-17084 Neil Findlay: Shelley Kerr Honoured at West Calder High (lodged on 29 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-17083 Alex Cole-Hamilton: Lesbian Day of Visibility (lodged on 26 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*, Alexander Burnett*
S5M-17082 Clare Adamson: Lanarkshire Deaf Club (lodged on 26 April 2019) New Support: Gillian Martin*
S5M-17081 Sandra White: Five-star Rating for Clydeside Distillery (lodged on 29 April 2019) New Support: Gillian Martin*, Clare Adamson*
S5M-17080 Mark McDonald: Daredevil Fundraisers Descend on Aberdeen (lodged on 26 April 2019) New Support: Gillian Martin*, Clare Adamson*
S5M-17078 Neil Findlay: Marion Scott, Campaigning Journalist of the Year (lodged on 26 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-17077 Stuart McMillan: Food Bank Use Increase (lodged on 26 April 2019) New Support: Gillian Martin*, Clare Adamson*
S5M-17076 Gillian Martin: Methlick Girlguides and Scouts Tackle Period Poverty (lodged on 26 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
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S5M-17075 Edward Mountain: Friends of Raigmore Hospital (lodged on 26 April 2019) New Support: Alexander Burnett*
S5M-17074 Bill Kidd: The Extraordinary Polly Higgins (lodged on 26 April 2019) New Support: Gillian Martin*, Clare Adamson*
S5M-17073 Annie Wells: Glasgow Distillery Secures Five-star Rating from VisitScotland (lodged on 25 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-17072 Jenny Gilruth: The Madhouse Bakery Wins Award (lodged on 25 April 2019) New Support: Gillian Martin*, Clare Adamson*
S5M-17071 Jenny Gilruth: Fife Muay Thai Fighters to Represent Team GB at Championships (lodged on 25 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-17070 Jenny Gilruth: Cora Bissett Returning to Fife with Award-winning Show (lodged on 25 April 2019) New Support: Gillian Martin*
S5M-17069 Jenny Gilruth: FORP Easter Egg Hunt (lodged on 25 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-17068 Alex Cole-Hamilton: 2019 Edinburgh Diwali Festival (lodged on 25 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*, Alexander Burnett*
S5M-17065 Alex Cole-Hamilton: Stress Awareness Month (lodged on 25 April 2019) New Support: Alexander Burnett*
S5M-17064 Dean Lockhart: University of Stirling Women Win Award (lodged on 25 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-17061 Mark McDonald: A Good Breakfast is the Start of a Good Day (lodged on 25 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-17060 Mark McDonald: Sport Aberdeen Funding to Improve the Lives of Local Children (lodged on 25 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-17058 Jamie Halcro Johnston: Congratulating Milne's Primary School, Fochabers (lodged on 25 April 2019) New Support: Alexander Burnett*
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S5M-17056 Brian Whittle: Early Detection and Treatment of Lung Cancer (lodged on 25 April 2019) New Support: Alexander Burnett*
S5M-17051 Clare Adamson: Dalziel Rugby Club U15s Win West Region Plate (lodged on 25 April 2019) New Support: Alexander Burnett*
S5M-17050 Clare Adamson: Child Safety Week 2019 (lodged on 24 April 2019) New Support: Gillian Martin*
S5M-17049 Gordon MacDonald: Incredible Distance Exhibition, Wester Hailes (lodged on 24 April 2019) New Support: Gillian Martin*, Clare Adamson*
S5M-17048 Miles Briggs: The PBC Foundation (lodged on 24 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*, Alexander Burnett*
S5M-17044 James Kelly: Remembering Billy McNeill (lodged on 24 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-17043 Alasdair Allan: Stornoway Port Authority's Deep-water Port Design Contract (lodged on 24 April 2019) New Support: Gillian Martin*, Clare Adamson*
S5M-17042 Gordon MacDonald: #UncoverEdinburgh Success for Edinburgh (lodged on 24 April 2019) New Support: Gillian Martin*, Clare Adamson*
S5M-17040 Angela Constance: West Lothian College and QMS4VET (lodged on 24 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-17039 David Torrance: SAMH Cafe (lodged on 24 April 2019) New Support: Gillian Martin*, Clare Adamson*
S5M-17038 Jamie Halcro Johnston: Congratulating Stromness Drama Club (lodged on 24 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*, Alexander Burnett*
S5M-17036 Gordon Lindhurst: George Watson’s Malawi Partnership Funding for Preventative Treatment for Cervical Cancer (lodged on 24 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-17033 Maurice Corry: Never Such Innocence (lodged on 23 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*, Alexander Burnett*
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S5M-17032 Gil Paterson: New Premises for Street Bikes, Clydebank (lodged on 23 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-17031 Sandra White: Children’s Rights in Gaelic (lodged on 23 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-17026 Jenny Gilruth: Auchmuty High School Pupils Raise £250 for the Team Jak Foundation (lodged on 23 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-17025 Jenny Gilruth: Pitcoudie Primary School to Spruce Up Retirement Home's Garden (lodged on 23 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-17022 Liam Kerr: Nuart Street Art Festival 2019 (lodged on 23 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-17021 Peter Chapman: Ythan Community Council Buys Defibrillators (lodged on 23 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-17020 Gil Paterson: Milngavie Healthy Habits Family Fun Day (lodged on 23 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-17017 Gil Paterson: Milngavie and Bearsden's Big Golden Slimming World Clothes Throw (lodged on 23 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-17016 Jamie Halcro Johnston: The Buccaneers Theatre Group, RAF Lossiemouth (lodged on 23 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-17015 Gil Paterson: Golden Jubilee Foundation Healthy Working Lives Gold Award (lodged on 23 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-17012 Edward Mountain: Queen's Award Success for Perle Hotels, Skye (lodged on 23 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-17003 Neil Findlay: New Defibrillators for Pumpherston (lodged on 23 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-17001 Bill Kidd: St Thomas Aquinas Secondary School (lodged on 23 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
