BUSINESS BULLETIN No. 95/2013 Monday 10 June 2013

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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 Questions - 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

Business Bulletin: Monday 10 June 2013 Section B – Future Meetings of the Parliament

Business Programme agreed by the Parliament on 5 June 2013 Tuesday 11 June 2013

2.00 pm Time for Reflection – Andy Hawthorn, Founder and CEO of The Message Trust. followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by Topical Questions (if selected) followed by Ministerial Statement: Update on the Reform of the Common Fisheries Policy followed by Scottish Government Debate: Supporting a Sporting Nation, Celebrating and Building on Scotland‘s Success in Youth Sport followed by Legislative Consent Motion: Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill – UK Legislation followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions

5.00 pm Decision Time followed by Members‘ Business – S4M-06308 Christina McKelvie: MND Scotland Welfare Reform (for text of motion see Section F)

Wednesday 12 June 2013

2.00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions

2.00 pm Portfolio Questions Health and Wellbeing (for text of questions see Section D of the Business Bulletin for Thursday 6 June 2013) followed by Scottish Government Debate: Progress toward National Planning Framework 3 and the Scottish Planning Policy followed by Business Motions

3 followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions

5.00 pm Decision Time followed by Members‘ Business – S4M-05944 Hanzala Malik: Challenging Negative Racial and Religious Stereotypes (for text of motion see Section F)

Thursday 13 June 2013

11.40 am Parliamentary Bureau Motions

11.40 am General Questions (for text of questions see Section D of the Business Bulletin for Thursday 6 June 2013)

12.00 pm First Minister‘s Questions

12.30 pm Members‘ Business – S4M-06307 Roderick Campbell: Sales of Interest Rate Swap Agreements (for text of motion see Section F)

2.30 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions

2.30 pm Ministerial Statement: Report of the Commission on the Delivery of Rural Education followed by Scottish Government Debate: The Scottish Guardianship Service, a Celebration of Success followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions

5.00 pm Decision Time

Tuesday 18 June 2013

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 19 June 2013

2.00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions

2.00 pm Portfolio Questions Infrastructure, Investment and Cities; Culture and External Affairs followed by Scottish Government Business followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions

5.00 pm Decision Time followed by Members‘ Business

Thursday 20 June 2013

11.40 am Parliamentary Bureau Motions

11.40 am General Questions

12.00 pm First Minister‘s Questions

12.30 pm Members‘ Business

Business Bulletin: Monday 10 June 2013 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

Health and Sport Committee 11 June 2013 19th Meeting, 2013

The Committee will meet at 9.45 am in Committee Room 4 1. Decisions on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 4 in private and whether its consideration of the draft report should be taken in private at future meetings. 2. Welfare Reform – Impact on GP Services: The Committee will take evidence from— Dr Alan McDevitt, Chairman, Scottish General Practitioners Committee, BMA Scotland; Tressa Burke, Director and Trustee - Inclusion Scotland - Chief Executive, Glasgow Disability Alliance. 3. Inquiry into teenage pregnancy (in private): The Committee will consider a draft report. 4. Access to newly licensed medicines: The Committee will consider a draft report.

Proposed future business At its next meeting, on 18 June, the Committee expects to consider oral evidence from NHS Boards on NHS Boards Budget Scrutiny; a draft report on Access to newly licensed medicines; its approach to the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Bill and subordinate legislation.

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, whose details are provided at the end of the Bulletin.

Public Petitions Committee 11 June 2013 12th Meeting, 2013

The Committee will meet at 9.45 am in Committee Room 2 1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 4 in private. 2. Tackling child sexual exploitation in Scotland: The Committee will take evidence from— Daljeet Dagon, Children‘s Services Manager, Barnardo‘s Scotland; Julian Heng, Service Manager, NHS Open Road; Liz Ray, National Learning and Development Lead, Who Cares? Scotland; Martin Henry, National Manager, Stop it Now! Scotland; and then from— Ken Dunbar, Chief Executive, Aberlour Child Care Trust; Rosina McCrae, Director, Say Women; Linda Thompson, Development Officer, Women‘s Support Project; Anela Anwar, Head of Projects, roshni. 3. Consideration of new petitions: The Committee will consider— PE1477 by Jamie Rae, on behalf of the Throat Cancer Foundation, on a gender neutral Human Papillomavirus vaccination and take evidence from— Jamie Rae, Chief Executive, and Ewan Lumsden, Information and Support Manager, Throat Cancer Foundation; and will then consider— PE1481 by Pat Rafferty, Harry Donaldson and Harry Frew, on behalf of Unite, GMB and UCATT, on an end to blacklisting in Scotland and take evidence from— Pat Rafferty, Regional Secretary, Unite Scotland; Harry Donaldson, Regional Secretary, GMB Scotland; Harry Frew, Regional Secretary, UCATT Scotland.

4. Tackling child sexual exploitation in Scotland: The Committee will consider the evidence heard at agenda item 2.

Proposed future business At its next meeting, on 25 June, the Committee expects to take evidence as part of its inquiry into tackling child sexual exploitation in Scotland and consider petitions on effective thyroid and adrenal testing, diagnosis and treatment, improvement of services and resources to tackle chronic pain, a ban on the presence of free methanol in all manufactured products, flood insurance problems, investigating the cause of miscarriage, Scottish standards for the care of adult congenital heart patients, improving awareness of the cancer risks in organ transplantation, hyperemesis specialist nurses, a register of interests for members of Scotland‘s judiciary, evictions due to under occupation deductions and neighbour notification distances for wind turbines.

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 11 June 2013 19th Meeting, 2013

The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in Committee Room 5 1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 6 in private. 2. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure: The Committee will consider the following— Registration of Social Workers and Social Service Workers in Care Services (Scotland) Regulations 2013 [draft]. 3. Instruments subject to negative procedure: The Committee will consider the following— Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2013 (SSI 2013/176); Glasgow Commonwealth Games (Compensation for Enforcement Action) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 (SSI 2013/160); Town and Country Planning (Appeals) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 (SSI 2013/156); Town and Country Planning (Schemes of Delegation and Local Review Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 (SSI 2013/157); National Health Service (Superannuation Scheme and Pension Scheme) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2013 (SSI 2013/168); Equality Act 2010 (Specification of Public Authorities) (Scotland) Order 2013 (SSI 2013/170); Animal Health (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Order 2013 (SSI 2013/173); National Health Service Superannuation Scheme (2008 Section) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 (SSI 2013/174); Requirements for Community Learning and Development (Scotland) Regulations 2013 (SSI 2013/175); Dangerous Dogs (Fees) (Scotland) Order 2013 (SSI 2013/178); Anniesland College and Langside College (Transfer and Closure) (Scotland) Order 2013 (SSI 2013/180); Kilmarnock College (Transfer and Closure) (Scotland) Order 2013 (SSI 2013/182); Reid Kerr College (Transfer and Closure) (Scotland) Order 2013 (SSI 2013/183); Police Reform (Pensions Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 (SSI 2013/184); Firemen‘s Pension Scheme (Amendment) (Scotland) (No. 2) Order 2013 (SSI 2013/185); Fire Reform (Pensions Amendments) (Scotland) Order 2013 (SSI 2013/186); Plant Health (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2013 (SSI 2013/187); Mobile Homes (Written Statement) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 (SSI 2013/188); National Health Service (Free Prescriptions and Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2013 (SSI 2013/191).

4. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure: The Committee will consider the following— Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session Amendment No. 4) (Miscellaneous) 2013 (SSI 2013/162); Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Court Rules) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) 2013 (SSI 2013/171); Act of Sederunt (Children‘s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011) (Miscellaneous Amendments) 2013 (SSI 2013/172); Children‘s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Commencement No. 8) Order 2013 (SSI 2013/190 (C.13)). 5. Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the Scottish Government‘s response to its Stage 1 report. 6. Landfill Tax (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider a draft report to the Finance Committee.

Proposed future business At its next meeting, on 18 June, the Committee expects to consider subordinate legislation.

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, whose details are provided at the end of the Bulletin.

Education and Culture Committee 11 June 2013 19th Meeting, 2013

The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in Committee Room 6 1. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instruments— Children‘s Hearing (Scotland) Act 2011 (Rehabilitation of Offenders) (Transitory Provisions) Order 2013 (SSI 2013/146); Children‘s Hearing (Scotland) Act 2011 (Transitional, Savings and Supplementary Provisions) Order 2013 (SSI 2013/150). 2. Inquiry into decision making on whether to take children into care (in private): The Committee will consider the main themes arising from evidence received during the inquiry. 3. Children and Young People Bill (in private): The Committee will consider its approach to the scrutiny of the Bill at Stage 1. 4. Work programme (in private): The Committee will consider its work programme.

Proposed future business For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, whose details are provided at the end of the Bulletin.

Justice Committee 11 June 2013 19th Meeting, 2013

The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in Committee Room 1 1. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Notification Requirements) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 [draft] from— Kenny MacAskill, Cabinet Secretary for Justice; Ian Fleming, Policy Manager, Carla McCloy-Stevens, Legal Services, and Carolyn Rae, Head of Public Protection, Scottish Government. 2. Subordinate legislation: Kenny MacAskill (Cabinet Secretary for Justice) to move— S4M-06873—That the Justice Committee recommends that the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Notification Requirements) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 [draft] be approved. 3. Subordinate legislation: Lewis Macdonald to move— S4M-06648—That the Justice Committee recommends that the Sheriff Court Districts Amendment Order 2013 (SSI 2013/152) be annulled. S4M-06649—That the Justice Committee recommends that Justice of the Peace Courts (Scotland) Amendment Order 2013 (SSI 2013/153) be annulled.

Proposed future business At its next meeting, on 18 June, the Committee expects to: take evidence on the implementation of the fire provisions in the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012; consider correspondence on the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012; and consider the Scottish Government‘s response to the Committee‘s report on purposeful activity in prisons.

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, whose details are provided at the end of the Bulletin.

Welfare Reform Committee 11 June 2013 11th Meeting, 2013

The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in Committee Room 3 1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 4 in private. 2. Fact-finding visits: Members will report back to the Committee on recent fact- finding visits to local authorities. 3. Work Capability Assessments: The Committee will consider whether to take further action. 4. Draft Budget Scrutiny 2014-15: The Committee will consider its approach to the scrutiny of the Scottish Government‘s Draft Budget 2014-15.

Proposed future business For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, whose details are provided at the end of the Bulletin.

Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee 12 June 2013 19th Meeting, 2013

The Committee will meet at 9.30 am in Committee Room 4 1. Decisions on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 3 in private and whether to consider a draft report on the Debt Arrangement Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2013 [draft] in private at a future meeting. 2. Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from— Stephen Boyd, Assistant Secretary, STUC; Fraser Kelly, Chief Executive, Social Enterprise Scotland; Trisha McAuley, Director for Scotland, Consumer Futures; Dave Watson, Scottish Organiser, UNISON Scotland; and then from— Malcolm Fraser, Director, Malcolm Fraser Architects; Nancy Jamieson, Vice-Convener, Heads of Planning Scotland, Development Management Sub Committee; Alistair MacDonald, Convenor, Royal Town Planning Institute Scotland; Alison Polson, Brodies LLP, representative for Planning Aid for Scotland; Colin Smith, Director, Turley Associates, representative for the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. 3. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider written evidence recieved on— Debt Arrangement Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2013 [draft]. 4. Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Bill (in private): The Committee will review the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.

Proposed future business At its next meeting, on 19 June, the Committee will continue to take evidence on Stage 1 of the Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Bill.

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, whose details are provided at the end of the Bulletin.

Finance Committee 12 June 2013 18th Meeting, 2013

The Committee will meet at 9.30 am in Committee Room 6 1. Landfill Tax (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—

Professor Jim Baird, Glasgow Caledonian University, The Chartered Institution of Wastes Management; Stephen Freeland, Policy Executive, Scottish Environmental Services Association; Craig Hatton, Corporate Director, North Ayrshire Council; and then from— Lloyd Austin, Head of Conservation Policy, RSPB Scotland; Willie Beattie, Member, The Scottish Landfill Communities Fund Forum; Lucy Graham, Head of Development, Scottish Wildlife Trust; Paul Johnston, Chair, Community Resources Network Scotland.

Proposed future business At its next meeting, on 19 June, the Committee expects to continue to take evidence on the Landfill Tax (Scotland) Bill.

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, whose details are provided at the end of the Bulletin.

Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee 12 June 2013 14th Meeting, 2013

The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in Committee Room 2 1. Broadband update: The Committee will take evidence from— Nicola Sturgeon, Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure, Investment and Cities, and Colin Cook, Deputy Director, Digital Strategy and Programmes, Scottish Government. 2. Public petitions: The Committee will consider the following petitions— PE1475 by John Nelson on behalf of the Hamilton Labour Party on Bus fares and services; PE1236 from Jill Fotheringham, regarding safety measures at the junction where the A937 crosses the A90 at Laurencekirk. 3. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on the Mobile Homes Act 1983 (Amendment of Schedule 1) (Scotland) Order 2013 [draft] from— Margaret Burgess, Minister for Housing and Welfare, Ben Haynes, Reducing Reoffending Programme Officer, Housing Services and Regeneration, Lindsey Henderson, Team Leader, Housing Services and Regeneration, and Jacqueline Pantony, Principal Legal Officer, Scottish Government. 4. Subordinate legislation: Margaret Burgess to move— S4M-0685—That the Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee recommends that the Mobile Homes Act 1983 (Amendment of Schedule 1) (Scotland) Order 2013 [draft] be approved. 5. Community transport inquiry (in private): The Committee will consider a draft report.

Proposed future business For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, whose details are provided at the end of the Bulletin.

Local Government and Regeneration Committee 12 June 2013 19th Meeting, 2013

The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in Committee Room 3 1. Decisions on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 5, 6 and 7 in private. 2. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instrument— Building (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 (SSI 2013/143). 3. Delivery of Regeneration in Scotland: The Committee will take evidence from— David Fletcher, Assistant Director of Regeneration, Glasgow Housing Association; Dr Colleen Rowan, Membership and Policy Officer, Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations; Craig Sanderson, Chief Executive, Link Group Ltd; Pauline Barbour, Policy Consultant, Scottish Federation of Housing Associations; Gavin Corbett, Policy Adviser, Shelter Scotland; and then from— Prof Carol Tannahill, Director, Glasgow Centre for Population Health, GoWell; Dr Peter Matthews, Lecturer in School of the Built Environment, Heriot Watt University; Annette Hastings, Senior Lecturer in Urban Studies, University of Glasgow. 4. Delivery of Regeneration in Scotland (in private): The Committee will consider the evidence received. 5. Draft Budget Scrutiny 2014-15: The Committee will consider a draft remit and person-specification for the post of adviser as part of its approach to the scrutiny of the Scottish Government‘s Draft Budget 2014-15. 6. Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider its approach to the scrutiny of the Bill at Stage 1. 7. Children and Young People (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider its approach to the scrutiny of the Bill at Stage 1.

Proposed future business At its next meeting, on 19 June, the Committee will continue to take oral evidence from witnesses as part of its inquiry on the Delivery of Regeneration in Scotland. The Committee also expects to consider several pieces of subordinate legislation.

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, whose details are provided at the end of the Bulletin.

Public Audit Committee 12 June 2013 9th Meeting, 2013

The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in Committee Room 1 1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 5 in private. 2. Commonwealth Games 2014 progress report 2: Planning for the delivery of the XXth Games - Impact report and update on progress: The Committee will take evidence on the report from— Caroline Gardner, Auditor General for Scotland; Tricia Meldrum, Portfolio Manager, Performance Audit Group, Audit Scotland. 3. Responding to challenges and change - An overview of local government in Scotland 2013: The Committee will receive a briefing on the Accounts Commission report from— John Baillie, Chair, and Douglas Sinclair, Deputy Chair, Accounts Commission; Fraser McKinlay, Controller of Audit and Director, Best Value and Scrutiny Improvement Group, and Gordon Smail, Portfolio Manager, Audit Scotland. 4. Landfill Tax (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider correspondence from the Scottish Government and the Auditor General for Scotland. 5. Consideration of approach - Commonwealth Games 2014 Progress report 2: Planning for the delivery of the XXth Games - Impact report and update on progress: The Committee will consider its approach and take evidence from— Caroline Gardner, Auditor General for Scotland; Tricia Meldrum, Portfolio Manager, Performance Audit Group, Audit Scotland.

Proposed future business At its next meeting it is expected that the Committee will take evidence on reports recently published by the Auditor General for Scotland.

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, whose details are provided at the end of the Bulletin.

Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee 12 June 2013 21st Meeting, 2013

The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in Committee Room 5 1. Common Agricultural Policy and neonicotinoids: The Committee will take evidence from—

Rt Hon Owen Paterson MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Martin Nesbit, Director, EU, International and CAP Reform, UK Government. 2. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instrument— Animal Health (Miscellaneous Fees and Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 (SSI 2013/151). 3. Crofting (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the Bill at Stage 2. 4. Petitions: The Committee will consider the following petitions— PE1336 by Lawson Devery on behalf of the Salmon and Trout Association on save our west Highland wild salmon and sea trout; PE1450 by James A Mackie on environmental and genetic impact on natural stocks of sea and brown trout by stocking rivers with farmed brown trout and hatchery reared Atlantic salmon; PE1386 by Richard Munday, on behalf of Torridon Nephrops Management Group, on the establishment of further static gear only inshore fisheries.

Proposed future business At its next meeting, on 19 June, the Committee expects to consider a draft report on the Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Billl and to take evidence on its rents review inquiry.

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, whose details are provided at the end of the Bulletin.

European and External Relations Committee 13 June 2013 11th Meeting, 2013

The Committee will meet at 9.00 am in Committee Room 6 1. Brussels Bulletin: The Committee will consider the latest issue of the Brussels Bulletin. 2. Inquiry into the Scottish Government’s Country Plan for China and its International Framework (in private): The Committee will consider a draft report. 3. Foreign language learning in primary schools (in private): The Committee will consider a draft report.

Proposed future business At its next meeting, on 27 June, the Committee expects to take evidence on European affairs from David Liddington MP and to consider the latest issue of the Brussels Bulletin; EU Funds; Horizon 2020 and the Committee of the Regions.

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, whose details are provided at the end of the Bulletin.

Business Bulletin: Monday 10 June 2013 Section E – Written questions lodged on 07 June 2013

Questions marked with a triangle (Δ) are initiated by the Scottish Government in order to facilitate the provision of information to the Parliament.

Questions in which a member has indicated a declarable interest are marked with an "R".

S4W-15324 Richard Simpson: To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the figures published by Information Services Division in May 2013 suggesting that ‗social unavailability for new outpatient appointments‘ in NHS Grampian in March 2013 was 9.4% compared with the national average of 2.6%.

S4W-15325 Richard Simpson: To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the figures published by Information Services Division in May 2013 suggesting that ‗medical unavailability for new outpatient appointments‘ in NHS Grampian was 2.4% in March 2013 compared with the national average of 0.7%.

S4W-15326 Richard Simpson: To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the figures published by Information Services Division in May 2013 suggesting that ‗unavailable no response for new outpatient appointments‘ in NHS Grampian in March 2013 was 2.4% compared with the national average of 0.4%.

S4W-15327 Richard Simpson: To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the figures published by Information Services Division in May 2013 suggesting that no more than three NHS boards exceeded the national average for level of referral back to GP in March 2013.

S4W-15328 Richard Simpson: To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to reduce the number of patients waiting (a) six to eight and (b) more than nine weeks for an MRI scan.

S4W-15329 Richard Simpson: To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the figures published by Information Services Division in May 2013 suggesting that there has been an increase in people recorded in the monthly waiting times for all diagnostics from 127 in March 2011 to 3,143 in March 2013, with a 1,200 rise in the last quarter.

S4W-15330 Richard Simpson: To ask the Scottish Government whether it will ask Information Services Division to carry out regular audits of waiting times for positronic emission scans.