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S5M-16999 Maureen Watt: Cove Rangers, Highland League Winners (lodged on 23 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16995 David Torrance: NHS Fife UNICEF Accreditation (lodged on 23 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16994 Kenneth Gibson: Women’s Engineering Society Centenary Celebrations (lodged on 23 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16993 David Torrance: Torbain Church 50th Anniversary (lodged on 23 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16991 David Torrance: Havelock International (lodged on 23 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16990 David Torrance: Ross and Jacqueline Walker Fundraising Success (lodged on 23 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16989 Mark McDonald: TV Gardening Legend, Jim McColl (lodged on 18 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16988 Margaret Mitchell: Taiwan’s Participation in the 2019 World Health Assembly and World Health Organization Meetings (lodged on 18 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16987 Jackie Baillie: Dr John Connolly Awarded Professorship (lodged on 18 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16985 Stuart McMillan: Notre Dame High School Pupils Win £1,000 in Dragon’s Den- style Competition (lodged on 18 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16982 Alasdair Allan: Centenary of the Struggle for Upper Coll and Gress (lodged on 18 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16980 Liam McArthur: Coastal Pollution Aerial Photography Project Coming to Orkney (lodged on 17 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16978 Michelle Ballantyne: Ruth Hinks, Master Chocolatier (lodged on 17 April 2019) New Support: Christine Grahame*
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S5M-16977 Colin Beattie: Pat Kenny Receives Ken Adam Award (lodged on 17 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16975 Annie Wells: Asda's Happy Little Helper Boards (lodged on 17 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16974 Liam McArthur: Orcadians Walk for Freya (lodged on 17 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16970 Alex Cole-Hamilton: LGBT Syrian Legal Campaign (lodged on 18 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16968 David Torrance: Antony Nolan Charity Football Match (lodged on 17 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16967 David Torrance: British Universities Division One National Play Off Ice Hockey Championship (lodged on 17 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16965 Gil Paterson: Glasgow Royal Infirmary (lodged on 16 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16964 Alexander Stewart: Charity Event in Tullibody for Maggie's (lodged on 16 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16960 Stuart McMillan: Universal Credit and Mental Health: Recommendations for Change (lodged on 16 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16953 Tom Arthur: Johnstone Photographer Wins Awards (lodged on 16 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16948 Maurice Golden: CHAS and the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow (lodged on 16 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16942 Maurice Corry: Congratulations to the Dumbarton Photographer, Gordon Russell (lodged on 16 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*, Alexander Burnett*
S5M-16941 Stuart McMillan: Notre Dame High School Crowned Scottish Netball Champions (lodged on 16 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16939 Miles Briggs: Love Your Lungs Week (lodged on 16 April 2019)
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New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16934 Bill Bowman: Abertay University (lodged on 15 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16933 Gillian Martin: College Students' Film to Raise Awareness of Sharing Intimate Photos Online (lodged on 15 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16930 Mary Fee: Glasgow Clan Fans Say #HockeyIsForEveryone (lodged on 15 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16929 Miles Briggs: Gorgie, Dalry, Stenhouse Church of Scotland's New Centre for Rough Sleepers (lodged on 15 April 2019) New Support: Alexander Burnett*
S5M-16928 Stuart McMillan: Inverclyde’s New MSYPs Elected (lodged on 15 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16927 Alasdair Allan: Fundraiser Receives Award for Turning Isle of Lewis Purple (lodged on 15 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16926 David Torrance: Fife Sands (lodged on 15 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16923 Brian Whittle: Asda Kilmarnock Delivers Community Grants (lodged on 12 April 2019) New Support: Alexander Burnett*
S5M-16921 Shona Robison: Dundee, Scotland’s Best (lodged on 12 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16920 Alexander Stewart: Play Alloa Awarded £110,000 by BBC Children in Need Fund (lodged on 12 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16919 Gail Ross: John O’Groats Mill Trust (lodged on 12 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16918 Fulton MacGregor: Double Win for The Mad Batter Bakery and Coffee Shop (lodged on 16 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16915 Ruth Maguire: Glebe Primary School (lodged on 12 April 2019)