S4W-15331 Richard Simpson: To ask the Scottish Government for what reason Information Services Division is unable to provide a quality assurance guarantee for the data collected for its reports on diagnostic tests waiting times.

S4W-15521 Jackie Baillie: To ask the Scottish Government whether its increase in spending on private healthcare is a consequence of meeting waiting times guarantees.

S4W-15522 Jackie Baillie: To ask the Scottish Government what the impact on the economy is of patients waiting for treatment.

S4W-15523 Jackie Baillie: To ask the Scottish Government what funds have been transferred between NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and NHS Lanarkshire following the boundary changes announced by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing on 4 June 2013.

S4W-15524 Jackie Baillie: To ask the Scottish Government whether and, if so, by how much it plans to increase bed capacity in order to meet waiting times guarantees.

S4W-15525 Jackie Baillie: To ask the Scottish Government how much each NHS board has spent on private healthcare to meet waiting times guarantees.

S4W-15529 Mary Fee: To ask the Scottish Government whether there are quotas relating to issuing (a) endorsable and (b) non-endorsable fixed penalty tickets.

S4W-15530 Mary Fee: To ask the Scottish Government how many currently serving police officers have received emergency response training and how many are qualified in emergency response.

S4W-15531 Mary Fee: To ask the Scottish Government how many emergency service workers have been charged with driving offences while responding to an emergency call in each of the last three years and what additional protection it provide to such workers.

S4W-15532 John Finnie: To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-15192 by Richard Lochhead on 6 June 2013, what steps the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has taken to engage with communities and local authorities in Scotland.

S4W-15538 Alison McInnes: To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to the second supplementary to question S4O-02201 by Kenny MacAskill on 5 June 2013, what its policy is on charging event organisers for policing under a single police force.

S4W-15539 Alison McInnes: To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to the second supplementary to question S4O-02201 by Kenny MacAskill on 5 June 2013, how his statement that "the police are there to serve and not to operate as a business" reflects the charging for policing of music festivals and other events.

S4W-15540 Alison McInnes: To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to the second supplementary to question S4O-02201 by Kenny MacAskill on 5 June 2013, how the charging of event organisers for policing inside and in the direct vicinity of events such as football matches and music festivals reflects the cabinet

secretary‘s statement that "the police are there to serve and not to operate as a business". S4W-15553 Drew Smith: To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulation Agency proposal to regulate electronic cigarettes as medicines and what discussions it has had with the (a) agency with regard to this matter and (b) UK Government on whether the proposals are compliant with the EU directive on medicinal products for human use.

S4W-15554 Margaret McCulloch: To ask the Scottish Government how town centre regeneration is supported through the National Performance Framework.

S4W-15555 Margaret McCulloch: To ask the Scottish Government how town centre regeneration is supported through single outcome agreements.

Business Bulletin: Monday 10 June 2013 Section F – Motions and Amendments

Motions and amendments are normally printed the day after they are lodged. If an amendment is lodged to a motion then the original motion will appear alongside the amendment, along with any support lodged that day, in this section.

Each Monday, this section also contains all motions and amendments lodged the previous week that are still live and any motions and amendments that have been lodged for debate in the coming week. A motion or amendment is live if it has not been debated, withdrawn or otherwise deleted from the list.

Where a motion or amendment has been withdrawn, it is indicated in this section the day after it has been withdrawn. Support for motions and amendments received after they are lodged is shown at the end of this section the day after such support is received.

Motions and amendments can be published with various symbols:

 Asterisks before the motion or amendment number indicate a motion or amendment published for the first time;

 Asterisks also identify alterations to the text of a motion or amendment made since it was first published;

 A hash symbol identifies motions eligible for debate at Members’ Business;

 A diamond symbol identifies motions lodged for Members’ Business that have not yet attracted the required cross-party support;

 An "R", identifies motions or amendments in which the Member who lodged it has a registrable interest.

The Parliamentary Bureau periodically deletes motions or amendments not scheduled for debate and which are over six weeks old.

A search facility is also available on the Scottish Parliament web site at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.

Any questions in relation to this section should be directed to the Chamber Desk, for which contact details are provided at the end of the Bulletin.

New and altered motions and amendments

*S4M-06917 Marco Biagi: Edinburgh Central Mosque—That the Parliament welcomes Edinburgh Central Mosque‘s open doors policy, which, it understands, encourages people from all faiths and backgrounds to interact and build relationships; congratulates the mosque on what it considers to be its extensive work in fostering a strong sense of cohesion between Edinburgh‘s diverse communities; believes that promoting inter-faith and inter-community dialogue and understanding is important everywhere across the country, and welcomes the message of tolerance and friendship preached by imams and pastors in mosques around Scotland.

*S4M-06916 Kevin Stewart: Aberdeen, City of Culture—That the Parliament notes that the UK Government will announce the shortlist of the cities to be considered as City of Culture 2017 on 19 June 2013; understands that the Aberdeen bid team is working hard to secure what it considers the Granite City‘s well-deserved place on the shortlist, and wishes the bid team and all of the people of Aberdeen and the north east who are involved in the bid process all the best in their endeavours.

*S4M-06915 David Torrance: Launch of Fife Diet Food Map—That the Parliament congratulates the Burntisland-based Fife Diet on the launch of its food map; understands that the Fife Diet project aims to reduce the carbon footprint of consumption; considers this work to be outstanding; notes that the map has a window sticker system and an online guide to help people to source food locally; understands that all businesses, including shops and hotels, that supply such food can join; believes that over 4,000 people have been inspired to follow a more sustainable approach by buying locally-sourced food, reducing food waste and reducing the amount of meat that they eat; considers that it helps to support businesses in Fife and its neighbouring area and slows down the effects of climate change; wishes the Fife Diet continued success, and hopes that this food project will inspire people from all over the world.

Supported by: Bill Walker*, Richard Lyle*, Nigel Don*, Stuart McMillan*

*S4M-06914 Kevin Stewart: Labour Abandons Universalism—That the Parliament condemns what it considers the Labour Party‘s decision to abandon the principle of universalism by enacting policies that will lead to the demise of the winter fuel allowance being paid to all senior citizens and the continuation of Tory cuts to child benefit; notes with concern that the Labour candidate in Aberdeen Donside is reported in The Times as saying that he supports a graduate payment for higher education, which, it considers, goes against the grain of the progressive free education for all policy that has been cherished in Scotland, and believes that this abandonment of universalism by the Labour Party will be rejected by all fair-minded Scots.

Supported by: Chic Brodie*, Joan McAlpine*, George Adam*, Graeme Dey*, Annabelle Ewing*, Richard Lyle*, Mike MacKenzie*, Christina McKelvie*, Stuart McMillan*, Aileen McLeod*, Nigel Don*

*S4M-06913 Sandra White: Glasgow Stalled Spaces Award—That the Parliament congratulates the Glasgow Stalled Spaces scheme on winning the international 2013 City to City Barcelona Fostering Arts and Design (FAD) Award; understands that the scheme provides funding and ideas for local people to turn unproductive land into a community asset, such as a play area or green space; notes that the award recognises the urban transformation efforts of a particular city, and praises everyone involved for their hard work and dedication.

Supported by: Nigel Don*

*S4M-06912 Aileen McLeod: Congratulations to the Galloway Nakuru Volunteers—That the Parliament congratulates the group of volunteers that travels from Galloway to Nakuru in Kenya; notes that the group, which is led by Eddie McGaw from Creetown, has scheduled its third annnual trip for November 2013; understands that it will be made up of 14 volunteers; acknowledges what it considers the generous financial contributions made by people from Machars of Galloway and Stewartry toward the project as well as other items, including sports equipment; commends what it sees as the volunteers‘ valuable and practical work at Nakuru‘s children‘s school and orphanage; believes that the volunteers demonstrate dedication and professionalism in representing Scotland abroad; thanks the volunteers for their efforts, and wishes the group every success both for this year‘s trip and for the future.

Supported by: Chic Brodie*, Bill Walker*, Joan McAlpine*, Richard Lyle*, Mike MacKenzie*, Stuart McMillan*

*S4M-06911 Iain Gray: Scottish Restaurant Awards 2013—That the Parliament welcomes the holding of the Scottish Restaurant Awards 2013; considers that the awards, held in association with the Daily Record and 5pm.co.uk, acknowledge the outstanding creativity, customer service and quality produce that Scotland has to offer; recognises the value of the restaurant trade to the Scottish economy; congratulates the 12 winners, and, in particular, commends the two winners from East Lothian, Osteria in North Berwick and the Waterside Bistro in Haddington.

Supported by: Hanzala Malik*, Jackie Baillie*, Kenneth Gibson*, Nigel Don*, Margaret McCulloch*, Maureen Watt*, Claire Baker*, Annabelle Ewing*, Neil Findlay*, Richard Lyle*, Mike MacKenzie*, Kevin Stewart*

*S4M-06910 Stewart Maxwell: The Scottish Directors of Public Health and E- cigarettes—That the Parliament welcomes the position of the Scottish Directors of Public Health (SDPH), which, it believes, has strongly advocated that NHS policies on tobacco should treat electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) the same way as normal cigarettes; understands that SDPH has claimed that the use of e-cigarettes in NHS grounds perpetuates the idea that smoking is normal behaviour and acceptable in public areas; believes that the potential of e-cigarettes as a tool in harm reduction and the risk that they pose to health and safety is still to be determined; notes that smokers who wish to quit can use evidence-based nicotine replacement therapy products and contact NHS Smokeline to find out further information, and urges them to use one or both of these approaches instead.

Supported by: Joan McAlpine*, Nigel Don*, Chic Brodie* *S4M-06909♦ Angus MacDonald: Red Meat Levy Income Return—That the Parliament notes with disappointment the refusal by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to agree the return of the red meat levy income paid on livestock reared in Scotland and slaughtered south of the border; understands that the figure retained by the promotional body in England is approximately £1.4 million per annum; further understands that, since 2008, approximately £6.4 million of levy paid in England by Scottish producers has not been returned to Quality Meat Scotland (QMS); believes that, with the extra levy revenue at its disposal, QMS could maximise the value of the world-class Scotch meat brand, especially in untapped markets, and notes calls for all statutory monies to be returned to promotional bodies in the animal‘s country of birth and for DEFRA to negotiate with the Scottish Government the return of the statutory levy paid on animals born and reared in Scotland, which, it considers, is an issue of huge importance to farmers from the Northern Isles to Dumfries and Galloway.

Supported by: Nigel Don*, Aileen McLeod*, Bill Walker*

*S4M-06908 Jackie Baillie: Player of the Year, Gordon Reid—That the Parliament recognises the achievements of Gordon Reid, a wheelchair tennis player from Helensburgh, who has recently collected the Male Player of the Year award at the World Team Cup tournament; praises the 21-year-old for representing his country at the London 2012 Paralympic Games and participating in the World Team Cup, in which he and his team secured fifth place following what was considered tough competition from Argentina, including the world number four, Gustavo Fernandez, and congratulates Gordon Reid on gaining the most votes from fellow players and fans to become the first British player to win the title.

Supported by: Richard Lyle*, Mike MacKenzie*, Nigel Don*, Margaret McCulloch*, Bill Walker*, Annabelle Ewing*, Kenneth Gibson*, Kevin Stewart*

*S4M-06907 Bill Kidd: Green Flags for Camstradden and St Claire’s Primary Schools in Drumchapel—That the Parliament congratulates Camstradden Primary School and St Claire‘s Primary School on achieving their Green Flag awards; notes that both schools participated in environmental events such as the Drumchapel clean-up on 8 May 2013; recognises the effort made by all the Drumchapel learning community in maintaining and improving the environment, and congratulates what it considers the hard work and dedication of pupils, parents and staff from Camstradden and St Claire‘s primary schools in enhancing the local and national environment to achieve their Green Flag.

Supported by: Chic Brodie*, Colin Keir*, Stuart McMillan*, Joan McAlpine*, Richard Lyle*, Nigel Don*, Annabelle Ewing*, Mike MacKenzie*, Kevin Stewart*

*S4M-06906 James Kelly: Me + Us Project—That the Parliament commends the work carried out by the Children‘s Parliament during the Me + Us Project, which has looked at cultural identity, heritage and sectarianism from the perspective of children; recognises that the project began in September 2012 and has since worked with 60 children aged 8 to 14 from six local authority areas across Scotland; understands that groups from each local authority have been holding launch events and exhibitions in

their communities; notes that the South Lanarkshire Me + Us group is celebrating its work and findings with an exhibition in the Blantyre Miners Community Centre, which will run until 14 June 2013, and that MSPs will have the opportunity to view the work of children from across Scotland and respond to their ideas regarding cultural identity, heritage and sectarianism as discussed in the Me + Us project during a display in the Parliament‘s Garden Lobby from 23 to 27 September 2013, and congratulates everyone involved with the project, which, it considers, has helped raise awareness of the issues and contributed to Scotland being a more safe and inclusive nation.

Supported by: Patricia Ferguson*, Jackie Baillie*, Hanzala Malik*, Graeme Dey*, Richard Lyle*, Nigel Don*, Margaret McCulloch*, Neil Findlay*, Kevin Stewart*

*S4M-06905 Margaret Mitchell: Carers Week 2013—That the Parliament acknowledges that 10 to16 June is Carers Week 2013, a UK-wide annual awareness raising campaign that aims to improve the lives of carers and the people for whom they care; notes that this year‘s theme is Prepared to Care?, which recognises that each day at least 6,000 people begin caring and that this can impact significantly on their work, social and home life as well as their health and wellbeing and that, in particular, taking on caring duties can leave carers feeling isolated; notes that the campaign will also encourage people to think about whether they could manage a caring role, especially in light of the ageing population; recognises the new scheme rolled out in South Lanarkshire as part of the Reshaping Care for Older People (RCOP) programme under which Barbara McCauley of South Lanarkshire Carers Network Ltd (SLCN) has taken up the position of carer resource development officer in order to reach out to unpaid carers and ensure that they get the information and support that they need; further acknowledges that this also includes a carers‘ register in GP surgeries and regular health checks, with a carers‘ information pack that provides useful contact details for carers; understands that RCOP is comprised of partner agencies including third sector organisations such as SLCN and NHS Lanarkshire and North and South Lanarkshire councils to make sure that unpaid carers are recognised and supported as this work develops; understands that the AGM for North Lanarkshire Carers Together will take place on 10 June; further understands that local survey data suggests that 14% of people aged 16 and over in South Lanarkshire provide care on a regular basis, and believes that carers are an invaluable part of the Lanarkshire community who work tirelessly to support those for whom they care and who deserve continued support.

Supported by: Kenneth Gibson*, John Lamont*, Richard Lyle*, Mike MacKenzie*, Nigel Don*, Margaret McCulloch*, Kevin Stewart*

*S4M-06904 Kenneth Gibson: Congratulations to Ewan Bulger—That the Parliament congratulates Ewan Bulger from the Isle of Arran on being selected for the last five for a Coach Logic rugby scholarship to New Zealand in partnership with the Inside Running Academy for a month; notes that he is the youngest finalist and the only one from Scotland and understands what a unique opportunity this is; commends what it sees as his outstanding effort and dedication in traveling 80 miles to train and play matches, and wishes Ewan the best of luck in the final selection and continued success in this field for the future.

Supported by: Dennis Robertson*, Roderick Campbell*, Stuart McMillan*, Chic Brodie*, Colin Keir*, Joan McAlpine*, Richard Lyle*, Mike MacKenzie*, Liam McArthur*, Nigel Don*, Annabelle Ewing*, Kevin Stewart*

S4M-06903 Bob Doris: Growing Unrest in Istanbul—That the Parliament notes with concern what it considers to be growing unrest in Istanbul; understands that what started as a small, peaceful demonstration against the removal of trees in Gezi Park on 28 May 2013 had grown into a much larger protest involving tens of thousands of people by early June; considers that the protests have been inflamed by the nature of the police response to the original protest against the tree removal; notes that Human Rights Watch has called on the Turkish Government to ―end police violence and excessive use of force against protests across Turkey‖; believes that the Turkish people should be afforded the opportunity to protest peacefully, and hopes that this democratic right will be respected by the Turkish Government.

Supported by: Bill Kidd*, Gordon MacDonald*, Angus MacDonald*, Roderick Campbell*, Chic Brodie*, Colin Keir*, Joan McAlpine*, Kenneth Gibson*, Richard Lyle*, Mike MacKenzie*, Bill Walker*, Kevin Stewart*

S4M-06902 David Torrance: Cottage Family Centre’s Excellent Inspection Results—That the Parliament congratulates Pauline Buchan and the staff at the Cottage Family Centre‘s crèche in Kirkcaldy on receiving what it considers an excellent report following two unannounced visits from the Care Inspectorate in March 2013; notes that the inspectors reported that the centre is providing young people with a supportive and nurturing environment; understands that it received the highest grades for the quality of its care and support, its environment and for its staffing, management and leadership; recognises what it considers the enthusiasm, hard work and dedication of the staff in offering an excellent level of service, and commends what it believes is the centre‘s invaluable service to the community.

Supported by: Bill Kidd, Joan McAlpine, Chic Brodie*, Colin Beattie*, Anne McTaggart*, Jackie Baillie*, Annabelle Ewing*, Richard Lyle*, Stuart McMillan*, Colin Keir*, Nigel Don*

S4M-06901♦ Margaret McDougall: Concerns at Coastguard Staffing Levels— That the Parliament is concerned at reports that the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) Belfast, which took over responsibility for coordinating rescue efforts off the west coast of Scotland following the closure of MRCC Clyde in 2012, is staffed at worryingly low levels; understands that, on 80% of shifts, MRCC Belfast is staffed at below risk-assessed levels, compared with 18% for the centres for the rest of the UK; believes that having low staffing levels puts lives at risk, and notes calls for the UK Government to urgently assess the situation and rethink its coastguard reforms.

Supported by: Patricia Ferguson*, Neil Findlay*, Mike MacKenzie*, John Mason*, Margaret McCulloch*, Richard Simpson*

*S4M-06901.1 Stuart McMillan: Concerns at Coastguard Staffing Levels—As an amendment to motion S4M-06901 in the name of Margaret McDougall (Concerns at Coastguard Staffing Levels), leave out from "is concerned" to end and insert "understands that it was the previous UK Labour administration that first published

proposals that threatened the future of the Navy Buildings in Greenock; notes that the Clyde Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre had responsibility for the safety of over 2,500 miles of coastline throughout the many years of its operation; believes that the closure of the centre was both reckless and ill-judged and shows a lack of respect by the UK Government toward Scotland, and notes calls for coastguard services to be devolved to the Scottish Government to make sure that safety on Scotland‘s waterways is of paramount importance rather than subject to the cost- saving agenda being implemented by the UK Government."

Supported by: Nigel Don*, Bill Walker*, Graeme Dey*, Richard Lyle*, Mike MacKenzie*, Aileen McLeod*, John Mason*

S4M-06900 Richard Simpson: National Glaucoma Awareness Week—That the Parliament welcomes National Glaucoma Awareness Week as an opportunity to encourage everyone in Scotland to recognise that this is a preventable cause of declining vision and sometimes rapid blindness; welcomes the peer-reviewed research that has shown that the provision of free eye tests in Scotland introduced by the Labour/Liberal Democrat administration and continued by the SNP administration has proved of value in reducing blindness in Scotland; considers, however, that too many people think that these tests are only about glasses and hopes that this awareness week will help to ensure that tests are taken up; understands that what it considers the innovation in digital linkage between optometrists and hospital opthalmology teams piloted at the Queen Margaret Hospital in Fife is to be rolled out nationally, and welcomes the growing partnership between optometrists and ophthalmologists.

Supported by: Graeme Pearson, James Kelly, John Finnie, Patricia Ferguson, Hanzala Malik, Christine Grahame, Kenneth Gibson, Colin Beattie*, Anne McTaggart*, Angus MacDonald*, Jackie Baillie*, Richard Lyle*, Fiona McLeod*, Neil Findlay*, Nigel Don*, Margaret McCulloch*

S4M-06899 Richard Simpson: Men’s Health Awareness Week—That the Parliament welcomes Men‘s Health Awareness Week 2013, which is led by the Men‘s Health Forum and runs from 10 to 16 June 2013; notes that it aims to tackle stigma in relation to men‘s mental health and to promote their mental wellbeing and help-seeking; understands that 75% of all suicides and 73% of people who go missing are men; further understands that the MIND Research Institute found that 37% of men feel worried or low, with the top three concerns being job security, work and money; is concerned that more than one in five men is drinking at a potentially harmful level, and recognises the challenges in meeting the new Scottish mental health targets and, in particular, increasing the availability of support other than medicines.

Supported by: Nanette Milne, Hanzala Malik, Kenneth Gibson, Mary Fee, Christine Grahame, Patricia Ferguson, Liam McArthur, Mary Scanlon, Alison Johnstone, John Finnie, Iain Gray, Mike MacKenzie, Colin Beattie*, Anne McTaggart*, Jackie Baillie*, Richard Lyle*, John Mason*, Neil Findlay*, Nigel Don*, Margaret McCulloch*

S4M-06898 Richard Simpson: Breathe Easy Week—That the Parliament welcomes Breathe Easy Week, which takes place from 10 to 16 June 2013; notes

that this is a series of events throughout the UK in June each year, in which the British Lung Foundation‘s (BLF) Breathe Easy support groups around the country help to raise awareness of a particular issue relating to lung disease; recognises the importance of topics highlighted in previous years including smoking, sleep apnoea and asbestos-related disease; welcomes in particular what it understands is the recent progress that has been made in relation to asbestos-related disease; notes what it considers the recent success of the Parliament in facing down a court challenge from the tobacco industry to introduce new measures of tobacco control but believes that it needs to go further; strongly supports the theme of Breathe Easy week 2013, which acknowledges the importance of the BLF support groups in sharing support, advice, experiences and friendship with people affected by lung disease, and encourages all MSPs to contact their local support group to make clear their support.

Supported by: Graeme Pearson, Hanzala Malik, Kenneth Gibson, Mary Fee, Christine Grahame, Patricia Ferguson, Margaret McCulloch, Mary Scanlon, Jim Hume, Iain Gray, Mike MacKenzie, Anne McTaggart*, Jackie Baillie*, Richard Lyle*, Neil Findlay*, Nigel Don*

S4M-06897 Jackie Baillie: Rupert Soames Warns of Yes Vote Costs—That the Parliament notes with interest the reported comments of the chief executive of Aggreko, Rupert Soames, regarding the risks of a Yes vote in the independence referendum; notes that Aggreko provides temporary power, cooling and heating in over 100 countries in locations from disaster sites to sporting events such as the FIFA World Cup and the Olympic Games; congratulates the company on investing £22 million in a state-of-the-art facility in Dumbarton that employs around 400 people, including 110 newly-established posts in design, development and manufacturing, but understands that Rupert Soames has warned that a Yes vote could lead to companies such as his moving to England due to costs that might be incurred if there were a regulated border between Scotland and the rest of the UK.

Supported by: Patricia Ferguson, Jackson Carlaw, Hanzala Malik, Jamie McGrigor*, Anne McTaggart*, Margaret McCulloch*

S4M-06896 Mary Fee: There Should not be a Gay Cure App—That the Parliament congratulates Apple on removing the application (app), Setting Captives Free, from its internet store, however believes that such apps should not be made available in the first place; understands that a successful petition started by the organisation, AllOut, had received over 94,000 responses, resulting in Apple dropping the app; further notes that Apple and Google have policies banning the sale of harmful apps; considers Gay Cure Therapy to be a harmful app and calls on Google to ban it too; understands that issues around sexuality can be very difficult for people who have to come to terms with a non-heteronormative sexuality, and commits itself to tackling discrimination and furthering equality for all.

Supported by: John Finnie, Jean Urquhart, Patrick Harvie, Anne McTaggart*, Jackie Baillie*, Fiona McLeod*, Maureen Watt*

S4M-06895 Dave Thompson: 20 Years of Life-saving Service—That the Parliament congratulates the crew and personnel, both past and present, of the RNLI

Kessock lifeboat on its 20th anniversary; understands that, in these 20 years, the volunteer crews have saved the lives of 33 people, launched 434 times and rescued 224 people who have found themselves in difficulty in the waters of the Moray Firth; recognises that the lifeboat first started life as a trial operation on 5 June 1993, before becoming a permanent fixture; commends the crews both past and present for their hard work and dedication, and looks forward to the next 20 years.

Supported by: John Finnie, Bill Walker, Kenneth Gibson, Rob Gibson, Joan McAlpine, Liam McArthur, Stewart Stevenson, Christina McKelvie, Bill Kidd, Stuart McMillan, Annabelle Ewing, David Torrance, Mary Scanlon, Anne McTaggart, Graeme Dey, John Wilson, Colin Keir, Chic Brodie, Richard Lyle, Mike MacKenzie, Jean Urquhart, Jamie McGrigor*, Colin Beattie*, Angus MacDonald*, Fiona McLeod*, Jackie Baillie*, Nigel Don*

S4M-06894 Dennis Robertson: ASDA and FareShare—That the Parliament welcomes the commitment of ASDA to help feed people in need across the UK, in the face of the UK Government‘s welfare reforms; expresses its appreciation for the efforts of charity organisations such as FareShare to provide food to the people who need it most; understands that the surplus food that ASDA has pledged will benefit nearly 5.8 million people across Britain and save nearly £4.7 million for British charities; further undersands that ASDA‘s contributions of fresh produce to the FareShare charity represent a 41% increase in the amount of food that it currently distributes, and encourages further efforts by retailers to reduce waste and divert excess to help people in need.

Supported by: Bill Kidd, Christina McKelvie, Jackie Baillie, Joan McAlpine, Bill Walker, John Scott, Stuart McMillan, Adam Ingram, Kenneth Gibson, Mike MacKenzie, Anne McTaggart, Annabelle Ewing, David Torrance, Hanzala Malik, Mary Fee, Margaret McDougall, Colin Keir, Willie Coffey*, Colin Beattie*, Richard Lyle*, Fiona McLeod*, Dave Thompson*, Nigel Don*

S4M-06893 Jackie Baillie: Diabetes Week—That the Parliament notes that Diabetes Week 2013 will run from 9 to 15 June; believes that this is an opportunity to raise awareness of diabetes; notes that Diabetes UK has estimated that there has been a 25.6% increase in the number of people diagnosed in Scotland with the condition and that, since 2006, 1,900 children and young people in Scotland have been admitted to hospital with diabetic ketoacidosis, which is a life-threatening condition that requires immediate medical attention, and commends Diabetes UK on organising the Walk for Diabetes and other outdoor events throughout Scotland to raise awareness of the condition and to promote a more active lifestyle.

Supported by: John Finnie, Kenneth Gibson*, Annabelle Ewing*, Hanzala Malik*, Aileen McLeod*, Richard Lyle*, Malcolm Chisholm*, Colin Beattie*, Anne McTaggart*, Claudia Beamish*, Liam McArthur*, John Scott*, Nanette Milne*, Liz Smith*, Angus MacDonald*, John Mason*, Fiona McLeod*, Dave Thompson*, Neil Findlay*, Duncan McNeil*, Nigel Don*

S4M-06892 Jackie Baillie: Motor Neurone Disease Awareness Month—That the Parliament welcomes Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Awareness Month, which takes place in June; recognises that MND is a progressive, life-limiting disease that can

affect any adult at any time and that the disease attacks the nerves that control movement, leaving them unable to move, walk, talk and ultimately breathe; understands that five people die every day in the UK from MND and around half of those diagnosed die within 14 months; further understands that there is no diagnostic test, no effective treatment and no cure; commends organisations such as MND Scotland for their part in raising awareness of this disease, and looks forward to events such as the Stovie Dance on 15 June 2013 in the Thainstone Exchange and the Men‘s Health Forum Scotland‘s 10K run in Glasgow on Father‘s Day.

Supported by: Iain Gray, Bill Walker, Dennis Robertson, Kenneth Gibson, Jackson Carlaw, Annabelle Ewing, Mary Fee, Jim Hume, Margaret McDougall, Michael McMahon, Anne McTaggart, Graeme Dey, Alison McInnes, Nanette Milne, Liz Smith, Richard Lyle, Mike MacKenzie, John Finnie, Jean Urquhart, Colin Beattie*, Angus MacDonald*, Fiona McLeod*, Dave Thompson*, Nigel Don*

S4M-06891 Jackie Baillie: Dumbarton Football Club Success—That the Parliament congratulates Ian Murray, the manager of Dumbarton Football Club, who has been named Manager of the Year by the Scottish Football League; notes that he has led Dumbarton Football Club to be nominated and shortlisted for the Scottish Football League‘s Team of the Season; appreciates his determination in guiding the club clear of the relegation zone; further congratulates Bryan Prunty for his award for Goal of the Season, and wishes Dumbarton Football Club, the manager, players and fans all the best for the next season in the First Division.

Supported by: Marco Biagi, Hanzala Malik*, Willie Coffey*, Colin Beattie*, Anne McTaggart*, Nanette Milne*, Richard Lyle*, Stuart McMillan*, Neil Findlay*, Nigel Don*

S4M-06890 David Torrance: Congratulating Amos Stark—That the Parliament congratulates Amos Stark, of WF Stark Butcher, College Street, Buckhaven, on what it considers his and the shop‘s great success at the 2013 Haggis Championship, which was held at the Dewars Centre in Perth as part of the Scottish Federation of Meat Traders‘ Scottish Meat Trade Fair; understands that Amos was crowned East of Scotland Champion and Reserve Champion of Scotland; notes that WF Stark Butcher‘s haggis was recognised as the best in the east of Scotland and that it will compete against four other regional champions in a competition to be recognised as the Scottish Chieftain; considers that Amos and his team show great effort, dedication and attention to detail in developing top-quality products for the people of Buckhaven; wishes the business continued success in producing its haggis, and commends what it sees as the invaluable service of local meat trades toward making Scotland‘s national dish.

Supported by: Liz Smith, Rob Gibson, Annabelle Ewing, Nigel Don, Bill Kidd, Bill Walker, Colin Beattie, Sandra White, Joan McAlpine, Adam Ingram, Richard Lyle, Mike MacKenzie, Stuart McMillan, Anne McTaggart, Kevin Stewart, Colin Keir, Jean Urquhart

S4M-06889 Joe FitzPatrick on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau: Substitution on Committee—That the Parliament agrees that Jackson Carlaw be appointed to

replace David McLetchie as the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party substitute on the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee.

S4M-06888 Nigel Don: James Ramsay and Rosemarie Kelbie, RHASS Presidential Team for 2013-14—That the Parliament congratulates the 17th Earl of Dalhousie, James Ramsay, of Dalhousie Estates in Brechin, on being named president of the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland (RHASS) presidential team for 2013-14; understands that he will represent the Perth area, and notes that Rosemarie Kelbie, of Bridgeton Tarry Farm, St Vigeans, Arbroath, will serve as vice-president.

Supported by: Bill Kidd, Nanette Milne, Liz Smith, Alex Johnstone R, Jamie McGrigor, Chic Brodie, Richard Lyle, Jim Hume, Annabelle Ewing, Rob Gibson, Adam Ingram, Graeme Dey, Alex Fergusson, Murdo Fraser, Colin Beattie, Sandra White, Joan McAlpine, Christian Allard, Mike MacKenzie, Stuart McMillan, Anne McTaggart, Kevin Stewart, Colin Keir

S4M-06887 Jackie Baillie: Volunteers’ Week—That the Parliament welcomes Volunteers‘ Week, which is an annual campaign that runs from 1 to 7 June and celebrates what it considers the fantastic contribution made across Scotland and the UK by millions of volunteers; notes that, in 2013, the week focuses on saying thank you to volunteers for their contribution to society and recognises the way that organisations celebrate the work of volunteers; understands that Volunteer Development Scotland estimates that formal volunteering contributed around £2.4 billion to Scotland‘s economy in 2012; believes that services and initiatives that are vital to the country would simply not exist if it was not for volunteers, and commends all volunteers throughout Scotland for their efforts.

Supported by: Hanzala Malik, John Lamont, Mary Scanlon, Patricia Ferguson, Jayne Baxter, Jackson Carlaw, Christine Grahame, Alex Fergusson, Nanette Milne, Liz Smith, Richard Lyle, Jim Hume, Helen Eadie, John Mason, Kenneth Gibson, Colin Beattie, Hugh Henry, Annabelle Ewing, Kezia Dugdale, Liam McArthur, John Pentland, Neil Findlay, Duncan McNeil, Mike MacKenzie, Anne McTaggart, Kevin Stewart, Margaret McDougall, Alison McInnes, John Finnie, Fiona McLeod*, Dave Thompson*, Stuart McMillan*

S4M-06886 Aileen McLeod: Games for Scotland—That the Parliament welcomes the launch of Games for Scotland, a national programme that will provide £379,000 of investment to projects across Scotland to celebrate one year to go till the 2014 Commonwealth Games; believes that this collaboration between EventScotland and the Scottish Government‘s games legacy team will raise awareness of the positive benefits that 2014 Commonwealth Games will bring to communities across Scotland; further welcomes that the programme aims to support projects in all 32 of Scotland‘s local authority areas, showing that the whole of Scotland will benefit from the 2014 Games; encourages citizens of all ages to join the celebrations, and believes the legacy of the Games to be as important as the Games itself.

Supported by: Kenneth Gibson, Christina McKelvie, David Torrance, Chic Brodie, John Wilson, Nanette Milne, Bill Kidd, Stuart McMillan, Graeme Dey, Adam Ingram, Annabelle Ewing, Richard Lyle, Rob Gibson, Colin Beattie, Joan McAlpine, Marco

Biagi, Stewart Maxwell, Mike MacKenzie, Kevin Stewart, Colin Keir, Jean Urquhart, Dave Thompson*

S4M-06885 Bill Kidd: Drumwealth Games—That the Parliament welcomes the upcoming Drumwealth Games, which will take place on 14 June 2013 across Drumchapel in Glasgow as part of the community‘s 60th anniversary celebrations; notes that over 400 pupils from schools throughout Drumchapel are to take part in the games under the banner, 10 Sports, 5 Venues, 1 Community; congratulates the hard work and dedication of all the organisations and schools involved in making what it considers this fantastic event happen, and wishes all those participating every success.

Supported by: Stuart McMillan, Chic Brodie, Aileen McLeod, Kenneth Gibson, Rob Gibson, Stewart Stevenson, Angus MacDonald, Annabelle Ewing, David Torrance, Adam Ingram, Anne McTaggart, Colin Keir, Richard Lyle, Mike MacKenzie, Willie Coffey*, Colin Beattie*

S4M-06884 Annabelle Ewing: Stamp of Approval for Perthshire Posties—That the Parliament welcomes the results of a recent independent quality of service report that was commissioned by Royal Mail; believes that postal workers delivering to the postcode area, PH, beat annual targets for first class mail, with 94.4% of franked and stamped mail arriving the next day; understands that this was achieved despite two periods of significant disruption as a consequence of prolonged severe weather, and agrees with the regional delivery director, Paul Kelly, who said, ―Royal Mail‘s postmen and women in the PH postcode area work extremely hard to deliver some of the most demanding quality of service standards in Europe‖.

Supported by: Nigel Don, David Torrance, Liz Smith, Bill Kidd, Graeme Dey, Adam Ingram, Roderick Campbell, Richard Lyle, Rob Gibson, Christina McKelvie, Colin Beattie, Joan McAlpine, Marco Biagi, Stuart McMillan, Stewart Maxwell, Mike MacKenzie, Kevin Stewart, Colin Keir

S4M-06883 Annabelle Ewing: Barley Bree in Muthill, Scotland’s Restaurant of the Year—That the Parliament congratulates Fabrice and Alison Bouteloup of Barley Bree in Muthill, Perthshire, on what it considers an outstanding success in winning the Best Rural Restaurant category and being named the overall Restaurant of the Year at the Scottish Restaurant Awards; understands that the judges mentioned in particular the chef‘s extensive and clever use of local produce and the warm welcome given by the establishment to guests, and congratulates all of the winners and nominees across each of the categories.

Supported by: Nigel Don, Aileen McLeod, Bill Kidd, Joan McAlpine, Claire Baker, Jean Urquhart, Stuart McMillan, Adam Ingram, Angus MacDonald, Mike MacKenzie, Anne McTaggart, David Torrance, Colin Keir, Chic Brodie, Richard Lyle, Willie Coffey*, Colin Beattie*

S4M-06882 Annabelle Ewing: Congratulations to the Highland Chocolatier, Iain Burnett—That the Parliament congratulates Iain Burnett -The Highland Chocolatier on being awarded both what it considers the prestigious title of Product of the Year and the new category of Confectionery and Snacking at the 2013 Scotland Food and

Drink Excellence Awards; commends all 300 companies that were nominated across the 17 categories; believes that these awards, which are run in partnership with the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, are important in recognising and rewarding the very best in Scotland‘s food and drink, and notes that the Product of the Year award, along with numerous national and international awards that Iain‘s company has already received, is on display at the Scottish Chocolate Centre in Grandtully, where Iain and his team can be seen hard at work creating what it considers amazing truffles and pralines.

Supported by: Nigel Don, David Torrance, Liz Smith, Kenneth Gibson, Bill Kidd, Stuart McMillan, Graeme Dey, Adam Ingram, Jamie McGrigor, Roderick Campbell, Richard Lyle, Rob Gibson, Christina McKelvie, Colin Beattie, Joan McAlpine, Marco Biagi, Mike MacKenzie, Kevin Stewart, Colin Keir, Jean Urquhart

S4M-06881 Roderick Campbell: University of St Andrews is Top of the Class— That the Parliament congratulates the University of St Andrews on being named the best university in Scotland, and fourth in the UK overall, by The Guardian University Guide 2014; understands that the guide named it as the best in the UK for anthropology and that, along with the University of Cambridge, it was ranked joint top for history and the history of art; notes that Heriot-Watt University and the University of Edinburgh also featured in the top 20 UK institutions, and warmly welcomes this news, which demonstrates what it sees as Scotland‘s finest universities living up to their excellent reputations.

Supported by: Nigel Don, Kenneth Gibson, Christina McKelvie, David Torrance, Chic Brodie, Bill Kidd, Mary Scanlon, Adam Ingram, Liz Smith, Bill Walker, Annabelle Ewing, Richard Lyle, Rob Gibson, Colin Beattie, Joan McAlpine, Marco Biagi, Stewart Maxwell, Mike MacKenzie, Kevin Stewart, Colin Keir, Jean Urquhart

S4M-06880 Marco Biagi: Action Plan to Promote LGBT Equality in Sport—That the Parliament welcomes the Scottish Government‘s response to the Equality Network‘s report, Out for Sport, and, in particular, the support for a national action plan to promote the inclusion of LGBT people in sport and tackle prejudice; notes with concern the report‘s conclusion that problems with attitudes toward LGBT people in sport continue to exist; considers that the Commonwealth Games due to be staged in Glasgow in 2014 provides an excellent opportunity to promote equality in sport; understands that sport governing bodies have a major role to play in implementing and monitoring diversity and equalities strategies in their respective sports, and appreciates the commitment of sportscotland to carry out a varied programme of equalities work to ensure that the opportunities to participate, progress and achieve in sport are available to all.

Supported by: Dennis Robertson, Mark Griffin, Roderick Campbell, David Torrance, Annabelle Ewing, Bill Kidd, Kezia Dugdale, Chic Brodie, Adam Ingram, Mike MacKenzie, Patrick Harvie, Rob Gibson, Colin Beattie, Gil Paterson, Jackie Baillie, Joan McAlpine, Stewart Maxwell, John Finnie, Christian Allard, Anne McTaggart, Kevin Stewart, Alison McInnes, Colin Keir, Alison Johnstone, Jim Eadie

S4M-06879 Adam Ingram: Tarbolton Tenants and Residents Association—That the Parliament congratulates Tarbolton Tenants and Residents Association on

receiving the Queen‘s Medal for Voluntary Service as a result of its continued commitment to improving the community, such as through the transformation of the village cross where there are now garden areas commemorating the village‘s association with Robert Burns and notes that this is only one example of the many improvements made by the organisation in the last few years that have had a positive effect on the appearance of the village and boosted civic pride in Tarbolton.