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New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16913 John Mason: Personal Debt in Scotland (lodged on 12 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16911 David Torrance: Harley Hepburn Merger (lodged on 11 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16910 David Torrance: SeeScape (lodged on 11 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16909 David Torrance: Kingdom Abuse Survivors Project (lodged on 11 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16908 David Torrance: Beth Scoon, Silver Medal Winner (lodged on 11 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16907 David Torrance: Rory Butcher, British Touring Car Championship Winner (lodged on 11 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16905 David Torrance: Revolution Barbershop's Beach Clean (lodged on 11 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16904 Jackie Baillie: World Parkinson's Day 2019 (lodged on 11 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16900 Mark McDonald: CLAN Cancer Support (lodged on 11 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16899 Jenny Gilruth: The People’s Pantry Aiming to Tackle Food Waste (lodged on 11 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16898 Jenny Gilruth: Kingdom Housing Association Staff Celebrate Qualification Success (lodged on 11 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16896 Jenny Gilruth: Flight Sergeant Robert Weddle Selected for Prestigious Flying Scholarship (lodged on 11 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16894 Tavish Scott: Funding for Shetland Women's Aid (lodged on 10 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16893 Annie Wells: REACH Lanarkshire Autism (lodged on 10 April 2019)
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New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16885 Tom Arthur: The 3rd Johnstone BB Company Band Takes Title in National Contest (lodged on 10 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16884 Jackie Baillie: Dumbarton Organisations Receive Young Start Funding (lodged on 10 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16879 Alexander Stewart: Scottish Autism in Alloa Launches New Campaign (lodged on 10 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16873 Alexander Stewart: Clackmannanshire Third Sector Interface (lodged on 10 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16869 Tom Arthur: Chief Superintendent Gordon Crossan to Retire After 30 Years (lodged on 10 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16868 Elaine Smith: North Lanarkshire Schools Pipe Bands Drum Up Support in New York (lodged on 10 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16866 Angela Constance: Congratulations to West Lothian's Circular Economy Challenge Finalists (lodged on 10 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16865 Stuart McMillan: Amy Muir, Rangers’ Women’s Player of the Year (lodged on 10 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16862 Stewart Stevenson: Tougher Sentencing for Animal Cruelty in Scotland (lodged on 09 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16861 Kenneth Gibson: Congratulations to West Kilbride Boys' Brigade on 100th Anniversary (lodged on 10 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16857 Kenneth Gibson: Erin McCluskey and David MacDonald, Newly-elected MSYPs for Cunninghame North (lodged on 09 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16856 Liam McArthur: Orkney Young Enterprise Success (lodged on 09 April 2019)
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New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16850 Maurice Corry: Helensburgh Parish Church's Grand Bazaar (lodged on 08 April 2019) New Support: Alexander Burnett*
S5M-16849 Angela Constance: Official Opening of the West Lothian Dementia Resource Centre (lodged on 08 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16847 Angela Constance: Friends to Walk the West Highland Way for Help for Heroes (lodged on 08 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16844 John Finnie: International Romani Day 2019 (lodged on 08 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16843 Gail Ross: Wartime Trail Round Loch Ewe (lodged on 08 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16835 Angus MacDonald: Falkirk Peace Vigil (lodged on 08 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16826 Richard Lyle: New College Lanarkshire Wins Big at the MPA Awards (lodged on 05 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16825 Liam McArthur: Orkney Drama Success (lodged on 05 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*, Alexander Burnett*
S5M-16822 Miles Briggs: Scotland, a Nation of Lifesavers (lodged on 05 April 2019) New Support: Alexander Burnett*
S5M-16820 David Torrance: Kirkcaldy Fin’s Swimmer, Erin Taylor (lodged on 05 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16818 David Torrance: Kingdom FM (lodged on 05 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16816 David Torrance: Byron Hairdressing, Kirkcaldy (lodged on 05 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16811 Alison Johnstone: Brunei and Human Rights Concerns (lodged on 05 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16810 Fulton MacGregor: Little Learners (lodged on 04 April 2019)
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New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16809 Fulton MacGregor: Amnesty International’s Football Welcomes Weekend (lodged on 04 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16806 Jenny Gilruth: Diageo Introduces Fully Paid Paternity Leave to all Workers (lodged on 04 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16805 Jenny Gilruth: Craig Walker from Fife College Wins Staff Member of the Year Award (lodged on 04 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16804 Jenny Gilruth: Tartan Treasures Win Award (lodged on 04 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16803 Jenny Gilruth: The Friendship Cabin to Extend Services (lodged on 08 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16802 Jenny Gilruth: Railway Inn Wins Fife CAMRA Pub of the Year 2019 (lodged on 04 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16799 Dean Lockhart: Living Well with Multiple Sclerosis (lodged on 04 April 2019) New Support: Clare Adamson*
S5M-16039 Bruce Crawford: Scottish Gigabit Cities (lodged on 27 February 2019) New Support: Lewis Macdonald*
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Written Questions
Questions in which a member has indicated a declarable interest are marked with an "R".