Supported by: Nigel Don, Roderick Campbell, Rob Gibson, David Torrance, Annabelle Ewing, Bill Kidd, Chic Brodie, Richard Lyle, Mike MacKenzie, Willie Coffey, Kenneth Gibson, Colin Beattie, Gil Paterson, Joan McAlpine, Stuart McMillan, Stewart Maxwell, Anne McTaggart, Kevin Stewart, Colin Keir, Fiona McLeod*

S4M-06878♦ Christina McKelvie: Looking out for those Needing Looking After—That the Parliament congratulates the South Lanarkshire Carers Network (SLCN) on what it considers its outstanding work in helping to develop its Reshaping Care for Older People Programme (RCOP); understands that RCOP is geared toward providing more support at home and in the community for the growing number of people who are aged 65 or over; considers that there is a need for this type of multiagency approach, which involves NHS Lanarkshire, North and South Lanarkshire councils and the independent sector; understands that, across Lanarkshire and the rest of Scotland, people are living longer and healthier lives than ever before and that it is expected that the number of older people requiring some form of care will rise by up to 25% by 2016 and that, by 2032, this figure will increase by 66%; believes that many people of all ages care for someone and the SLCN is there to help; understands that, according to census data, 51% of carers are aged 60 and over; notes a survey suggesting that 14% of people aged 16 or over in South Lanarkshire provide care on a regular basis and that only 11% of young carers see friends every day; welcomes the work of SLCN in providing support to carers and those who require care, and believes that such work shows the need for strong community ties in Lanarkshire and across Scotland.

Supported by: Nigel Don, Bill Kidd, Kenneth Gibson, David Torrance, Roderick Campbell, Annabelle Ewing, Adam Ingram, Richard Lyle, Rob Gibson, Aileen McLeod, Colin Beattie, Joan McAlpine, Mike MacKenzie, Stuart McMillan, Anne McTaggart, Kevin Stewart, Fiona McLeod*

S4M-06877 Roderick Campbell: North East Fife’s Gala and Community Days— That the Parliament notes what it considers to be a busy summer schedule of galas and community days taking place in North East Fife in June 2013, including the East Neuk Festival, the Kettle Fun Day, Cupar Highland Games, Ceres Highland Games, the Vintage Agricultural Machinery Club‘s Annual Rally at Strathmiglo, Cupar Children‘s Gala, Crail Food Festival, Balmullo Gala and the Chariots of Fire charity run in St Andrews; welcomes the broad community support for these events and praises the organisers for their dedication in continuing to run them; understands that several of the events will raise money for various charities and good causes, and hopes that those considering visiting North East Fife over the coming weekends will stop to enjoy some of these community events.

Supported by: Annabelle Ewing, Stuart McMillan, David Torrance, Chic Brodie, Liz Smith, Adam Ingram, Mike MacKenzie, Nigel Don, Graeme Dey, Bill Kidd, Richard Lyle, Colin Beattie, Gil Paterson, Joan McAlpine, Anne McTaggart, Kevin Stewart

S4M-06876 Roderick Campbell: Election of Women Members to FIFA’s Executive Committee for the First Time—That the Parliament welcomes the election of women to FIFA‘s executive committee for the first time in the organisation‘s 109-year history; understands that Lydia Nsekera has been elected to serve for four years after winning 95 of the 203 votes cast and that her two nearest rivals, Moya Dodd and Sonia Bien-Aime, have been co-opted to the committee for one year; understands that Ms Nsekera has been the head of the Burundi FA for nine years; hopes that her voice will be listened to and that she will be a positive advocate for all levels of football worldwide; understands that some concern has been voiced regarding these appointments, but looks forward to a time when elections of women to the governing body are commonplace and when equality and diversity are promoted across FIFA; believes that these elections set a positive example for women across the world to follow, and hopes that FIFA will move to ensure that racism, sexism and homophobia are eradicated from the sport as soon as possible.

Supported by: Nigel Don, Christine Grahame, Patricia Ferguson, David Torrance, Chic Brodie, Adam Ingram, Graeme Dey, Richard Lyle, Mike MacKenzie, Rob Gibson, Annabelle Ewing, Colin Beattie, Jackie Baillie, Joan McAlpine, Marco Biagi, John Finnie, Anne McTaggart, Kevin Stewart, Margaret McDougall, Colin Keir, Jean Urquhart

S4M-06875 Anne McTaggart: Congratulations to Louise Wylie of Knightswood Secondary—That the Parliament congratulates 16-year-old Louise Wylie of Knightswood Secondary School on making the final three in Amnesty International‘s Young Human Rights Reporter of the Year competition; understands that Louise beat over 2,000 students across the UK to reach the final, which was held in the organisation‘s central London headquarters for what it considers the prestigious awards ceremony; notes that the competition, run by Amnesty International UK, the Guardian Teacher Network and the secondary school magazine, SecEd, asked children aged 7 to 18 to write an article or report of up to 500 words on a human rights-related issue or submit a photograph; appreciates that Louise had impressed the panel of expert judges with her article, Torture Masked as Tradition; believes that making the shortlist is a fantastic achievement, and wishes Louise all the very best in her future endeavours.

Supported by: Hanzala Malik, Annabelle Ewing, David Torrance, Malcolm Chisholm, Elaine Murray, Mike MacKenzie, Nigel Don, Bill Kidd, Helen Eadie, Richard Lyle, Colin Beattie, Gil Paterson, Jackie Baillie, John Pentland, Joan McAlpine, Kevin Stewart, Margaret McDougall, Fiona McLeod*

S4M-06874 Graeme Dey: Retirement of the Head of the Angus CAB—That the Parliament recognises the contribution of George Allan, who has retired as head of Angus Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) after 15 years of service; thanks George for his commitment, what it sees as his invaluable work in helping people and for overseeing his team; understands that, in 2012-13, the CAB service in Angus, which deals with over 10,000 inquiries per year, recorded a record income of over £330,000, which is

a considerable advance on previous years; acknowledges that George was in post during a period of significant change, not only in legislation, but also of major improvements to facilities, including the establishment of an office in Forfar and the renovation of the Arbroath and Montrose premises, and wishes George well in his retirement.

Supported by: Annabelle Ewing, Stuart McMillan, Nigel Don, Kenneth Gibson, David Torrance, Nanette Milne, Adam Ingram, Mike MacKenzie, Roderick Campbell, Bill Kidd, Chic Brodie, Richard Lyle, Colin Beattie, Gil Paterson, Jackie Baillie, Joan McAlpine, Christian Allard, Anne McTaggart, Kevin Stewart, Colin Keir, Jean Urquhart, Fiona McLeod*

S4M-06873 Kenny MacAskill: Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Notification Requirements) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 [draft]—That the Justice Committee recommends that the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Notification Requirements) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 [draft] be approved.

Supported by: Roseanna Cunningham

S4M-06872 Stewart Maxwell: Smoking Cessation Services for Pregnant Women—That the Parliament welcomes the support offered by the Scottish Patient Maternity Improvement Programme that aims to reduce the number of people smoking during pregnancy; understands that, early on in their pregnancy, women will be offered carbon monoxide monitoring in order to help protect both them and their babies from smoking‘s harmful effects; considers that exposure to cigarette smoke during pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriage, growth restriction, stillbirth and cot death; welcomes figures suggesting that, in 2012, there was an 8% increase in quit attempts during pregnancy; believes that giving up smoking is the single best thing that someone can do to improve their health, and pays tribute to what it sees as the important work carried out by midwives in offering advice and support for pregnant women who are looking to quit smoking.

Supported by: Fiona McLeod, Annabelle Ewing, Colin Beattie, Stuart McMillan, David Torrance, Kenneth Gibson, Adam Ingram, Chic Brodie, Bill Kidd, John Wilson, Jim Hume, Jackson Carlaw, Richard Lyle, Christina McKelvie, Neil Findlay, Gil Paterson, Jackie Baillie, Joan McAlpine, John Finnie, Anne McTaggart, Kevin Stewart, Margaret McDougall, Colin Keir

S4M-06871 Graeme Dey: Angus Set to Enjoy Feel-good Factor of Commonwealth Games—That the Parliament welcomes news that the summer 2013 Active Angus holiday programme has received more than £8,000 from Games for Scotland to help inspire young people; understands that the programme of sports and activities, including athletics, rugby, golf coaching and basketball camps, will run from 1 July to 9 August and will be hosted in Angus Council leisure facilities; understands that the Games for Scotland programme is inspired by the 17 sports of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, and acknowledges that Games for Scotland is managed by EventScotland and is part of the Scottish Government‘s commitment to deliver a lasting legacy from the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

Supported by: Annabelle Ewing, Nigel Don, Stuart McMillan, Colin Beattie, Adam Ingram, Roderick Campbell, Chic Brodie, Mike MacKenzie, David Torrance, Nanette Milne, Bill Kidd, Richard Lyle, Gil Paterson, Christian Allard, Anne McTaggart, Kevin Stewart, Colin Keir

S4M-06870 Siobhan McMahon: Congratulations to Mavisbank School in Airdrie—That the Parliament congratulates Mavisbank School in Airdrie on its recent inspection by Education Scotland; considers the inspection report to be a tremendous achievement for both staff and pupils; notes that the inspection included praise for the high quality of parental involvement along with the Parent Council and its chairperson, Mark Jordan; recognises that Education Scotland found the leadership of the school to be a key strength and attributes this in no small part to the head teacher, John Lochrie; understands that the school has a high level of expertise in catering for the education of young people with hearing and visual impairments and recognises what it believes to be the importance of this service to the community; understands that Education Scotland was particularly impressed with the young people‘s enthusiasm for learning and that the school was rated ―very good‖ for meeting the needs of students, and looks forward to the further achievements made possible by the parents, pupils and staff at Mavisbank School.

Supported by: Colin Beattie, Neil Findlay, Mike MacKenzie, Patricia Ferguson, Bill Kidd, Richard Lyle, Annabelle Ewing, Jackie Baillie, Anne McTaggart, Kevin Stewart, Margaret McDougall

S4M-06869 Siobhan McMahon: Congratulations to the Scottish Disability Golf Partnership—That the Parliament congratulates the members of the Scottish Disability Golf Partnership representing Scotland in the Auld Enemies Cup, which takes place between 13 and 16 June 2013; understands that the team will consist of a range of disabled people from all walks of life; considers that being selected for this prestigious tournament is an impressive achievement and recognises the benefits for disabled people of participating in sports; congratulates the Scottish Disability Golf Partnership on helping to open up golf to disabled people by organising free first- swing clinics throughout the year offering lessons and practice time; understands that the group currently has over 160 active members of all ages, highlighting the dedication and determination of those involved, and wishes both Team Scotland and Team England every success in the cup.

Supported by: Annabelle Ewing, Nanette Milne, Nigel Don, John Finnie, Colin Beattie, Neil Findlay, Roderick Campbell, Elaine Murray, Mike MacKenzie, Patricia Ferguson, Murdo Fraser, Mark Griffin, Bill Kidd, Richard Lyle, Michael McMahon, Gil Paterson, John Mason, Jackie Baillie, Iain Gray, Stewart Maxwell, John Pentland, Kevin Stewart, Margaret McDougall

S4M-06868 Alison Johnstone: Congratulating Kim Little, First PFA Women’s Player of the Year—That the Parliament congratulates the Aberdeen-born former Hibernian midfielder, Kim Little, on becoming the first Professional Footballers‘ Association (PFA) Women‘s Player of the Year; applauds what it considers her prolific scoring record of 63 goals in 64 games since joining Arsenal Ladies in 2008; notes that she has been capped for Scotland 80 times, scoring 29 goals, including one in Scotland‘s second-ever victory over England on 4 March 2011; notes that she

was, with Ifeoma Dieke, one of two Scots to represent Great Britain at the London Olympics; welcomes the decision of the PFA to admit women members from the 2013-14 season; understands that over 20,000 women and girls now regularly play football in Scotland; supports the Scottish Football Association‘s target of 7,500 women and girls registered with clubs by the end of 2013, and congratulates Little, her fellow Scot, Jennifer Beattie, and all their Arsenal teammates on winning the FA Women‘s Cup on 26 March 2013 with a 3-0 win over Bristol Academy.

Supported by: Annabelle Ewing, Nigel Don, John Finnie, Nanette Milne, Colin Beattie, Neil Findlay, Adam Ingram, Mike MacKenzie, Anne McTaggart, Patricia Ferguson, Bill Kidd, David Torrance, Richard Lyle, Gil Paterson, Jackie Baillie, Iain Gray, Christian Allard, Joan McAlpine, Kevin Stewart, Jean Urquhart

S4M-06867 Claire Baker: Congratulations to Harvey Willis of Glenrothes—That the Parliament congratulates Harvey Willis, which was formerly known as Body Needs and has been based in Glenrothes‘ Kingdom Shopping Centre for 22 years, on being named Best Independent Gift Retailer in Scotland 2013 at a recent ceremony in the London Savoy Hotel; understands that the owners of the business, Susan and John Kerr, and their team of seven have worked hard to achieve this, despite a difficult economic climate for independent retailers, by focusing on attention to customer care and building good relationships across the sector, and warmly wishes Susan, John and the staff from Harvey Willis, the best of luck for the future.

Supported by: Nigel Don

S4M-06866 John Finnie: UEFA and Human Rights—That the Parliament expresses its disappointment that Israel will shortly host UEFA‘s Under-21 European Championship; understands that Israel has targeted football and sports venues in Palestine during various military campaigns; believes that allowing Israel to host such a tournament while it is considered to be committing human rights abuses in Palestine will ultimately damage UEFA‘s reputation; further understands that the English football association has been asked to be prepared as a possible replacement host, and calls on UEFA to move the tournament to England.

Supported by: Anne McTaggart, Jean Urquhart

S4M-06865 Bill Kidd: Debt Relief by Christians Against Poverty and Whiteinch Parish Church—That the Parliament welcomes the launch of a free debt counselling service in Whiteinch Parish Church in partnership with Christians Against Poverty (CAP), which aims to empower some of the poorest and most disadvantaged members of the Glasgow Anniesland constituency to help themselves out of debt; recognises the success of CAP in helping clients by negotiating with creditors on clients‘ behalf; also notes that it offers a befriending service to combat feelings of isolation as people work within budgets to escape debt; acknowledges what it considers CAP‘s accessibility in providing the service free of charge and understands that, due to CAP‘s work, almost 90% of its clients are now able to pay their bills on time every month, and congratulates CAP on a service that it believes should be recommended to other constituents in financial need.

Supported by: Annabelle Ewing, Angus MacDonald, Nigel Don, Colin Beattie, Bill Walker, Adam Ingram, Kenneth Gibson, Mike MacKenzie, Chic Brodie, David Torrance, Richard Lyle, Roderick Campbell, Gil Paterson, Jackie Baillie, Joan McAlpine, Kevin Stewart, Dave Thompson*

S4M-06864 Joe FitzPatrick on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau: Approval of SSI—That the Parliament agrees that the Public Services Reform (Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland etc.) Order 2013 [draft] be approved.

S4M-06863 Joe FitzPatrick on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau: Designation of Lead Committee—That the Parliament agrees that the Health and Sport Committee be designated as the lead committee in consideration of the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Bill at stage 1.

S4M-06862 Joe FitzPatrick on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau: Business Motion—That the Parliament agrees that consideration of the Tribunals (Scotland) Bill at stage 1 be completed by 8 November 2013.

S4M-06861 Joe FitzPatrick on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau: Business Motion—That the Parliament agrees the following programme of business—

Tuesday 11 June 2013

2.00 pm Time for Reflection followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by Topical Questions (if selected) followed by Ministerial Statement: Update on the Reform of the Common Fisheries Policy followed by Scottish Government Debate: Supporting a Sporting Nation, Celebrating and Building on Scotland‘s Success in Youth Sport followed by Legislative Consent Motion: Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill – UK Legislation followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions

5.00 pm Decision Time followed by Members‘ Business

Wednesday 12 June 2013

2.00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions

2.00 pm Portfolio Questions Health and Wellbeing followed by Scottish Government Debate: Progress toward National Planning Framework 3 and the Scottish Planning Policy followed by Business Motions

followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions

5.00 pm Decision Time followed by Members‘ Business

Thursday 13 June 2013

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

5.00 pm Decision Time

Tuesday 18 June 2013

5.00 pm Decision Time followed by Members‘ Business

Wednesday 19 June 2013

2.00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions

5.00 pm Decision Time followed by Members‘ Business

Thursday 20 June 2013

11.40 am Parliamentary Bureau Motions

11.40 am General Questions

12.00 pm First Minister‘s Questions

12.30 pm Members‘ Business

S4M-06860 Bob Doris: Supporting a Two-year Moratorium on Glasgow Day Centre Closures—That the Parliament notes that representatives of the families campaigning against the closure of three adult day centres in Glasgow recently met Councillor Matt Kerr and Mr David Williams, the executive director of Social Work Services; understands that, at that meeting, Glasgow City Council requested that day centre carers participate in a public social partnership (PSP) and considers that the 520 families affected by the closure of the three centres have no fundamental objections to partnership working with the council and other appropriate bodies; believes that, in order to take this process forward in a constructive manner, day centre carers have made a formal request that a two-year moratorium be placed on the closure plans to ensure that the most effective day care services can be developed for the people in Glasgow with learning difficulties, their families and carers, using all of the skills and expertise available in a realistic timescale; believes that any future day centre model under PSP must include consideration of the option to use existing centres that are currently threatened with closure, and calls on Glasgow City Council to support the request for a two-year moratorium.

Supported by: Chic Brodie, Joan McAlpine, Annabelle Ewing, Colin Beattie, Kenneth Gibson, Bill Kidd, Richard Lyle, Christina McKelvie, Rob Gibson, Mike MacKenzie, Nigel Don, Adam Ingram, James Dornan, Gil Paterson

S4M-06859 Mike MacKenzie: Newly Extended Pier Makes Waves—That the Parliament congratulates Orkney on the opening of a major base for the marine renewable energy industry; understands that the newly extended Hatston Pier is now Scotland‘s longest commercial deep-water berth; believes that Hatston Pier and the developers and businesses who use it will be part of the success story of marine renewables in Orkney and will contribute to the islands‘ ongoing prosperity; welcomes 76 visits by cruise ship liners, which in total are expected to bring more than 60,000 passengers in 2013, and commends the aim of ensuring that world- leading research and testing activity at the European Marine Energy Centre leads to the world-leading commercialisation of a new industry.

Supported by: Joan McAlpine, Richard Lyle, Angus MacDonald, Fiona McLeod, Kevin Stewart, Bill Kidd, Chic Brodie, Annabelle Ewing, Colin Beattie, Kenneth Gibson, Jean Urquhart, Anne McTaggart, Nigel Don, John Finnie, Adam Ingram, Bill Walker, Gil Paterson, Stewart Maxwell, Colin Keir, Dave Thompson*

S4M-06858 Neil Findlay: Congratulations to Linlithgow Rose and Fauldhouse United on their Championship Wins—That the Parliament congratulates Fauldhouse United from West Lothian on the team‘s recent success in winning the Scottish Junior FA East Region, South Division championship and Linlithgow Rose on securing the East League; recognises what it considers the hard work of the

respective players, committees and supporters, and wishes both teams well in the 2013-14 season.

Supported by: Sarah Boyack, Richard Lyle, Kevin Stewart, Bill Kidd, Hanzala Malik, Helen Eadie, Annabelle Ewing, Colin Beattie, Jackie Baillie, Kenneth Gibson, Mike MacKenzie, Anne McTaggart, Nigel Don, Gil Paterson, Margaret McCulloch

S4M-06857 Mike MacKenzie: Pilot Project Generates Energy in the Classroom— That the Parliament welcomes the new offshore renewables education project, Clean Energy from the Sea; understands that the pilot will involve Kirkwall Grammar, Stromness Academy and Sanday, Westray and Stronsay junior high schools in Orkney; recognises that the project aims to enable pupils to acquire the understanding and technical skills that they will need to benefit from the development of renewable energy around their coastline; welcomes the active learning opportunities that reflect the cross-subject approach of the curriculum for excellence; wishes both the pupils and the project every success, and hopes that the pilot will be rolled out across Scotland in the future.

Supported by: Bill Kidd, Jim Eadie, Liam McArthur, Stuart McMillan, Joan McAlpine, Fiona McLeod, Richard Lyle, Chic Brodie, Annabelle Ewing, Colin Beattie, Kenneth Gibson, Rob Gibson, Anne McTaggart, Nigel Don, John Finnie, Adam Ingram, Bill Walker, Gil Paterson, Stewart Maxwell, Colin Keir, Jean Urquhart S4M-06856 Jackie Baillie: Cervical Screening Awareness Week, 9 to 15 June 2013—That the Parliament supports Cervical Screening Awareness Week and understands that only 73% of eligible women in Scotland have been screened in the previous 3.5 years, a decrease of 0.6%; notes that every year over 3,000 women in the UK will be diagnosed with cervical cancer and nearly 1,000 will die from it; understands that cervical cancer is the most common cancer in women aged 35 and under, and encourages all eligible women to be screened.

Supported by: Jayne Baxter, Liam McArthur, Jim Hume, Jackson Carlaw, Graeme Pearson, Nanette Milne, Liz Smith, John Pentland, Richard Lyle, Neil Findlay, Elaine Smith, Annabelle Ewing, Colin Beattie, Malcolm Chisholm, Fiona McLeod, Alison Johnstone, Patricia Ferguson, Mike MacKenzie, Anne McTaggart, Nigel Don, John Finnie, Kezia Dugdale, Duncan McNeil, Bill Walker, Gil Paterson, Kevin Stewart, Margaret McDougall

S4M-06855 Rhoda Grant: Congratulations to Inverness City—That the Parliament congratulates Inverness City on what it considers its outstanding 6-0 victory against Dunfermline in the Scottish Women‘s Football League First Division Cup Final on 2 June 2013; congratulates the team and supporters who travelled to Alloa for the cup final on making this what was considered a momentous occasion for the Inverness club; acknowledges the goal scoring efforts of Natalie Bodiam, Sarah Main, Kirsty Deans and Hannah Gordon; notes that Inverness City is currently top of the Scottish Women‘s Football League‘s First Division; acknowledges what it sees as the dedication and commitment from all involved in the club‘s success, and wishes them continued success for the remainder of the season.

Supported by: Bill Kidd, Colin Beattie, Richard Lyle, Neil Findlay, Mary Scanlon, Kenneth Gibson, Jackie Baillie, Patricia Ferguson, Mike MacKenzie, Anne McTaggart, Nigel Don, John Finnie, Jamie McGrigor

S4M-06854 Stewart Maxwell: St Luke’s High School Finalist in Scottish Education Awards—That the Parliament commends St Luke‘s High School in Barrhead, East Renfrewshire, on being named a finalist in the Scottish Education Awards for the second consecutive year; notes that the school has been nominated in the Health and Wellbeing category for providing a nurturing environment in the school and encouraging pupils to live healthy lifestyles; notes that the annual event is organised by the Daily Record with the support of the Scottish Government to celebrate excellence from pupils, parents and teachers in schools across Scotland, and wishes the finalists all the best for the awards ceremony at the Hilton Hotel in Glasgow on 10 June 2013.

Supported by: Stuart McMillan, Joan McAlpine, Jackson Carlaw, Bill Kidd, Colin Beattie, Richard Lyle, Kevin Stewart, Chic Brodie, Annabelle Ewing, Mike MacKenzie, Anne McTaggart, Nigel Don, Adam Ingram, Gil Paterson, Colin Keir

S4M-06853 Margaret Burgess: Mobile Homes Act 1983 (Amendment of Schedule 1) (Scotland) Order 2013 [draft]—That the Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee recommends that the Mobile Homes Act 1983 (Amendment of Schedule 1) (Scotland) Order 2013 [draft] be approved.

Supported by: Nicola Sturgeon, Keith Brown

S4M-06852 Jamie Hepburn: Whitelees Primary IF Campaign Song—That the Parliament congratulates Whitelees Primary School in Cumbernauld on learning that its song, If You, If We, If Everyone, will be performed at the Big IF London event on 8 June 2013 and at Big IF Belfast on 15 June 2013; understands that the song was composed by pupils at the school as part of the Enough Food for Everyone IF campaign coordinated by a coalition of organisations, including the Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund (SCIAF), Oxfam, Islamic Relief, the Scotland Malawi Partnership and Christian Aid, to call on the G8 to ensure that there is enough food for everyone on the planet and to tackle global hunger; understands that an expected audience of 30,000 in London and 10,000 in Belfast will hear the song; recognises that this follows a similar project by Whitelees Primary School, which previously recorded a fundraising song for SCIAF about fair trade; congratulates Whitelees Primary School and its head teacher, Ann Kay, on their continued success in raising awareness of the issues of hunger across the planet, and wishes the school and the Enough Food for Everyone IF campaign all the best in their efforts.

Supported by: Nigel Don, Chic Brodie, Joan McAlpine, Stuart McMillan, Stewart Stevenson, Bill Kidd, Colin Beattie, John Wilson, Adam Ingram, Richard Lyle, Fiona McLeod, Elaine Smith, Jackie Baillie, Annabelle Ewing, Rob Gibson, Mike MacKenzie, Anne McTaggart, Gil Paterson, Colin Keir, Jean Urquhart

S4M-06851 Graeme Dey: Social Services in Tayside Praised—That the Parliament congratulates the social service teams across Tayside who have been recognised at the Scottish Social Services Council Care Accolades; notes that

among the award winners were Tayside Council on Alcohol‘s Angus Young Persons‘ Team, which offers information, advice and support to young people who feel that their drinking is becoming a problem; understands that more than 200 people gathered for the recent ceremony held in Perth, and recognises that the accolades were launched in 2004 to celebrate and promote good practice in workforce development in social services across Scotland.

Supported by: Anne McTaggart, Bill Kidd, Joan McAlpine, Angus MacDonald, Nigel Don, George Adam, Chic Brodie, Colin Beattie, Adam Ingram, Kevin Stewart, Richard Lyle, Annabelle Ewing, Mike MacKenzie, Gil Paterson, Colin Keir

S4M-06850 Graeme Dey: True Cost of the Bedroom Tax Hits Home—That the Parliament is concerned at what it understands are the findings of a major new report on the so-called bedroom tax, Squeezed out: counting the real cost of the bedroom tax, which was published by Capability Scotland on 3 June 2013 and will be submitted to the UK Parliament‘s Scottish Affairs Committee as part of an inquiry on the impact of the charge; believes that the report suggests that some disabled people in Scotland are going without food or heating as a consequence of the bedroom tax; expresses alarm at what it understands is the claim by many that they are having to sacrifice basic essentials to make up for the loss of income and that, despite local authorities sometimes spending thousands of pounds adapting their homes to meet their needs, they are considering having to move to smaller properties, although 87% said that, because of a shortage of suitable properties, this was not a realistic option for them, and considers the bedroom tax to be an unfair and unjust policy.

Supported by: Bill Kidd, Joan McAlpine, John Wilson, Angus MacDonald, Stuart McMillan, Kenneth Gibson, Nigel Don, Chic Brodie, John Finnie, George Adam, Colin Beattie, Aileen McLeod, Adam Ingram, Kevin Stewart, Richard Lyle, Fiona McLeod, Christina McKelvie, Jackie Baillie, Annabelle Ewing, John Mason, Mike MacKenzie, Gil Paterson, Dennis Robertson, Marco Biagi, Margaret McDougall, Colin Keir, Drew Smith, Jean Urquhart, Alison Johnstone, Claudia Beamish*, Dave Thompson*

S4M-06849 John Mason: Glasgow 2014, on Time and on Budget—That the Parliament welcomes the publication of the most recent Glasgow 2014 progress report; considers that, with just over one year until the Games formally open, building works and general preparations have progressed significantly; welcomes the opening of the new Tollcross International Swimming Centre on 24 May 2013 and the fact that the National Hockey Centre, based at Glasgow Green, is due to open in the summer of 2013; notes that more than 75% of the Athletes‘ Village, which includes 700 houses and a 120-bed care home, has been built, and looks forward to the 2014 Games continuing to be on budget and on time for showcasing Glasgow and Scotland to the rest of the world.

Supported by: Stuart McMillan, Stewart Stevenson, Bill Kidd, Graeme Dey, Joan McAlpine, Rob Gibson, Adam Ingram, Angus MacDonald, Mike MacKenzie, Christina McKelvie, Nigel Don, Chic Brodie, Colin Beattie, Kenneth Gibson, Kevin Stewart, Aileen McLeod, Richard Lyle, Fiona McLeod, Drew Smith, Jackie Baillie, Annabelle Ewing, Neil Findlay, James Dornan, Bill Walker, Gil Paterson, Marco Biagi, Colin Keir, Jean Urquhart, Dave Thompson*

S4M-06848 Kenneth Gibson: Arran Folk Festival—That the Parliament looks forward to the 2013 Arran Folk Festival, which will be held from 6 to 9 June at three venues in Brodick; considers that the Arran festival is recognised as one of the most exciting of its kind in the UK, and looks forward to another series of concerts and a ceilidh that will display the very best of traditional Scottish folk music.

Supported by: Stuart McMillan, Alison Johnstone, Joan McAlpine, Stewart Stevenson, Anne McTaggart, Bill Kidd, John Wilson, Rob Gibson, Adam Ingram, John Lamont, Angus MacDonald, Mike MacKenzie, Liam McArthur, Aileen McLeod, Nigel Don, John Finnie, Colin Beattie, Kevin Stewart, Richard Lyle, Roderick Campbell, Fiona McLeod, Annabelle Ewing, Annabel Goldie, Gil Paterson, Stewart Maxwell, Margaret McDougall, Colin Keir, Jean Urquhart

S4M-06847 Kevin Stewart: Scotland’s Second Oil Boom—That the Parliament welcomes the news that Dana Petroleum, which is based in Aberdeen, has laid the keel for a $400 million oil production vessel that will store up to 40,000 barrels of North Sea oil a day by 2015; believes that this investment shows that the oil industry continues to go from strength to strength; understands that just half the value of North Sea reserves has been pumped ashore and that £1.5 trillion worth of oil and gas remains, and hopes that Scotland‘s second oil boom will benefit all of the people of Scotland rather than seeing the wealth squandered by UK administrations.

Supported by: Joan McAlpine, John Wilson, Stewart Stevenson, Bill Kidd, Christian Allard, Rob Gibson, Christina McKelvie, Stuart McMillan, Nigel Don, George Adam, Chic Brodie, Colin Beattie, Kenneth Gibson, Adam Ingram, Mike MacKenzie, Roderick Campbell, Richard Lyle, John Mason, Annabelle Ewing, Bill Walker, Gil Paterson, Stewart Maxwell, Colin Keir, Dave Thompson*

S4M-06847.1 Patrick Harvie: Scotland’s Second Oil Boom—As an amendment to motion S4M-06847 in the name of Kevin Stewart (Scotland‘s Second Oil Boom), leave out from ―welcomes‖ to end and insert "expresses concern at the willingness of the fossil fuel industry and some politicians supporting it to ignore environmental reality by indulging in talk of a ‗second oil boom‘; accepts the conclusions of scientists, including Meinshausen et al as published in Nature as long ago as 2009, that the world has already emitted a third of the greenhouse gases that it can afford to emit in the period from 2000 to 2050 and that, by burning the known reserves of fossil fuels, will far exceed the remaining allowance; considers therefore that, in addition to existing categories of fossil fuel reserves, a new category of ‗unburnable carbon‘ must be created, and believes that, regardless of whether reserves are declared unburnable, or all reserves are exploited leading to disastrous levels of climate change, either scenario implies that basing the oil and gas industry‘s valuation on the assumption that all reserves will be extracted is profoundly dangerous and makes Scotland‘s transition away from economic reliance on fossil fuels extremely urgent."

Supported by: Alison Johnstone

S4M-06846 Kevin Stewart: Coastguard Concerns—That the Parliament expresses serious concern at the news that Aberdeen‘s coastguard co-ordination centre was left short-staffed for 57% of the year ending March 2013; notes concern at suggestions

of low morale, increasingly high workloads and possible industrial action; understands that the UK Government had promised to upgrade remaining centres following the closures in the Forth and Clyde and regrets that this has yet to be delivered; fears that this is putting safety in the North Sea at risk, and calls on the UK Government to end what it considers its neglect of Scotland‘s coastguard and the vital work that the service carries out.

Supported by: Joan McAlpine, Stuart McMillan, Stewart Stevenson, Bill Kidd, Rob Gibson, Mike MacKenzie, Kenneth Gibson, Nigel Don, John Finnie, Chic Brodie, Colin Beattie, Aileen McLeod, Adam Ingram, Richard Lyle, Fiona McLeod, John Mason, Annabelle Ewing, Bill Walker, Gil Paterson, Stewart Maxwell, Colin Keir, Dave Thompson*

S4M-06845 Claire Baker: Land Reform—That the Parliament notes the publication of the Land Reform Review Group‘s interim report; recognises that the Land Reform Review Group was appointed by the Scottish Government to offer a "radical review of land reform"; believes that ownership of land is an economic and social issue; recognises that the Scottish Government has the power to deliver further land reform now; supports greater diversification of land ownership in Scotland, and calls on the Scottish Government to demonstrate a commitment to radical and bold land reform.

S4M-06845.2 Paul Wheelhouse: Land Reform—As an amendment to motion S4M- 06845 in the name of Claire Baker (Land Reform), after first ―Scottish Government‖ insert "as an advisory group independent of Scottish ministers".

Supported by: Richard Lochhead

S4M-06845.1 Alex Fergusson: Land Reform—As an amendment to motion S4M- 06845 in the name of Claire Baker (Land Reform), leave out from second "Land Reform Review Group" to end and insert "independent group is looking at the future of land ownership and management in Scotland with a view to enabling communities to benefit from further land reform; understands that the report simply ends phase one of the process and that much work still remains to be done; agrees that, while community ownership is to be encouraged, a willing buyer and willing seller are paramount, and welcomes the group‘s decision not to examine land tenancy issues, which are currently being scrutinised by the Tenant Farming Forum."

S4M-06844 Joan McAlpine: From the Moon to the Muckle Toon—That the Parliament congratulates the organisers of the From the Moon to the Muckle Toon festival taking place in Langholm from 3 to 15 June 2013; recognises that Neil Armstrong was made the first Freeman of Langholm in 1972 following his historic moonwalk three years earlier; understands that the festival will include an exhibition, lectures, film showings, stargazing events and a church service to commemorate Neil Armstrong‘s life, and welcomes the Scottish Government‘s support of this event through the £5,000 award from the Talking Science grants scheme, which aims to support public activities and events that get people talking about science, technology and engineering and how they impact on everyday lives, particularly in rural, remote and disadvantaged areas of Scotland.

Supported by: John Lamont, Aileen McLeod, George Adam, Nigel Don, Stuart McMillan, Chic Brodie, Kevin Stewart, Bill Kidd, Adam Ingram, Rob Gibson, Richard Lyle, Mike MacKenzie, Colin Beattie, Fiona McLeod, Annabelle Ewing, Gil Paterson, Roderick Campbell, Stewart Maxwell, Jean Urquhart

S4M-06843 Hugh Henry: Student Support—That the Parliament notes the introduction of the minimum income guarantee for students; notes that grants for lower-income students are being cut; believes that lower-income students are being financially disadvantaged in Scotland compared to elsewhere in the UK; does not accept that lower-income students should be disadvantaged in order to provide support for those from better-off households, and believes that the cuts to grants for lower-income students should be reversed in order to address inequality in access to higher education in Scotland.

S4M-06843.2 Michael Russell: Student Support—As an amendment to motion S4M-06843 in the name of Hugh Henry (Student Support), leave out from first ―notes‖ to end and insert "believes that access to university should be based on ability to learn, not ability to pay; further believes that neither upfront nor backdoor tuition fees have any place in Scotland; welcomes the removal of tuition fees, saving around 125,000 students up to £27,000 compared with England; further welcomes the introduction of the minimum income guarantee to give the poorest students a minimum income of £7,250 per year in maintenance support from 2013-14 and the increase in the minimum level of student loan to £4,500 a year for every eligible student, and agrees with comments by the National Union of Students Scotland that Scotland has ‗the best support package in the whole of the UK‘.‖

Supported by: Angela Constance, Alasdair Allan, Aileen Campbell

S4M-06843.1 Murdo Fraser: Student Support—As an amendment to motion S4M- 06843 in the name of Hugh Henry (Student Support), insert at end ―, and believes that both better student support and improvements in the school education system for those from disadvantaged backgrounds are essential if Scotland is to tackle its relatively poor record of access to higher education from this group‖.

S4M-06842 Stewart Maxwell: Glasgow Airport’s Safety Success—That the Parliament congratulates Glasgow Airport on becoming the first airport in the UK to achieve five stars in an audit undertaken by the British Safety Council; understands that this accreditation was achieved at the first attempt; recognises the professionalism of the managers and staff at Glasgow Airport in ensuring that the airport‘s seven million annual users reach their destinations safely, and further acknowledges the critical role of the airport and the west of Scotland in making the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games a success.

Supported by: Stuart McMillan, Willie Coffey, Chic Brodie, Kenneth Gibson, Rob Gibson, Bill Walker, Richard Lyle, David Torrance, John Mason, Mike MacKenzie, Joan McAlpine, Angus MacDonald, Jackie Baillie, Kevin Stewart, Hanzala Malik, Jackson Carlaw, Anne McTaggart, Bill Kidd, Adam Ingram, Nigel Don, Colin Beattie, Fiona McLeod, Annabelle Ewing, Annabel Goldie, Gil Paterson, Colin Keir

S4M-06841 Joan McAlpine: Dumfriesshire Teenagers Revisit History of the Scottish Covenant—That the Parliament commends what it considers the thought- provoking exhibition of films and photographs made with a group of Dumfriesshire teenagers charting their response to the events of the Scottish Covenant; recognises that this collaborative project was led by the National Galleries of Scotland Communities Outreach project in partnership with Dumfries and Galloway Council Museums, Youth Justice and Countryside Ranger Services; understands that Civil War Cinema marks the third instalment of The Nation//Live, a nationwide project that aims to explore key moments in Scottish history; further understands that the teenagers were encouraged to explore the graves and monuments of the Covenanting period of the 17th century, when communities in the south west of Scotland took to the hills to hold religious services, and question their relevance to their lives today; congratulates the pupils who took part, the artist, Sarah Forrest, and filmmaker, Daniel Warren, and encourages all those who can to visit the exhibition, which runs until 8 June 2013 in the Bakers Oven, Dumfries.

Supported by: Bill Walker, Rob Gibson, Mike MacKenzie, Kevin Stewart, George Adam, David Torrance, Chic Brodie, Richard Lyle, Murdo Fraser, Bill Kidd, Adam Ingram, Nigel Don, Colin Beattie, Fiona McLeod, Annabelle Ewing, Gil Paterson, Stewart Maxwell, Colin Keir

S4M-06840 Jim Eadie: Human Synthetic Blood Trials—That the Parliament congratulates Scottish scientists on being given the green light by the UK Medicine and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency to manufacture stem cell therapies for clinical trial; understands that the trials and associated research will take place at the Scottish Centre for Regenerative Medicine‘s new Good Manufacturing Practice Cellular Therapy Manufacturing Facility, which is located at the Edinburgh BioQuarter; notes that synthetic blood may help end supply shortages and prevent infections being passed on through donations; further notes that the licences will permit scientists to create stem cell products to treat patients who have experienced a wide variety of other degenerative conditions, such as stroke and Parkinson‘s disease, diabetes and cancer; acknowledges that synthetic blood could augment the regular blood supply, particularly in times of shortage or when there is a sudden increase in demand, and is confident that Scottish scientists will ultimately be successful in making synthetic blood a viable contributory source for a sufficient, safe and high quality blood supply.