Government Initiated Questions are initiated by the Scottish Government in order to facilitate the provision of information to the Parliament.
Government initiated questions lodged on 02 May 2019
S5W-22974 Fulton MacGregor: To ask the Scottish Government how quickly the provisions of the Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Bill will come into effect after Royal Assent.
Written questions lodged on 02 May 2019
S5W-22943 Brian Whittle: To ask the Scottish Government, further to the statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport on 27 June 2017 (Official Report, c. 28), what progress has been made with the commitment to "establish an oversight group comprising families and representative organisations to undertake scrutiny from the service users’ perspective of the changes that are happening not only in NHS Ayrshire and Arran but in maternity and neonatal services throughout Scotland". S5W-22944 Mark Griffin: To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-22076 by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 15 March 2019, and in light of the commentary in the report by Auditor General, Social Security: Implementing the devolved powers, which states that Industrial Injuries Disabled Benefit will be delivered by the DWP on an ongoing basis by agency agreement, whether the new claims service for Employment Injury Assistance will be launched in autumn 2022. S5W-22945 Mark Griffin: To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that the bidder selected to run the advocacy service for the Scottish social security system (a) recruits and (b) trains sufficient numbers of advocates in time for the service go live. S5W-22946 Mark Griffin: To ask the Scottish Government, if the bidder selected to run the Scottish social security system also provides social security advice, how it will ensure that the advocacy services for the system are (a) delivered, (b) quality assured and (c) audited separately from such advice. S5W-22947 Mark Griffin: To ask the Scottish Government what discussions and preparatory work it has conducted with advocacy providers in advance of the publication of the advocacy service for the Scottish social security system prior information notice (PIN) to aid their ability to respond to the PIN. S5W-22948 Mark Griffin: To ask the Scottish Government what lessons have been learned and information has been shared from the process to develop and introduce of advocacy services under Section 122 of the Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 in the preparation of the advocacy service for the Scottish social security system prior information notice. S5W-22949 Mark Griffin: To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) private, (b) public and (c) third sector organisations have (i) responded to and (ii) requested information regarding the prior information notice for the advocacy service for the Scottish social security system. S5W-22950 Mark Griffin: To ask the Scottish Government what the expected service delivery date is of the social security advocacy service, and whether the delivery will be aligned with the introduction of disability assistance for children and young people in summer 2020. S5W-22951 John Finnie: To ask the Scottish Government what level of detail in respect of each lethal control licence issued under the Beaver Management Framework after 1 May 2019 will be
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retained in relation to why less severe mitigation measures had not been adopted in each particular site prior to the granting of the lethal control licence, and whether the reason for rejection of non-lethal measures will be in the public domain with appropriate redaction to protect individual identities and locations. S5W-22952 John Finnie: To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been accredited to act as potential lethal controllers under licence from Scottish Natural Heritage to kill beavers under the Beaver Management Framework, effective from 1 May 2019. S5W-22953 John Finnie: To ask the Scottish Government how many applications Scottish Natural Heritage has received requesting licences to kill beavers under the Beaver Management Framework, effective from 1 May 2019. S5W-22954 John Finnie: To ask the Scottish Government how many licences for (a) lethal control and (b) non-lethal mitigation measures were issued under the Beaver Management Framework in advance of conferral of European Protected Status on beavers on 1 May 2019. S5W-22957 Mark Griffin: To ask the Scottish Government how many social security programme staff have recorded (a) short- and (b) long-term absences in the last year. S5W-22958 John Scott: To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that fire breaks are adequately maintained by swiping or other methods on Forestry Commission Scotland-owned land and forests, following reports of many moorland wildfires in 2019, and what analysis it has carried out of the effectiveness of this work recently. R S5W-22959 Mark Griffin: To ask the Scottish Government what the £10 million budgeted in 2019- 20 for social security capital expenditure is expected to cover. S5W-22960 Mark Griffin: To ask the Scottish Government whether it is anticipates that the social security programme will require an in-year budget revision and, if so, for what reason. S5W-22961 Miles Briggs: To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that Four Seasons Health Care has entered administration, and what contingency planning it carried out to prepare for such an outcome. S5W-22962 Mark Griffin: To ask the Scottish Government how many of its social security (a) programme, (b) directorate and (c) agency staff have previously been employed by the DWP. S5W-22963 Ross Greer: To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W- 19849 by John Swinney on 20 November 2018, whether it plans to carry out an evaluation of the money given to local authorities to provide mental health first aid training to school staff. S5W-22964 Alison Harris: To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-22432 by Maree Todd on 29 April 2019, what effect it expects the charging of low prices for childcare services in council-run settings would have on private, voluntary and independent sector providers that cannot match such prices without making a loss. S5W-22965 Ross Greer: To ask the Scottish Government, further to the commitments made in the Programme for Government 2018-19, what progress has been made in relation to the rollout of school-based counselling; how many counsellors have been assessed as having the relevant counselling qualifications and experience to work with children and young people in schools; how many counsellors have been recruited to deliver counselling in schools to date; whether it still expects the 350 counsellors to be operational in schools by September 2020, and how much money was provided to each local authority as part of the General Revenue Grant to provide for counselling in schools in the financial year 2019-20. S5W-22967 Pauline McNeill: To ask the Scottish Government how many units have been constructed with support from the Scotland Self-Build Loan Fund, and what plans it has to expand the fund. S5W-22968 Pauline McNeill: To ask the Scottish Government whether it has encouraged local authorities to keep a register of people and groups that express an interest in self-build homes and, if so, what response it has received.