Supported by: Bill Kidd, Bill Walker, Neil Findlay, Rob Gibson, Richard Lyle, Mike MacKenzie, Kevin Stewart, John Finnie, Christina McKelvie, Kenneth Gibson, Jackie Baillie, Jackson Carlaw, Anne McTaggart, Adam Ingram, Nigel Don, Colin Beattie, Fiona McLeod, Nanette Milne, Gil Paterson, Stewart Maxwell, Joan McAlpine, Colin Keir, Dave Thompson*

S4M-06839 Jamie McGrigor: Welcome Support from Scottish Gas for the Mid Argyll Community Pool—That the Parliament welcomes the recent support from Scottish Gas of £20,000 for the Mid Argyll Community Pool in Lochgilphead; understands that this takes the company‘s contribution to the pool over the last three years to £60,000; notes that this was marked by a visit to the pool on 3 June 2013 by the double Commonwealth gold medallist and Olympic 400 metre freestyle finalist, David Carry, who described the pool as ―an amazing facility used not just by

residents and members of the public, but by schools for teaching our kids to swim‖; understands that the pool, which faced the threat of closure in 2010 due to a funding shortfall, serves a population of around 10,000 and is the only such facility for nearly 50 miles; congratulates Scottish Gas on making what it considers a valuable contribution to the pool; believes that this helped secure its future at a time when it was facing a challenging financial situation; pays tribute to what it considers the tireless and continuing efforts of all those involved with it, including the pool staff and the board of the Mid Argyll Community Enterprise Ltd, in seeking to attract extra funding in order to achieve a sustainable future for it; wishes them continued success in the future, and hopes that the pool will be a thriving and important community asset.

Supported by: Nanette Milne, Liz Smith, Bill Kidd, Mary Scanlon, Jean Urquhart, Jackson Carlaw, John Lamont, Hanzala Malik, Bill Walker, Alex Johnstone, Richard Lyle, Mike MacKenzie, Kevin Stewart, John Finnie, Jackie Baillie, Margaret Mitchell, Angus MacDonald, Anne McTaggart, Nigel Don, Kenneth Gibson, Gavin Brown, Colin Beattie, Annabelle Ewing, Gil Paterson

S4M-06838 Bob Doris: Proposed Restrictions on Visits to GPs—That the Parliament is alarmed that the Conservative Policy Forum, which brings together activists from constituency groups to consider options for the Conservatives‘ manifesto for the 2015 UK general election, is considering the imposition of limits on the number of annual visits by patients to their GP; believes that such rationing of access to doctors has no place in the NHS and that being able to see a doctor is a fundamental right; is thankful that the NHS in Scotland is devolved to the Scottish Parliament but notes with concern that cuts to NHS funding in England will be reflected in cuts to the Scottish budget under the Barnett formula, and looks forward to the day when Scotland is able to raise and retain all its revenues rather than the current situation, which, it considers, leaves the country at the mercy of regressive right-wing policy proposals such as those being considered by the Conservative Policy Forum.

Supported by: Joan McAlpine, Bill Kidd, Aileen McLeod, Nigel Don, Jean Urquhart, Rob Gibson, Richard Lyle, Mike MacKenzie, Kevin Stewart, John Finnie, Chic Brodie, John Mason, John Wilson, Adam Ingram, Kenneth Gibson, Colin Beattie, Annabelle Ewing, Gil Paterson

S4M-06837 Adam Ingram: Auchinleck Talbot Scottish Junior Cup Winners Again—That the Parliament congratulates Auchinleck Talbot Football Club on its 1-0 victory over Linlithgow Rose on 2 June 2013 at Livingston FC‘s Braidwood Motor Stadium to win the Scottish Junior Cup for a record 10th time; welcomes the boost to local pride and confidence that it considers such success brings, and considers that football clubs make an important contribution to their communities.

Supported by: Chic Brodie, Patricia Ferguson, Nigel Don, Kenneth Gibson, Joan McAlpine, Stuart McMillan, George Adam, Mike MacKenzie, Richard Lyle, Anne McTaggart, Bill Kidd, Rob Gibson, Willie Coffey, David Torrance, Kevin Stewart, Jackie Baillie, Colin Beattie, Annabelle Ewing, Gil Paterson, Stewart Maxwell

S4M-06836 Mark Griffin: Compensation for Woolworths and Ethel Austin Employees—That the Parliament congratulates the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers, (USDAW) on obtaining £5 million compensation for its members who were former employees of Woolworths and Ethel Austin; recalls that these people were not considered eligible for a protective award payment when administrators failed to consult their trade union about the decision to go into administration; supports the unwillingness of their trade union, USDAW, to accept that workers who had been employed in shops with fewer than 20 employees should, it considers, be treated so shabbily; further welcomes the decision of the employment tribunal on USDAW‘s appeal to overturn the previous ruling; recognises that the decision of the employment tribunal to end what it considers this unacceptable discrimination of shop workers employed in stores with fewer than 20 staff has far reaching implications for all workers facing redundancy whether in retail or the wider economy and sends a clear signal to employers and administrators that workers should be consulted no matter the size of their workplace, and supports USDAW‘s campaign for a change in the law that allows administrators to ignore the consultation obligations to employees when a company goes into administration.

Supported by: David Torrance, Bill Kidd, Patricia Ferguson, Jackie Baillie, Sarah Boyack, John Mason, Elaine Murray, John Finnie, Mike MacKenzie, Michael McMahon, Neil Findlay, Anne McTaggart, Duncan McNeil, Drew Smith, Malcolm Chisholm, Jean Urquhart, Richard Lyle, Kevin Stewart, Hanzala Malik, Jayne Baxter, John Wilson, Nigel Don, Colin Beattie, Fiona McLeod, Gil Paterson, Margaret McDougall, Margaret McCulloch

S4M-06835 Bill Walker: Longannet’s £25 Million Upgrade—That the Parliament welcomes a £25 million upgrade of one of Longannet Power Station‘s four generating units; understands that Longannet is the largest power station in Scotland and provides electricity to millions of homes and businesses and that, for 40 years, it has been a large employer of skilled and professional Fifers and supports thousands of jobs across a wide and varied supply chain; notes that the upgrade is on Unit 3, which, alone, is capable of generating up to 600MW of electricity or approximately 10% of Scotland‘s average peak electricity demand; understands that this project follows a £20 million upgrade in 2012 on another unit, and believes that the station provides an important part of Scotland‘s electrical energy mix.

Supported by: Nigel Don, David Torrance, Dave Thompson, Chic Brodie, Mike MacKenzie, Richard Lyle, Bill Kidd, Colin Beattie, Gil Paterson, Colin Keir

S4M-06834 Jackson Carlaw: Effect of East Renfrewshire Council’s Parking Decriminalisation on Clarkston BID—That the Parliament pays tribute to the Clarkston Business Improvement District (BID) team chaired by Debra Clapham; considers that a positive relationship has developed in the community since June 2010 when local businesses were balloted to become Scotland‘s 10th BID; expresses dismay at what it considers the ill-managed decriminalisation of parking by East Renfrewshire Council (ERC), which it believes has resulted in reports of a 20% decline in footfall in the area; considers parking decriminalisation to be having a negative effect on the future of some 130 local businesses, which employ several hundred people, many of them local, and puts under threat the opening of a future retail store in the area by a significant local employer; deplores what it perceives as

the indifference of ERC officials who seem to lack an understanding of the immediacy of the problem and the effect that it is having on local businesses or the remedial action that is required; calls for the immediate suspension of the current parking enforcement procedure until a review takes place and the agreement to and adoption of restrictions appropriate to the needs of all, and admonishes councillors and officers to wake up to not only a potential threat to the future of Clarkston BID but to key retail businesses in East Renfrewshire particularly at a time when most local authorities are seeking to retain their local high streets.

Supported by: Nanette Milne, Liz Smith, Mary Scanlon, Jamie McGrigor, Annabel Goldie

S4M-06833 Bill Kidd: Drumchapel Disability Action 2’s Magnificent Care Commission Report—That the Parliament congratulates the clients, staff and management of Drumchapel Disability Action 2 at Antonine Court on what it considers their magnificent grades in the recent Care Commission inspection report following an unannounced visit; understands that the report emphasised how the centre‘s person-centred planning had encouraged more service-user involvement and helped enormously in dealing with the massive impact of changes to its funding, and considers that many strengths were highlighted in the report, which can only auger well for the centre‘s clients and its future.

Supported by: Stuart McMillan, Chic Brodie, Kenneth Gibson, Nigel Don, George Adam, Joan McAlpine, Adam Ingram, David Torrance, Rob Gibson, Richard Lyle, Mike MacKenzie, Anne McTaggart, Kevin Stewart, Colin Beattie, Annabelle Ewing, Gil Paterson, Colin Keir

S4M-06832 Drew Smith: Trades Unions and Businesses Reject Pledge on Corporation Tax—That the Parliament notes the reaction of both trades unions and businesses to what it considers the SNP‘s race-to-the-bottom pledge to slash corporation tax; understands that the STUC‘s report, A Just Scotland, stated that the STUC believes that the notion that the long-term growth rate can be improved by cutting corporation tax is misguided; further understands that the Scottish Council for Development and Industry report, Future Scotland: Future Growth, noted that businesses did not believe that cutting corporation tax was a priority and that there was no great desire to participate in a rush to a lowest tax environment; further understands that the report warned that an independent Scotland would lose influence over its monetary policy if it forged a sterling zone with the UK but withdrew its political representation, and looks forward to further debating the SNP‘s plans for what it considers a tax haven Scotland in the run-up to the September 2014 referendum and to receiving further clarity on whether the Scottish Government also wishes to abolish capital gains tax.

Supported by: Michael McMahon, Patricia Ferguson, Jackie Baillie, Hanzala Malik, Mary Fee, Neil Findlay, Claudia Beamish, Anne McTaggart, Richard Simpson, Kezia Dugdale, Sarah Boyack

S4M-06832.1 Kenneth Gibson: Trades Unions and Businesses Reject Pledge on Corporation Tax—As an amendment to motion S4M-06832 in the name of Drew Smith (Trades Unions and Businesses Reject Pledge on Corporation Tax), leave out

from ―the reaction‖ to end and insert ―what it considers the hypocrisy of the Labour Party regarding changes to the rate of corporation tax; recognises that, under the last Labour administration, corporation tax was cut on three separate occasions; notes that it fell from 33% to 31% in April 1997 then to 30% in April 1999 and was further cut to 28% in 2008; considers that the Labour Party appears to be keen to attack others for having policies similar to its while in power; believes that while the shadow chancellor, Ed Balls, and the Labour Party‘s UK leader, Ed Miliband, appear quick to bemoan the position of the UK Government‘s decision to drop the top rate of income tax to 45p, this is, for the most part, higher than the rate set by the Labour Party administration in which Mr Balls and Mr Miliband served, when the highest rate of income tax was 40p and stood at 50p only for what it sees as a mere 36 days of the party‘s 13 years in office; notes what it considers further regressive policy positions adopted by the then Labour Party administration, including the decisions to retain Trident, keep the unelected House of Lords, invade Iraq, introduce tuition fees and abolish the 10p income tax rate; further notes what it considers Labour‘s reliance on costly and wasteful PFI/PPP projects and its failure to close tax loopholes and refusal to tackle payday lending; understands that the Institute for Social and Economic Research estimated that the Labour Party administration‘s proposals to scrap both attendance and disability living allowance would have forced 67,000 disabled people in Scotland into poverty; believes that what it sees as the Labour Party‘s rhetoric on issues pertaining to social justice and progressiveness does not match its record in office or its recent policy proposals, which, it understands, include reductions to welfare payments in Scotland, the abolition of universal benefits and to have prolonged austerity measures, and considers that exposure of what it sees as such hypocrisy goes some way to accounting for the Labour Party languishing in opposition in the Parliament.‖

Supported by: David Torrance, Adam Ingram, Mike MacKenzie, Christina McKelvie, Chic Brodie, Richard Lyle, Colin Beattie, Joan McAlpine, Kevin Stewart, Colin Keir

S4M-06831 Elaine Smith: National Breastfeeding Awareness Month—That the Parliament welcomes National Breastfeeding Awareness Month; understands that the event will run throughout the month of June 2013, incorporating National Breastfeeding Awareness Week from 23 to 29 June; recognises that events will take place throughout the country to promote and celebrate breastfeeding; acknowledges that breastfeeding is considered to have huge health benefits for both mother and baby; believes that breast milk is the only free, natural food designed for babies and protects them from infections and diseases, and hopes that National Breastfeeding Awareness Month encourages more women to breastfeed.

Supported by: Bill Kidd, Jim Hume, Bill Walker, Kenneth Gibson, Nigel Don, Jackie Baillie, John Mason, Angus MacDonald, Adam Ingram, David Torrance, John Finnie, Neil Findlay, Richard Lyle, Mike MacKenzie, Liam McArthur, Anne McTaggart, Jean Urquhart, Dave Thompson, Sarah Boyack, Kevin Stewart, Colin Beattie, Fiona McLeod, Gil Paterson, Stewart Maxwell, Margaret McDougall, Alison McInnes

S4M-06830 Elaine Smith: St Patrick’s, Coatbridge—That the Parliament congratulates St Patrick‘s Parish, Coatbridge, on its generosity to the Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund (SCIAF); understands that the parish has donated an admirable £51,091 to the charity since 2007; further understands that £19,036 was

donated by the parish to help people affected by the Asian tsunami in 2005 and £13,067 following the Haiti earthquake in 2010; considers that this as an excellent contribution from what is deemed a deprived area; lauds the work carried out by SCIAF, which is a member of the Caritas Internationalis, the global family of Catholic development charities, dedicated to ending poverty and working alongside the world‘s poorest people; recognises that the charity aims to help overcome hunger, conflict and disease in developing countries, and considers that contributions such as that from St Patrick‘s in Coatbridge help to deliver the invaluable work carried out by SCIAF.

Supported by: Michael McMahon, Nigel Don, Jackie Baillie, Adam Ingram, Bill Kidd, Neil Findlay, Richard Lyle, Mike MacKenzie, Anne McTaggart, Sarah Boyack, Kevin Stewart, Colin Beattie, Margaret Mitchell, Siobhan McMahon, Annabelle Ewing, Gil Paterson

S4M-06827 Bill Kidd: Dumbarton Road Corridor Addiction Forum, Robertson Trust Award—That the Parliament congratulates the Dumbarton Road Corridor Addiction Forum on being granted an award of £45,000 from the Robertson Trust toward its running costs over the next three years and believes that this will enable the forum to continue to provide valuable assistance, training and advice while persisting with the valuable peer group work that it carries out across the generations on alcohol and drugs issues.

Supported by: Kenneth Gibson, Nigel Don, Angus MacDonald, Joan McAlpine, Adam Ingram, David Torrance, Neil Findlay, Rob Gibson, Richard Lyle, Mike MacKenzie, Kevin Stewart, Colin Beattie, Fiona McLeod, Annabelle Ewing, Annabel Goldie, Gil Paterson, Colin Keir

S4M-06826 David Stewart: 1st Battalion Scots Guards Inverness Homecoming—That the Parliament notes what it sees as the overwhelming public support shown by the people of Inverness for the 1st Battalion Scots Guards during their homecoming parade in Inverness on 30 May 2013; understands that Inverness and the Highlands have a long association with the Scots Guards, with at least 35 currently serving guardsmen originating from this area, and considers that this pride is borne out, not only by the warm reception given to the battalion at the parade, but also by the support given to the troops during their recent operation in the Upper Gereshk Valley, Afghanistan.

Supported by: Nanette Milne, Liz Smith, Bill Kidd, Hanzala Malik, Bill Walker, Lewis Macdonald, Nigel Don, Jackie Baillie, Jamie McGrigor, Murdo Fraser, Neil Findlay, Richard Lyle, Mike MacKenzie, Liam McArthur, Anne McTaggart, Mary Scanlon, Richard Simpson, Dave Thompson, Kevin Stewart, Colin Beattie, Annabelle Ewing, Gil Paterson, Margaret McDougall

S4M-06825 David Stewart: Highlands and Islands Success in Food Oscars— That the Parliament congratulates three Highlands and Islands food producers on their success at the 2013 Scotland Food and Drink Awards; notes that the so-called Food Oscars were won by Hebridean Sea Salt Ltd for its product, which is hand harvested from Hebridean sea water, the Orkney Brewery for its deluxe beer, Dark Island Reserve, and the Taste of Arran for its Arran‘s Cheese Shop Mustard

Cheddar, and considers that these awards illustrate the importance of the food industry to the economy of the Highlands and Islands and underline the region‘s position as the quality food larder of Scotland.

Supported by: Jamie McGrigor, Bill Kidd, John Finnie, Kenneth Gibson, Liam McArthur, Nigel Don, Jackie Baillie, Angus MacDonald, Neil Findlay, Richard Lyle, Mike MacKenzie, Anne McTaggart, Jean Urquhart, Mary Scanlon, Sarah Boyack, Kevin Stewart, Colin Beattie, Annabelle Ewing, Gil Paterson, Margaret McDougall

S4M-06824 David Stewart: RWE Sponsorship of Kingussie Shinty Club—That the Parliament congratulates Kingussie Shinty Club on securing sponsorship from RWE npower renewables for a fourth successive year; understands that the £10,000 deal will enable the club to provide new and replacement shinty sticks and contribute toward the travel costs for the five teams to play around 75 away games; notes that each player, from the primary school team to the seniors, will sport a new kit bearing the RWE npower renewables logo; believes that this deal cements the links between a major company and a Highland community and considers this to be a just reward for the club‘s continued success on the pitch and community commitment, and believes that Kingussie Shinty Club is one greatest clubs in what is a unique Highland sport.

Supported by: Nigel Don, Mary Scanlon

S4M-06823 James Kelly: Burgh Primary Pupils Campaign to Improve Local Community—That the Parliament congratulates the Burgh Primary Pupil Council on launching a campaign to tackle dog fouling in the area; notes that the pupils organised a school-wide poster competition and highlighted the problem in the local newspaper, the Rutherglen Reformer, and held an event in the Rutherglen Shopping Centre, where they handed out leaflets; understands that pupils intend to carry on with the campaign and have pledged to contact South Lanarkshire Council‘s environmental health department; further notes that the posters designed by the pupils are now displayed at various local businesses as well as the local member‘s constituency office in Rutherglen, and commends the entire team at Burgh Primary School for what it considers these tremendous efforts and the team‘s commitment to improving the local community.

Supported by: Patricia Ferguson, Hanzala Malik, Nigel Don, Jackie Baillie, David Torrance, Richard Lyle, Anne McTaggart, Kevin Stewart, Colin Beattie, Fiona McLeod, Annabelle Ewing, Gil Paterson

S4M-06822 James Kelly: St Blanes Primary School, a Champion for Change— That the Parliament congratulates St Blanes Primary School in Blantyre on being awarded Champions for Change status by what it considers the leading charity, Nil by Mouth, in recognition of its efforts to tackle sectarianism; appreciates that, in order to obtain this award, the school has displayed a long-term commitment to tackling bigotry across all areas and has engaged positively with other schools; notes that it has involved pupils, teachers and parents in these activities; understands that it will bring its anti–sectarianism exhibition to the Parliament on 5 June 2013; praises the efforts of the whole team at St Blanes Primary School in their efforts to raise awareness of the issue and give young people a voice in the debate, and recognises

what it believes is the importance of such grassroots educational initiatives in building a better Scotland.

Supported by: Patricia Ferguson, Michael McMahon, Drew Smith, Jackie Baillie, Neil Findlay, Richard Lyle, Mike MacKenzie, Anne McTaggart, Kevin Stewart, Colin Beattie, Siobhan McMahon, Annabelle Ewing, Gil Paterson, Margaret McDougall

S4M-06821 Jim Eadie: Eric Liddell, Edinburgh’s Greatest—That the Parliament recognises that Eric Liddell has topped the Edinburgh Evening News‘ poll, Edinburgh‘s Greatest; applauds the late Olympic gold medallist on his contribution and achievements both as a sportsman and as a missionary in China; understands that Liddell was chosen over a vast array of illustrious candidates, including Elsie Inglis, Robert Louis Stevenson and JK Rowling; commends the work of the Eric Liddell Centre in Edinburgh, which, it believes, provides inspiring and empowering support to people of all ages, cultures and abilities; recognises the poll as a celebration of what it considers the innumerable successes of people who have strong ties with the city, and hopes that Edinburgh will continue to be a source of pioneers in sport, music, medicine and the arts for generations to come.

Supported by: Christina McKelvie, Kenneth Gibson, Joan McAlpine, Bill Kidd, Patricia Ferguson, Liz Smith, Nanette Milne, Rob Gibson, Willie Coffey, Roderick Campbell, Stuart McMillan, Bill Walker, Nigel Don, Angus MacDonald, John Mason, Jackie Baillie, Adam Ingram, David Torrance, Neil Findlay, Marco Biagi, Richard Lyle, Mike MacKenzie, Anne McTaggart, Dave Thompson, Sarah Boyack, Kevin Stewart, Colin Beattie, Annabelle Ewing, Gil Paterson, Stewart Maxwell, Colin Keir

S4M-06820 Jamie Hepburn: A New Website for Cumbernauld Village—That the Parliament congratulates Cumbernauld Village Community Council and Cumbernauld Village Action for the Community on the launch of a new website for Cumbernauld Village, which is a result of their combined efforts;notes that the website, cumbernauldvillage.org, displays photographs and stories of the area as well as a brief history of Cumbernauld Village; notes that the website aims to keep the local community informed and up-to-date on local events and goings-on and encourage greater community involvement from people from the area; recognises what it considers the commitment and dedication of the volunteers of both organisations in not only getting the website up and running but in making their area a better place to live; wishes both Cumbernauld Village Community Council and Cumbernauld Village Action for the Community every success for the future, and hopes that the launch of the new website will encourage people of the area to be more active in the community.

Supported by: Gordon MacDonald, Joan McAlpine, Christina McKelvie, Bill Kidd, Richard Lyle, Stuart McMillan, Chic Brodie, Nigel Don, Angus MacDonald, Adam Ingram, David Torrance, Mike MacKenzie, Anne McTaggart, Jean Urquhart, Kevin Stewart, Colin Beattie, Annabelle Ewing, Gil Paterson, Colin Keir

S4M-06819 Fiona McLeod: Dementia Awareness Week 2013—That the Parliament recognises Dementia Awareness Week 2013, which will be run by Alzheimer Scotland and take place from 3 to 9 June 2013; believes that this annual event helps the organisation concentrate its efforts and reach people across the

country with a wide range of activities, events, presentations and a national conference; notes, in particular, the upcoming Forget-Me-Not charity ball, which will take place in Glasgow on 15 June and is being put together by Alzheimer Scotland‘s local events organiser, Kris Rodden, and commends Alzheimer Scotland on its continued work to raise awareness of the condition and on providing what it considers excellent services and vital support for the 85,000 people across Scotland with dementia and their carers.

Supported by: Bill Kidd, Kenneth Gibson, Bill Walker, George Adam, Graeme Dey, John Mason, Joan McAlpine, Nanette Milne, Stuart McMillan, Chic Brodie, Jamie McGrigor, Christina McKelvie, Richard Lyle, Kevin Stewart, Rob Gibson, Aileen McLeod, Anne McTaggart, Neil Findlay, Liam McArthur, Roderick Campbell, Nigel Don, Jackie Baillie, Angus MacDonald, Adam Ingram, David Torrance, Tavish Scott, Marco Biagi, Mike MacKenzie, Mary Scanlon, Jean Urquhart, Dave Thompson, Maureen Watt, Colin Beattie, Annabelle Ewing, Gil Paterson, Colin Keir, Alison McInnes

S4M-06818 Murdo Fraser: Perthshire’s Scottish Food and Drink Excellence Award Winners—That the Parliament congratulates the Perthshire businesses, Iain Burnett - The Highland Chocolatier and the Rannoch Smokery, on their success at the 2013 Scotland Food and Drink Excellence Awards; notes that Iain Burnett, who trained under master chocolatiers in Belgium, Switzerland and France won what it considers the coveted Product of the Year category for his company‘s Velvet Truffles and Spiced Pralines, which was also judged to be best in class in the Confectionary and Snacking category; further notes that the family-run Rannoch Smokery, which, it understands, has been smoking fine meat for nearly 24 years, won what it sees at the prestigious Meat - Red, White and Game category for its Dry-cured Smoked Wild Scottish Venison; believes that this award serves to underline its growing reputation; congratulates both of these Highland Perthshire-based businesses ontheir awards at what it considers a memorable evening, and wishes them every success in the future.

Supported by: Bill Walker, Jamie McGrigor, Bill Kidd, John Lamont, Kenneth Gibson, Nanette Milne, Liz Smith, Annabelle Ewing, Liam McArthur, Roderick Campbell, Nigel Don, Angus MacDonald, Jackie Baillie, David Torrance, Margaret Mitchell, Mike MacKenzie, Mary Scanlon, Jean Urquhart, Richard Simpson, Colin Beattie, Annabel Goldie, Gil Paterson

S4M-06817 Kevin Stewart: Congratulations to Hanover Street School—That the Parliament congratulates Hanover Street School on being named as one of four regional champions in the Total Green School Awards; notes that children and staff will attend the Science Museum on 20 June 2013 to find out who will be crowned UK champion; recognises that all regional champions will receive a trophy and £1,000, with the UK champion receiving an additional £4,000; notes that Hanover Street School pupils were among 44,500 children to take part in the 2013 awards, and wishes the school the best of luck and hope that it will be crowned overall champion.

Supported by: Nigel Don, David Torrance, Bill Kidd, Joan McAlpine, Nanette Milne, Stuart McMillan, George Adam, Mike MacKenzie, Adam Ingram, Jean Urquhart, Rob

Gibson, Richard Lyle, Colin Beattie, Annabelle Ewing, Gil Paterson, Colin Keir, Maureen Watt*

S4M-06816 Alison Johnstone: Have a Field Day—That the Parliament encourages communities across the country to participate in Have a Field Day 2013 and celebrate their protected Fields in Trust site with neighbours, friends, families and businesses; acknowledges what it sees as the benefits to physical and mental health and wellbeing that outdoor recreation brings; believes that green spaces, from woodland to playing fields, are vitally important for people and biodiversity; congratulates those who took part in over 300 field days across the UK last year, which, it understands, reached over 60,000 people; believes that every community Have a Field Day 2013 event will be unique and organised by and for that community; notes that communities can download a free toolkit and receive goodies and materials to help make their day a success; welcomes the work of Play Scotland and Fields in Trust in exploring the opportunities of partnering Have a Field Day 2013 with Playday events; supports Have a Field Day 2013‘s promotion of competitions and taster sessions of sports activities and facilities for the benefit of all; believes that, in light of the Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games legacies, this is particularly relevant, and looks forward to an increase in the number of Have a Field Day 2013 events.

Supported by: Jim Eadie, Bill Walker, Nigel Don, Graeme Dey, Angus MacDonald, Jackie Baillie, David Torrance, Marco Biagi, Neil Findlay, Richard Lyle, Mike MacKenzie, Jean Urquhart, Richard Simpson, Kevin Stewart, Fiona McLeod, Colin Beattie, Annabelle Ewing, Gil Paterson

S4M-06815 Kevin Stewart: StepChange—That the Parliament notes with concern the recent statistics published by StepChange Debt Charity on payday loans that suggest that there have been significant rises in the number of people borrowing and the amount owed both in Aberdeen and across Scotland; regrets that the average amount owed has risen to £1,665 while the monthly income of those taking out the loans averages only £1,268 per month; notes concern at the increasing need for people to use payday loan companies; commends the good work of StepChange Debt Charity in helping people manage their debts, and calls on the UK Government to take immediate action to further control the actions of payday loan companies.

Supported by: Kenneth Gibson, Bill Kidd, John Mason, Chic Brodie, Bill Walker, Joan McAlpine, Rob Gibson, Stuart McMillan, Anne McTaggart, Hanzala Malik, Nigel Don, Angus MacDonald, Adam Ingram, David Torrance, Marco Biagi, Mike MacKenzie, Jean Urquhart, Fiona McLeod, Colin Beattie, Maureen Watt, Annabelle Ewing, Gil Paterson, Colin Keir

S4M-06814 Marco Biagi: Edinburgh Band on Song to Raise Cash and Awareness of Dementia—That the Parliament welcomes the online release of the acoustic single, Picture on the Mantelpiece, by the Edinburgh-based band, Einstein‘s Wardrobe; notes that the song‘s lyrics reflect real life examples of the feelings and challenges of people living with dementia; understands that over 86,000 people in Scotland live with a form of dementia and that health experts have predicted that this will rise further over the next 10 years; notes that the release coincides with

Dementia Awareness Week, which runs from 3 to 9 June 2013, and welcomes that all profits are being donated to Alzheimer Scotland.

Supported by: Stuart McMillan, Chic Brodie, Angus MacDonald, Joan McAlpine, Jackie Baillie, Adam Ingram, Bill Kidd, David Torrance, Elaine Murray, Clare Adamson, Rob Gibson, Richard Lyle, Mike MacKenzie, Jean Urquhart, Kevin Stewart, Bruce Crawford, Colin Beattie, Fiona McLeod, Annabelle Ewing, Gil Paterson, Anne McTaggart, Hanzala Malik, Mary Fee

S4M-06739 Aileen McLeod: Scotland’s Best, Glasgow 2014 Legacy Training Scheme—That the Parliament welcomes the recent announcement regarding Scotland‘s Best, a new employment and work experience programme that aims to see 1,000 new training and volunteering places made available to young unemployed Scots as part of the 2014 Commonwealth Games legacy programme; believes that the scheme will provide valuable employment skills and work experience for young people seeking employment; understands that the Scottish Government‘s Legacy 2014 Young Person‘s Fund of £2.4 million is supporting a generation of people through various programmes; believes that there are 54,000 more people in work now than in the last quarter of 2012, with a 7,000 fall in unemployment, and considers that the Games will provide Glasgow and the whole of Scotland with an opportunity not only to put on a sporting extravaganza but to ensure that there is a lasting benefit for generations.

Supported by: David Torrance, Richard Lyle, Bill Kidd, Joan McAlpine, Chic Brodie, Kenneth Gibson, Fiona McLeod, Bruce Crawford, Stewart Stevenson, Stuart McMillan, Adam Ingram, Rob Gibson, Stewart Maxwell, Margaret McDougall, Jamie Hepburn, Nigel Don, Mike MacKenzie, John Mason, Kevin Stewart, Gil Paterson, Annabelle Ewing, Linda Fabiani, Colin Beattie, Dennis Robertson, Sandra White, Maureen Watt, Colin Keir

S4M-06739.1 Drew Smith: Scotland’s Best, Glasgow 2014 Legacy Training Scheme—As an amendment to motion S4M-06739 in the name of Aileen McLeod (Scotland‘s Best, Glasgow 2014 Legacy Training Scheme), after ―programmes‖ insert "; further welcomes the £25 million Glasgow Guarantee that Glasgow City Council has introduced, which aims to ensure that every Glaswegian between the age of 16 and 24 has access to a job or training; understands that the Glasgow Guarantee brings together the Commonwealth Apprenticeship Initiative, the Commonwealth Graduate Fund, the Commonwealth Jobs Fund and the Commonwealth Youth Fund; considers that Glasgow has bucked the trend, as it was the only major city between August 2010 and August 2012 where youth unemployment fell".

Supported by: Sarah Boyack

Motions and amendments which have attracted additional support

S4M-06813 Good Luck to Scots Playing for the Lions (lodged on 30 May 2013) Kevin Stewart, Claudia Beamish, Mike MacKenzie, Stewart Maxwell, Nigel Don, Maureen Watt, Siobhan McMahon, Gil Paterson

S4M-06805 HIV, New Research (lodged on 30 May 2013) Kevin Stewart, Adam Ingram, Mike MacKenzie, Angus MacDonald, Marco Biagi, Fiona McLeod, Maureen Watt, Gil Paterson, Colin Keir

S4M-06804 United Nations International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression (lodged on 30 May 2013) Bill Kidd, Patricia Ferguson, Hugh Henry, Richard Lyle, Kevin Stewart, Anne McTaggart, Neil Findlay, Hanzala Malik, Jackie Baillie, Marco Biagi, Mike MacKenzie, Jean Urquhart, Richard Simpson, Fiona McLeod, Gil Paterson

S4M-06803 International Children’s Day (lodged on 30 May 2013) Kevin Stewart, Adam Ingram, Margaret McDougall, Hugh Henry, Angus MacDonald, Marco Biagi, Jean Urquhart, Richard Simpson, Mary Scanlon, Sarah Boyack, Maureen Watt, Siobhan McMahon, Gil Paterson

S4M-06802 Erskine Goes Purple (lodged on 30 May 2013) Kevin Stewart, Margaret McCulloch, Stewart Maxwell, Margaret McDougall, Hugh Henry, Nigel Don, Sarah Boyack, Maureen Watt, Annabel Goldie, Gil Paterson

S4M-06801 Economic Indicators in the North East (lodged on 30 May 2013) Kevin Stewart, Adam Ingram, Nigel Don, Angus MacDonald, Maureen Watt, Gil Paterson

S4M-06800 Screen Machine’s 15th Anniversary (lodged on 30 May 2013) Murdo Fraser, Kevin Stewart, Stewart Maxwell, Nigel Don, Jean Urquhart, Dave Thompson, Maureen Watt, Margaret Mitchell

S4M-06799 A Reely Good Film Festival (lodged on 30 May 2013) Kevin Stewart, Stewart Maxwell, Angus MacDonald, Jean Urquhart, Sarah Boyack, Maureen Watt, Gil Paterson, Colin Keir

S4M-06797 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, a Cut above the Rest (lodged on 30 May 2013) Kevin Stewart, Stewart Maxwell, Angus MacDonald, Jean Urquhart, Sarah Boyack, Maureen Watt, Gil Paterson, Colin Keir

S4M-06796 Climbing Mount Everest, the Scottish Contribution (lodged on 30 May 2013) Murdo Fraser, John Finnie, Nanette Milne, Liz Smith, Bill Kidd, Bill Walker, Graeme Dey, John Mason, Kenneth Gibson, Joan McAlpine, Chic Brodie, Jamie McGrigor, Richard Lyle, Kevin Stewart, Roderick Campbell, Nigel Don, Annabelle Ewing, Adam Ingram, David Torrance, Mike MacKenzie, Dave Thompson, Jim Hume, Fiona McLeod, Maureen Watt, Colin Beattie, Stewart Maxwell, Gil Paterson, Colin Keir

S4M-06795 Hoteliers of the Year 2013 (lodged on 30 May 2013) Nigel Don

S4M-06794 European Prisoners’ Children Week, Not my Crime, Still my Sentence (lodged on 30 May 2013) Hugh Henry, Graeme Pearson, Hanzala Malik, Margaret McCulloch, Jackie Baillie, Patricia Ferguson, Jayne Baxter, Anne McTaggart, Margaret McDougall, Alison McInnes, Fiona McLeod*

S4M-06793 Regretting the Loss of Leith Waterworld (lodged on 30 May 2013) Margo MacDonald, Malcolm Chisholm

S4M-06792 Celebrating the Publication of Winchman (lodged on 30 May 2013) Bill Kidd, Kenneth Gibson, Patricia Ferguson, Nanette Milne, Liz Smith, Jamie McGrigor, Richard Lyle, Kevin Stewart, Anne McTaggart, Hanzala Malik, Neil Findlay, Liam McArthur, Angus MacDonald, Nigel Don, Jackie Baillie, David Torrance, Mike MacKenzie, Dave Thompson, Mary Scanlon, Sarah Boyack, Maureen Watt, Colin Beattie, Annabelle Ewing, David Stewart, Gil Paterson

S4M-06791 JUMP Gymnastics’ New Facility (lodged on 30 May 2013) Kevin Stewart, Nigel Don, Angus MacDonald, Maureen Watt, Gil Paterson, Colin Keir

S4M-06790 Stephens Wins Scottish Baker of the Year (lodged on 30 May 2013) Murdo Fraser, Kevin Stewart, Nigel Don, Angus MacDonald, Jean Urquhart, Maureen Watt, Gil Paterson

S4M-06789 Scottish Samurai Shogun Award (lodged on 30 May 2013) Murdo Fraser, Kevin Stewart, Nigel Don, Gavin Brown, Maureen Watt, Gil Paterson, Colin Keir

S4M-06788 Youth with Hope (lodged on 30 May 2013) Kevin Stewart, Margaret McDougall, Bill Kidd, Nigel Don, Richard Simpson, Sarah Boyack, Gil Paterson, Siobhan McMahon

S4M-06787 Congratulations to Dunnottar Castle (lodged on 30 May 2013) Kevin Stewart, Stewart Maxwell, Margaret McDougall, Nigel Don, Jean Urquhart, Sarah Boyack, Gil Paterson

S4M-06785 Hidradenitis Awareness Week (lodged on 30 May 2013) Kevin Stewart, Nigel Don, Angus MacDonald, Dave Thompson, Maureen Watt, Gil Paterson, Colin Keir

S4M-06784 Rise in Payday Loan Debt Concerning (lodged on 30 May 2013) Stewart Maxwell, Nigel Don, Marco Biagi, Jean Urquhart, Dave Thompson, Graeme Pearson, Gil Paterson, Maureen Watt, Colin Keir

S4M-06783 More Money for Renewable Heating Kit (lodged on 30 May 2013) Margaret McDougall, Jean Urquhart

S4M-06779 Youth with Hope (lodged on 29 May 2013) Kevin Stewart, Angus MacDonald, Dave Thompson, Gil Paterson, Colin Keir

S4M-06778 75th Anniversary of the Musselburgh Golf Club (lodged on 29 May 2013) Kevin Stewart, Stewart Maxwell, Gil Paterson, Maureen Watt, Colin Keir

S4M-06777 Congratulations to Dr Mary Taylor (lodged on 29 May 2013) Gil Paterson, Annabelle Ewing

S4M-06776 Talking About Scotland Exhibition (lodged on 29 May 2013) Stewart Maxwell, Margaret McDougall, Gil Paterson, Maureen Watt, Colin Keir

S4M-06774 Dunrossness Primary School’s Green Schools Revolution (lodged on 29 May 2013) Dave Thompson, Maureen Watt

S4M-06773 Congratulations to Monsignor Michael J Conway on his Golden Jubilee of Priesthood (lodged on 29 May 2013) Dave Thompson, Gil Paterson, Elaine Smith*

S4M-06772 Corey Can (lodged on 29 May 2013) Margaret McDougall, Gil Paterson, Maureen Watt, Colin Keir

S4M-06771 Congratulations to Frank Maguire (lodged on 29 May 2013) Stewart Maxwell, Gil Paterson, Colin Keir

S4M-06770 Support Child Safety Week (lodged on 29 May 2013) Dave Thompson, Stewart Maxwell, Angus MacDonald, Gil Paterson, Maureen Watt, Colin Keir

S4M-06769 Pressure on Instant Neighbour Food Bank (lodged on 29 May 2013) Stewart Maxwell, Angus MacDonald, Jean Urquhart, Gil Paterson, Colin Keir