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S5W-22969 Pauline McNeill: To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on placing a statutory duty on local authorities to maintain a register of people and groups that have acquired service plots for self-build homes and for the councils to employ a named officer to take such interests forward, including by ensuring that there are enough plots to meet expected demand. S5W-22970 Dean Lockhart: To ask the Scottish Government how many contractors have been employed to implement social security benefits in each year, also broken down by department and how much this has cost. S5W-22971 Finlay Carson: To ask the Scottish Government what funding is available to individuals to train as HGV operators. S5W-22972 Finlay Carson: To ask the Scottish Government whether its funding is being used to subsidise any HGV training facilities. S5W-22973 Mike Rumbles: To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-22768 by Clare Haughey on 2 May 2019, how much of the £1.4 million provided for combat stress is spent in the NHS Grampian area. S5W-22975 Finlay Carson: To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that superfast broadband speeds will be available to every address by the end of 2021. R S5W-22976 Finlay Carson: To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to boost the digital skills that will required for businesses in the forthcoming years. R S5W-22977 Finlay Carson: To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve trust in access to broadband services. R S5W-22978 Finlay Carson: To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that lessons have been learned from any previous failures to roll-out community broadband for rural communities. R S5W-22980 Miles Briggs: To ask the Scottish Government how many affordable homes were built in 2018-19, broken down by local authority.
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New Bills and Accompanying Documents
New Bills introduced or reprinted on 2 May 2019
Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Bill—The Bill was reprinted as passed (SP Bill 31B) (Government Bill)
Census (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill—The Bill was reprinted as amended at Stage 2 (SP Bill 40A) (Government Bill)
New accompanying documents printed on 2 May 2019
Vulnerable Witnesses (Criminal Evidence) (Scotland) Bill (As Amended at Stage 2)—Revised Explanatory Notes have been printed. (SP Bill 34A-EN) (Government Bill)
Fuel Poverty (Target, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Bill (As Amended at Stage 2)—A Supplementary Financial Memorandum has been printed. (SP Bill 37A-FM) (Government Bill)
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Amendments
New amendments to Bills lodged on 2 May 2019
Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Bill – Stage 2
Section 1
Roseanna Cunningham
1 In section 1, page 1, leave out lines 15 to 17 and insert— <(2A) The “net-zero emissions target year” is 2045. (2B) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations modify subsection (2A) so as to substitute for the year for the time being mentioned in that subsection— (a) an earlier year, or (b) a later year if— (i) that later year is consistent with the most up-to-date advice they have received from the relevant body, and (ii) that advice states that the later year is appropriate on the basis of either scientific knowledge about climate change or current international carbon reporting practice (or both). (2C) In preparing a draft of regulations to be made under subsection (2B), the Scottish Ministers must have regard to— (a) the target-setting criteria, and (b) the most up-to-date advice they have received from the relevant body.>
Roseanna Cunningham
2 In section 1, page 1, line 20, leave out
Roseanna Cunningham
3 In section 1, page 1, line 26, leave out from beginning to end of line 7 on page 2
Section 2
Roseanna Cunningham
4 Leave out section 2 and insert—
Section 3
Roseanna Cunningham
5 In section 3, page 2, line 12, at end insert— <“The interim targets>
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Roseanna Cunningham
6 In section 3, page 2, line 17, leave out <66%> and insert <70%>
Roseanna Cunningham
7 In section 3, page 2, line 18, leave out <78%> and insert <90%>
Section 4
Roseanna Cunningham
8 In section 4, page 2, line 23, leave out <2050 and>
Roseanna Cunningham
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Roseanna Cunningham
10 In section 4, page 2, line 29, leave out
Roseanna Cunningham
11 In section 4, page 2, line 31, leave out
Roseanna Cunningham
12 In section 4, page 2, line 33, at end insert— <( ) not, in that advice, stated to be appropriate on the basis of either scientific knowledge about climate change or current international carbon reporting practice (or both),>
Roseanna Cunningham
13 In section 4, page 3, line 7, leave out
Roseanna Cunningham
14 In section 4, page 3, leave out line 10
Section 6
Roseanna Cunningham
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Roseanna Cunningham
16 In section 6, page 5, line 31, leave out from beginning to
Section 8
Roseanna Cunningham
17 In section 8, page 6, line 20, leave out from <, and> to end of line 26 and insert— <(3) The Scottish Ministers must—
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(a) within 3 months of receiving that advice publish a statement setting how they intend to respond to that advice, and (b) if they do not, within 12 months of receiving that advice, lay for approval a draft of regulations under section A1(2B) which modify the net-zero emissions target year to that year, make a statement to the Scottish Parliament setting out the reasons for not doing so.>
Roseanna Cunningham
18 In section 8, page 6, line 28, leave out
Roseanna Cunningham
19 In section 8, page 6, line 30, leave out from <, and> to end of line 36 and insert— <(5) The Scottish Ministers must— (a) within 3 months of receiving that advice publish a statement setting how they intend to respond to that advice, and (b) if they do not, within 12 months of receiving that advice, lay for approval a draft of regulations under section 2A(1) to make the advised modification to that percentage figure, make a statement to the Scottish Parliament setting out the reasons for not doing so.”.>
Section 9
Roseanna Cunningham
20 In section 9, page 7, line 4, leave out <2049> and insert
Roseanna Cunningham
21 In section 9, page 7, line 11, leave out <2049 (the “2041-2049 period”)> and insert
Roseanna Cunningham
22 In section 9, page 7, line 28, leave out <2041-2049> and insert
Roseanna Cunningham
23 In section 9, page 7, line 30, leave out
Roseanna Cunningham
24 In section 9, page 7, line 31, leave out
Roseanna Cunningham
25 In section 9, page 7, line 35, leave out <2050> and insert
Roseanna Cunningham
26 In section 9, page 8, line 3, leave out from beginning to
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Roseanna Cunningham
27 In section 9, page 8, leave out line 7
Roseanna Cunningham
28 In section 9, page 8, line 13, at end insert— <(2A) Where regulations made under section A1(2B) modify the net-zero emissions target year to a year which is after 2041, the relevant target figure applying by virtue of section 3 for a year which is before the net-zero emissions target year (as set by those regulations) is modified in accordance with subsection (3).>
Roseanna Cunningham
29 In section 9, page 8, line 26, leave out
Roseanna Cunningham
30 In section 9, page 8, line 31, leave out from
Roseanna Cunningham
31 In section 9, page 8, line 34, leave out
Section 12
Roseanna Cunningham
32 In section 12, page 10, line 7, leave out from
Roseanna Cunningham
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Roseanna Cunningham
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Section 19
Roseanna Cunningham
35 In section 19, page 16, line 14, leave out <, the 2050 target>
Section 20
Roseanna Cunningham
36 In section 20, page 18, line 14, leave out from beginning to
Roseanna Cunningham
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Schedule 1
Roseanna Cunningham
38 In the schedule, page 20, leave out lines 5 to 8
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New Subordinate Legislation
New Subordinate Legislation
Negative instruments
The following instrument was laid before the Parliament on 02 May 2019 and is subject to the negative procedure—
Road Works (Qualifications of Operatives and Supervisors) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2019 (SSI 2019/159) laid under Section 163(2) of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991
Private Landlord Registration (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2019 (SSI 2019/160) laid under Section 141(3) of the Antisocial Behaviour etc. Act 2004.
Local Government Pension Scheme (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2019 (SSI 2019/161) laid under Section 12(6) of the Superannuation Act 1972 and section 24(2) of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013
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Progress of Legislation
Bills
A list of all Bills in progress can be accessed via the Scottish Parliament website at:
https://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/Bills/576.aspx
For each Bill, the date of the next (or most recent) event in the Bill’s passage is given. Other relevant information, e.g. about lodging amendments, is given in italics. As soon as a Public Bill (i.e. a Government, Committee or Member’s Bill) has completed Stage 1, amendments for consideration at Stage 2 may be lodged; and as soon as Stage 2 is completed, amendments for Stage 3 consideration may be lodged. The last lodging day for amendments at Stage 2 is four sitting days before the meeting at which those amendments will be considered (e.g. Wednesday for a meeting on Tuesday); at Stage 3 it is five days before. Amendments may be lodged until 4.30 pm on any sitting day, except on the last lodging day for each Stage, when the deadline is 12 noon.
A Hybrid Bill is subject to the same rules except in the case of Stage 2 where amendments for consideration may be lodged no earlier than the completion of any consideration of evidence at Stage 2. Amendments to Private Bills are subject to different deadlines. These are set out in Rule 9A.12 of Standing Orders.
Members are advised to lodge amendments in good time before the beginning of a Stage and as early as possible during the day.
(G) = Government Bill; (M) = Member’s Bill; (C) = Committee Bill; (P) = Private Bill; (H) = Hybrid Bill.
Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Bill (G) Stage 3 (debate, meeting of the Parliament), 7 May 2019
Census (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill (G) Stage 2 completed 2 May 2019 Stage 3 amendments may now be lodged with the clerks in the Legislation Team ([email protected])
Children and Young People (Information Sharing) (Scotland) Bill (G) Stage 1 (lead committee (Education and Skills)), 6 December 2017
Children (Equal Protection from Assault) (Scotland) Bill (M) Stage 1 (lead committee (Equalities and Human Rights)), 25 April 2019
Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Bill (G) Stage 1 completed, 2 April 2019 Stage 2 amendments may now be lodged with the clerks in the Legislation Team ([email protected])
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Fuel Poverty (Target, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Bill (G) Stage 2 completed, 3 April 2019 Stage 3 amendments may now be lodged with the clerks in the Legislation Team ([email protected])
Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Bill (G) Passed, 2 May 2019
Human Tissue (Authorisation) (Scotland) Bill (G) Stage 2 (Health and Sport Committee), 7 May 2019
Hutchesons’ Hospital Transfer and Dissolution (Scotland) Bill (P) Passed, 25 April 2019
Management of Offenders (Scotland) Bill (G) Stage 2 completed, 30 April 2019 Stage 3 amendments may now be lodged with the clerks in the Legislation Team ([email protected])
Non-Domestic Rates (Scotland) Bill (G) Introduced, 25 March 2019 Lead Committee - Local Government and Communities Committee
Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Bill (M) Introduced, 23 April 2019
Planning (Scotland) Bill (G) Stage 2 completed, 14 November 2018 Stage 3 amendments may now be lodged with the clerks in the Legislation Team ([email protected])
Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Scotland) Bill (M) Stage 1 (lead committee (Rural Economy and Connectivity)), 1 May 2019
Scottish National Investment Bank Bill (G) Stage 1 (evidence, lead committee (Economy, Energy and Fair Work)), 7 May 2019
South of Scotland Enterprise Bill (G) Stage 2 (Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee), 8 May 2019
Transport (Scotland) Bill (G) Stage 2 (Day 1) (Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee), 5 June 2019 Amendments to Parts 1 and 2 should be lodged by 12 noon on Thursday 30 May with the clerks in the Legislation Team ([email protected])
UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Legal Continuity) (Scotland) Bill (G) Passed, 21 March 2018
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Following a reference under section 33 of the Scotland Act 1998 by the Attorney General and the Advocate General for Scotland, the Supreme Court has ruled that some provisions of the Bill are outwith the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament. The Bill cannot be submitted for Royal Assent in its unamended form.
Vulnerable Witnesses (Criminal Evidence) (Scotland) Bill (G) Stage 3 (debate, meeting of the Parliament), 9 May 2019
Legislative Consent Memorandums
A list of all Legislative Consent Memorandums lodged with the Scottish Parliament can be accessed via the website at: http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/Bills/31313.aspx
Agriculture Bill LCM-S5-19 Lodged on 29 October 2018 Report (Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee) published, 12 November 2018
Fisheries Bill LCM-S5-22 Lodged on 7 December 2018 Report (Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee) published, 25 January 2019
Healthcare (International Arrangements) Bill LCM-S5-21 Lodged on 6 December 2018 Motion agreed by the Parliament, 16 January 2019
Holocaust (Return of Cultural Objects) (Amendment) Bill (UK Parliament legislation) LCM- S5-15 Lodged on 15 March 2018 Motion agreed by the Parliament, 8 May 2018
Immigration and Social Security Coordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (UK Parliament legislation) LCM-S5-23 Lodged on 8 March 2019 Evidence (Social Security Committee), 21 March 2019
Offensive Weapons Bill (UK Parliament legislation) LCM-S5-17 Lodged on 3 September 2018 Motion agreed by the Parliament, 21 November 2018
Parking (Code of Practice) Bill (UK Parliament legislation) LCM-S5-13 Lodged on 5 March 2018 Motion agreed by the Parliament, 5 June 2018
Trade Bill (UK Parliament legislation) LCM-S5-12
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Lodged on 20 December 2017 Report (Finance and Constitution Committee) published, 31 October 2018
Subordinate Legislation (date of laying) (lead committee)
Affirmative instruments
Lead committee to report by 9 May 2019 Companies Act 2006 (Scottish public sector companies to be audited by the Auditor General for Scotland) Order 2019 [draft] (15 March 2019) (Economy, Energy and Fair Work)
Lead committee to report by 13 May 2019 Justice of the Peace Courts (Sheriffdom of South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway) etc. Amendment Order 2019 [draft] (19 March 2019) (Justice)
Lead committee to report by 20 May 2019 Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (Treatment of South of Scotland Enterprise as Specified Authority) Order 2019 (SSI 2019/draft) (29 March 2019) (Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee)
Lead committee report due by 09 June 2019 Welfare of Farmed Animals (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2019 (2019/draft) (01 May 2019) (Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee) Code for the Welfare of Meat Chickens and Breeding Chickens (Revocation) (Scotland) Notice 2019 (SG/2019/65) (01 May 2019) (Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee)
Negative instruments
Subject to annulment by 6 May 2019 Lead committee to report by 29 April 2019 Sea Fish Licensing (Foreign Vessels) (EU Exit) (Scotland) Order 2019 (SSI 2019/87) (12 March 2019) (Rural Economy and Connectivity)
Sea Fishing (Licences and Notices) (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (SSI 2019/88) (12 March 2019) (Rural Economy and Connectivity)
Subject to annulment by 7 May 2019 Lead committee to report by 6 May 2019 Agriculture Market Measures (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Amendment Regulations 2019 (SSI 2019/89) (13 March 2019) (Rural Economy and Connectivity)
Subject to annulment by 12 May 2019 Lead committee to report by 6 May 2019 Teachers’ Superannuation and Pension Scheme (Scotland) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Amendment Regulations 2019 (SSI 2019/95) (18 March 2019) (Education and Skills)
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Scottish Road Works Register (Prescribed Fees) Regulations 2019 (SSI 2019/96) (18 March 2019) (Rural Economy and Connectivity)
Subject to annulment by 14 May 2019 Lead committee to report by 13 May 2019 Less Favoured Area Support Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2019 (SSI 2019/98) (20 March 2019) (Rural Economy and Connectivity)
Subject to annulment by 16 May 2019 Lead committee to report by 13 May 2019 Loch Carron Marine Conservation Order 2019 (SSI 2019/101) (22 March 2019) (Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform)
Non-Domestic Rates (Relief for New and Improved Properties) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2019 (SSI 2019/116) (22 March 2019) (Local Government and Communities)
Subject to annulment by 22 May 2019 Lead committee to report by 20 May 2019 Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2019 (SSI 2019/118) (28 March 2019) (Rural Economy and Connectivity)
Subject to annulment by 23 May 2019 Lead committee to report by 20 May 2019 Carbon Accounting Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2019 (SSI 2019/121) (29 March 2019) (Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform)
Subject to annulment by 26 May 2019 Lead committee to report by 20 May 2019
Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (SSI 2019/128) (01 April 2019) (Rural Economy and Connectivity)
Subject to annulment by 31 May 2019 Lead committee to report by 27 May 2019 Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (SSI 2019/133) (08 April 2019) (Social Security Committee)
Subject to annulment by 01 June 2019 Lead committee to report by 27 May 2019 Public Health and Tobacco (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 SSI 2019/142 (23 April 2019) (Health and Sport Committee)
Subject to annulment by 03 June 2019 Lead committee to report by 27 May 2019 St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2019 (SSI 2019/144) (25 April 2019) (Education and Skills Committee)
Subject to annulment by 03 June 2019
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Lead committee to report by 27 May 2019 National Health Service (Free Prescriptions and Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2019 (SSI 2019/145) (25 April 2019) (Health and Sport Committee)
Subject to annulment by 04 June 2019 Lead committee to report by 03 May 2019 The International Joint Investigation Teams (International Agreements) (EU Exit) (Scotland) Order 2019 (SSI 2019/149) (26 April 2019) (Justice Committee)
Subject to annulment by 10 June 2019 Lead committee to report by 03 June 2019
Road Works (Qualifications of Operatives and Supervisors) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2019 (SSI 2019/159) (02 May 2019) (Rural Economy and Connectivity)
Private Landlord Registration (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2019 (SSI 2019/160) (02 May 2019) (Local Government and Communities)
Local Government Pension Scheme (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2019 (SSI 2019/161) (02 May 2019) (Local Government and Communities)
Instruments/documents laid for consultation
The following instruments/documents were laid before the Parliament on 30 April 2019 for consultation—
Lead committee to report by 8 June 2019 Scottish Public Services Ombudsman (Healthcare Whistleblowing) Order 2019 [draft] – Proposed Draft Order (SG/2019/66) (30 April 2019) (Health and Sport)
Scottish Public Services Ombudsman (Healthcare Whistleblowing) Order 2019 [draft] – Proposed Explanatory Document (SG/2019/67) (30 April 2019) (Health and Sport)
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New Documents
Committee Reports
The following reports were published on 2 May 2019—
Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee, 10th Report, 2019 (Session 5): Complaint Against Rachael Hamilton MSP (SP Paper 521)
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee, 21st Report 2019 (Session 5) Subordinate Legislation considered by the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee on 30 April 2019 (SP Paper 518)
The following report was published on 3 May 2019—
Justice Committee 12th Report, 2019 (Session 5): What a ‘no deal’ Brexit means for civil and criminal law in Scotland – a summary of subordinate legislation considered by the Justice Committee to date (SP Paper 522)
For further information on accessing committee reports, please contact the relevant clerk or webpage (see end of Bulletin for contact details or access general committee webpage)
Other Documents
The following document was laid before the Parliament on 2 May 2019 and is not subject to parliamentary procedure-
‘Social Security’ A report prepared for the Auditor General for Scotland AGS/2019/1 laid under the Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000.
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