S4M-06768 Edinburgh BID Wins Business Backing (lodged on 28 May 2013) Gil Paterson, Maureen Watt, Colin Keir

S4M-06767 Edinburgh Smiles Better (lodged on 28 May 2013) Maureen Watt, Colin Keir

S4M-06765 Echt Reminiscence Group (lodged on 28 May 2013) Colin Keir

S4M-06764.1 St John’s Hospital (lodged on 29 May 2013) Margaret McDougall

S4M-06764 St John’s Hospital (lodged on 28 May 2013) Kevin Stewart, Margaret McDougall, Gil Paterson, Colin Keir

S4M-06762 Macdonald and Morson Opens Largest Dental Practice in Scotland - (lodged on 28 May 2013) Maureen Watt

S4M-06761 Renewable Energy Investment in the West of Scotland (lodged on 28 May 2013) Margaret McDougall, Dave Thompson, Maureen Watt, Colin Keir

S4M-06756 A Remarkable Season for Celtic Football Club (lodged on 28 May 2013) Maureen Watt, Colin Keir

S4M-06755 It’s all about the Music (lodged on 28 May 2013) Margaret McDougall, Maureen Watt, Annabel Goldie, Colin Keir

S4M-06754 Music for a Summer Afternoon (lodged on 28 May 2013) Angus MacDonald, Maureen Watt, Colin Keir

S4M-06753 Sand Races Return to Kirkcaldy (lodged on 28 May 2013) Angus MacDonald, Richard Simpson, John Wilson, Maureen Watt, Colin Keir

S4M-06751 State of Nature Wake-up Call (lodged on 28 May 2013) Dave Thompson, Colin Keir

S4M-06750 Leuchie House and Choice Dynamic International (lodged on 28 May 2013) Maureen Watt

S4M-06749 Don’t Ignore Denis Healey (lodged on 28 May 2013) Dave Thompson, Colin Keir

S4M-06747 Baron’s Haugh Nature Reserve’s 30th Anniversary (lodged on 28 May 2013) Rob Gibson, Maureen Watt, Colin Keir

S4M-06745 Congratulations to the Kirkcaldy Chiefs Ice Hockey Team on its Great Success (lodged on 23 May 2013) Colin Keir

S4M-06744 Congratulations to Kirkcaldy Golf Club on its Great Success (lodged on 23 May 2013) Colin Keir

S4M-06743 World Premiere of The Blood is Strong (lodged on 23 May 2013) Angus MacDonald, Colin Keir

S4M-06742 Carers Week 2013 (lodged on 23 May 2013) Dave Thompson

S4M-06740 Aberdeen Lacrosse Club (lodged on 23 May 2013) Colin Keir

S4M-06738 Betrayal of Commitments to St John’s Hospital (lodged on 23 May 2013) Margaret McDougall

S4M-06734 Remote and Rural Broadband (lodged on 23 May 2013) Colin Keir

S4M-06733 Erskine Week (lodged on 23 May 2013) Colin Keir, Annabel Goldie

S4M-06732 Wishing Anti-blacklisting Campaigner George Tapp a Speedy Recovery (lodged on 23 May 2013) John Mason

S4M-06731 Congratulating Ceres Primary School (lodged on 23 May 2013) Colin Keir

S4M-06725 Offshore Safety Directive (lodged on 23 May 2013) Angus MacDonald, Colin Keir

S4M-06721 Congratulations to Motherwell FC (lodged on 23 May 2013) Colin Keir

S4M-06719 Congratulations to Neil Fachie (lodged on 23 May 2013) Colin Keir

S4M-06718 175 Years of Banton Parish Church (lodged on 23 May 2013) Colin Keir

S4M-06713 Scottish Infected Blood Forum (lodged on 22 May 2013) Annabel Goldie

S4M-06712 Access to Rare Disease Drugs (lodged on 22 May 2013) Annabel Goldie

S4M-06710 Hepatitis C Action Plan for Scotland (lodged on 22 May 2013) Rhoda Grant, Annabel Goldie

S4M-06707.1 Representation of Scotland and the UK on the International Stage (lodged on 23 May 2013) Colin Keir

S4M-06705 Staff at Kirkcaldy’s ASDA Store Raise £27,000 (lodged on 22 May 2013) Colin Keir

S4M-06702 Manufacturing in Scotland (lodged on 22 May 2013) Colin Keir

S4M-06700 Model UN (lodged on 22 May 2013) Stuart McMillan

S4M-06695 Familial Hypercholesterolaemia (lodged on 22 May 2013) Drew Smith

S4M-06690 Royal Voluntary Service (lodged on 21 May 2013) John Mason

S4M-06685 Amy’s Triple Challenge (lodged on 21 May 2013) Sarah Boyack, Alison Johnstone

S4M-06681 Protecting Tenants’ Deposits (lodged on 21 May 2013) John Mason

S4M-06665 Rural Stirling Natural Beauty (lodged on 21 May 2013) Colin Keir

S4M-06664 Pauline Dabydeen, Success at the Daily Record Our Heroes Awards (lodged on 21 May 2013) Colin Keir

S4M-06663 EK’s Hockey Star (lodged on 20 May 2013) Margaret McCulloch

S4M-06656 Pedal on Parliament (lodged on 20 May 2013) Marco Biagi, Alison Johnstone

S4M-06637 The Sunshine Appeal in Croatia (lodged on 20 May 2013) Elaine Murray, George Adam, Angus MacDonald, Bob Doris

S4M-06619 Women’s Reform in Prisons (lodged on 16 May 2013) Angus MacDonald, John Mason, Margaret Mitchell

S4M-06601 Young Placemakers Initiative Launched (lodged on 15 May 2013) Angus MacDonald

S4M-06598 ME Awareness week (lodged on 15 May 2013) Drew Smith

S4M-06565 Plastic not Fantastic (lodged on 14 May 2013) Stuart McMillan

S4M-06505 Parliamentary Scrutiny of the War in Afghanistan (lodged on 08 May 2013) Stuart McMillan

S4M-06490 National Thrombosis Week (lodged on 07 May 2013) Margaret McCulloch

S4M-06484 Stirling University School of Nursing and Midwifery Achieves Award Success (lodged on 07 May 2013) Duncan McNeil

S4M-06479 Loch Lomond Shores Becomes Tourist Attraction (lodged on 07 May 2013) Margaret McCulloch

S4M-06472 The Damaging Social and Economic Impact of the Removal of RET on Island Communities (lodged on 03 May 2013) Margaret McCulloch

S4M-06461 Congratulations to EK’s Kiwis (lodged on 02 May 2013) Margaret McCulloch

S4M-06460 Unison’s Call for Minimum Staff-to-patient Ratios (lodged on 02 May 2013) Margaret McCulloch

S4M-06457 Congratulations to James Watt College, Winners of the Scottish Money for Life Challenge (lodged on 02 May 2013) Margaret McCulloch

S4M-06389 ASH Scotland’s 40th Anniversary (lodged on 29 April 2013) Claudia Beamish, Margaret McCulloch

S4M-06190 A National Tree (lodged on 10 April 2013) Hugh Henry

S4M-06142 The Scottish Women of Science, Celebrating Trailblazers of the Past Exhibition (lodged on 23 April 2013) Kevin Stewart, Stewart Maxwell, Dave Thompson, Gil Paterson, Colin Keir

S4M-06105 Cosgrove Care Supported Employment Project (lodged on 26 March 2013) Colin Keir

S4M-05957 Community-based Housing Associations, Building the Community - (lodged on 13 March 2013) Hugh Henry, David Stewart

S4M-05944 Challenging Negative Racial and Religious Stereotypes (lodged on 13 March 2013) Malcolm Chisholm

S4M-05922 Bank Branch Closures (lodged on 12 March 2013) Drew Smith

Business Bulletin: Monday 10 June 2013 Section G – Bills

New Bills introduced or reprinted on 7 June 2013

Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Scotland) Bill— A corrected version of the Bill as amended at Stage 2 has been printed. (SP Bill 19A (Revised)) (Government Bill)

Proposals for Members’ Bills

A member seeking to introduce a Member‘s Bill must first lodge a draft proposal, together with a consultation document (or a statement of reasons why consultation is not considered necessary). Subsequently, the member may lodge a final proposal, in broadly similar terms to the draft, accompanied by a summary of consultation responses (or the statement of reasons). The member secures the right to introduce a Bill to give effect to the proposal if the final proposal secures, within one month, the support of at least 18 other members from at least half the political parties or groups represented in the Parliamentary Bureau, and provided no indication is given that the Scottish Government or UK Government is planning equivalent legislation.

All current proposals (together with associated documents) are available on the Scottish Parliament website at: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/Bills/12419.aspx Current Final Proposals Names marked with an asterisk (*) are new names of support. Where a proposal has secured the necessary level of cross-party support, the supporters‘ names are shown in bold. Mark Griffin: Proposed British Sign Language (Scotland) Bill—Proposal for a Bill to promote the use of British Sign Language (BSL) by requiring the Scottish Ministers and relevant public authorities to prepare and publish BSL plans (lodged 6 June 2013).

Rhoda Grant: Proposed Criminalisation of the Purchase of Sex (Scotland) Bill (2)—Proposal for a Bill to make it an offence to purchase sex (lodged 29 May 2013).

Supported by Drew Smith, Margaret McDougall, Hanzala Malik, Ken Macintosh, Michael McMahon, Patricia Ferguson, Murdo Fraser, Anne McTaggart, Elaine Murray, Iain Gray, John Pentland, Jayne Baxter, Claudia Beamish, Siobhan McMahon, Malcolm Chisholm, Hugh Henry, Claire Baker, Paul Martin, Elaine Smith, Graeme Pearson, Richard Simpson, Claudia Beamish, Margaret McDougall*

Neil Findlay: Proposed Lobbying Transparency (Scotland) Bill—Proposal for a Bill to require certain individuals and organisations who lobby MSPs, Scottish Ministers or relevant public officials, either on their own account or on behalf of third parties, to record relevant information about their lobbying activity in a published register (lodged 17 May 2013).

Supported by Drew Smith, Claire Baker, Jackie Baillie, Jenny Marra, Patricia Ferguson, Tavish Scott, Elaine Smith, John Pentland, Margo MacDonald, John Wilson, Hugh Henry, Elaine Murray, Neil Bibby, John Finnie, Jayne Baxter, Alex Johnstone, Graeme Pearson, Patrick Harvie, Iain Gray, Anne McTaggart, Siobhan McMahon, Margaret McDougall, Richard Simpson, Hanzala Malik, Claudia Beamish, David Stewart, Michael McMahon, Mark Griffin, Rhoda Grant*

These proposals were accompanied by a summary of consultation responses, which may be viewed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) or on the website page referred to above. Individual responses may also be viewed in SPICe.

Business Bulletin: Monday 10 June 2013 Section H – New Documents Subordinate Legislation

Affirmative instruments

The following instrument was laid before the Parliament on 7 June 2013 and is subject to the affirmative procedure—

Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (Designation of Persons as Scottish Public Authorities) Order 2013 [draft] laid under section 72(2)(b) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002

Committee Reports

The following reports are being published on 10 June— Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee, 4th Report, 2013 (Session 4): Annual Report (SP Paper 342) Welfare Reform Committee, 4th Report, 2013 (Session 4): Annual Report 2012-13 (SP Paper 326)

Local Government and Regeneration Committee, 7th Report, 2013 (Session 4): Annual Report 2012-2013 (SP Paper 343) Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee, 4th Report, 2013 (Session 4): Annual Report 2012-13 (SP Paper 336) European and External Relations Committee, 2nd Report, 2013 (Session 4): Annual Report 2012-13 (SP Paper 341) Public Petitions Committee, 1st Report, 2013 (Session 4): Annual Report 2012-13 (SP Paper 344)

Education and Culture Committee, 9th Report, 2013 (Session 4): Annual Report (SP Paper 347) Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee, 5th Report, 2013 (Session 4): Annual report 2012-13 (SP Paper 345) Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee, 9th Report, 2013 (Session 4): Annual Report 2012-2013 (SP Paper 335)

For further information on accessing committee report, please contact the relevant clerk or webpage (see end of Bulletin for contact details or access general committee webpage)

Business Bulletin: Monday 10 June 2013 Section J – Progress of Legislation

For further information on the progress of Bills and subordinate legislation, contact either the relevant clerk or webpage (see end of Bulletin for details).

Bills in Progress A list of all Bills in progress can be accessed via the Scottish Parliament website at: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/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 three sitting days before the meeting at which those amendments will be considered (e.g. Thursday for a meeting on Tuesday); at Stage 3 it is four days before. Amendments may be lodged until 4.30 pm on any sitting day, except on the last lodging day for Stage 2, 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.

Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Bill (G) Passed 15 May

Burrell Collection (Lending and Borrowing) (Scotland) Bill (P) Introduced 29 May

Children and Young People (Scotland) Bill (G) Stage 1 (lead committee (Education and Culture) 11 June Stage 1 (Local Government and Regeneration Committee) 12 June

City of Edinburgh Council (Portobello Park) Bill (P) Introduced 25 April

Crofting (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill (G) Stage 1 completed 6 June Stage 2 (Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee) 12 June

Forth Road Bridge Bill (G) Passed 23 May

Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Scotland) Bill (G) Stage 2 completed 5 June Stage 3 amendments may now be lodged with the clerks in the Legislation Team ([email protected]

Landfill Tax (Scotland) Bill (G) Stage 1 (evidence, lead committee (Finance)) 12 June Stage 1 (Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee) 11 June Stage 1 (Public Audit Committee) 12 June

The National Trust for Scotland (Governance etc.) Bill (P) Passed 23 May

Post-16 Education (Scotland) Bill (G) Stage 2 completed 28 May Stage 3 amendments may now be lodged with the clerks in the Legislation Team ([email protected])

Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Bill (G) Stage 1 (Local Government and Regeneration Committee) 12 June

Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Bill (G) Stage 1 (evidence, lead committee (Economy, Energy and Tourism)) 12 June Stage 1 (evidence, secondary committee (Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment)) 5 June

Scottish Independence Referendum Bill (G) Stage 1 (evidence, lead committee (Referendum (Scotland) Bill)) 30 May

Scottish Independence Referendum (Franchise) Bill (G) Stage 2 completed 6 June Stage 3 amendments may now be lodged with the clerks in the Legislation Team ([email protected])

Tribunals (Scotland) Bill (G) Stage 1 (lead committee (Justice)) 4 June

Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Bill (G) Stage 1 (Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee) 11 June Stage 1 Report (Justice Committee) published 3 June Stage 1 (secondary committee (Health and Sport)) 21 May

Subordinate legislation in progress (date of laying) (Lead Committee)

Affirmative instruments

Lead committee to report by 9 June 2013

Children‘s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Movement Restriction Conditions) Regulations 2013 [draft] (1 May 2013) (Education and Culture)

Children‘s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Implementation of Secure Accommodation Authorisation) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 [draft] (1 May 2013) (Education and Culture)

Lead committee to report by 15 June 2013

Children‘s Legal Assistance (Scotland) Regulations 2013 [draft] (7 May 2013) (Justice)

Lead committee to report by 16 June 2013

Public Services Reform (Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland etc.) Order 2013 [draft] (8 May 2013) (Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments)

Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (Modification of Regulated Work with Children) (Children‘s Hearings) Order 2013 [draft] (8 May 2013) (Education and Culture)

Secure Accommodation (Scotland) Regulations 2013 [draft] (8 May 2013) (Education and Culture)

Children‘s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Modification of Primary Legislation) Order 2013 [draft] (8 May 2013) (Education and Culture)

Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2013 [draft] (8 May 2013) (Education and Culture)

Lead committee to report by 22 June 2013

Mobile Homes Act 1983 (Amendment of Schedule 1) (Scotland) Order 2013 [draft] (14 May 2013) (Infrastructure and Capital Investment)

Lead committee to report by 28 June 2013

Registration of Social Workers and Social Service Workers in Care Services (Scotland) Regulations 2013 [draft] (20 May 2013) (Education and Culture)

Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Notification Requirements) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 [draft] (20 May 2013) (Justice)

Public Services Reform (Functions of the Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service) (Scotland) Order 2013 [draft] (20 May 2013) (Health and Sport)

Debt Arrangement Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2013 [draft] (20 May 2013) (Economy, Energy and Tourism)

Lead committee to report by 19 September 2013

Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (Designation of Persons as Scottish Public Authorities) Order 2013 [draft] (7 June 2013) (Local Government and Regeneration)

Negative Instruments

Members should note that the deadline for the lead committee to report by is an administrative deadline. Lead committees normally report on negative instruments only after considering a motion recommending annulment of the instrument. Where Members have queries in relation to this deadline, they should contact the clerks to the Subordinate Legislation Committee.

Subject to annulment by 21 June 2013 Lead committee to report by 17 June 2013

Regulation of Care (Social Service Workers) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2013 (SSI 2013/141) (13 May 2013) (Education and Culture)

Welfare Reform (Consequential Amendments) (Scotland) (No. 3) Regulations 2013 (SSI 2013/142) (13 May 2013) (Welfare Reform)

Building (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 (SSI 2013/143) (13 May 2013) (Local Government and Regeneration)

Children‘s Legal Assistance (Fees) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 (SSI 2013/144) (13 May 2013) (Justice)

Subject to annulment by 23 June 2013 Lead committee to report by 17 June 2013

Children‘s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Rehabilitation of Offenders) (Transitory Provisions) Order 2013 (SSI 2013/146) (15 May 2013) (Education and Culture)

Children‘s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Modification of Subordinate Legislation) Order 2013 (SSI 2013/147) (15 May 2013) (Education and Culture)

Children‘s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Compulsory Supervision Orders etc.: Further Provision) Regulations 2013 (SSI 2013/149) (15 May 2013) (Education and Culture)

Children‘s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Transitional, Savings and Supplementary Provisions) Order 2013 (SSI 2013/150) (15 May 2013) (Education and Culture)

Subject to annulment by 24 June 2013 Lead committee to report by 17 June 2013

Home Energy Assistance Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2013 (SSI 2013/148) (16 May 2013) (Infrastructure and Capital Investment)

Subject to annulment by 25 June 2013 Lead committee to report by 17 June 2013

Animal Health (Miscellaneous Fees and Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 (SSI 2013/151) (17 May 2013) (Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment)

Subject to annulment by 28 June 2013 Lead committee to report by 24 June 2013

Sheriff Court Districts Amendment Order 2013 (SSI 2013/152) (20 May 2013) (Justice)

Justice of the Peace Courts (Scotland) Amendment Order 2013 (SSI 2013/153) (20 May 2013) (Justice)

Subject to annulment by 4 September 2013 Lead committee to report by 24 June 2013

Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2013 (SSI 2013/154) (23 May 2013) (Local Government and Regeneration)

Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 (SSI 2013/155) (23 May 2013) (Local Government and Regeneration)

Town and Country Planning (Appeals) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 (SSI 2013/156) (23 May 2013) (Local Government and Regeneration)

Town and Country Planning (Schemes of Delegation and Local Review Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 (SSI 2013/157) (23 May 2013) (Local Government and Regeneration)

Glasgow Commonwealth Games (Compensation for Enforcement Action) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 (SSI 2013/160) (23 May 2013) (Health and Sport)

Subject to annulment by 9 September 2013 Lead committee to report by 24 June 2013

National Health Service (Superannuation Scheme and Pension Scheme) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2013 (SSI 2013/168) (28 May 2013) (Health and Sport)

Subject to annulment by 11 September 2013 Lead committee to report by 9 September 2013

National Library of Scotland Act 2012 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2013 (SSI 2013/169) (30 May 2013) (Education and Culture)

Equality Act 2010 (Specification of Public Authorities) (Scotland) Order 2013 (SSI 2013/170) (30 May 2013) (Education and Culture)

Animal Health (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Order 2013 (SSI 2013/173) (30 May 2013) (Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment)

National Health Service Superannuation Scheme (2008 Section) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 (SSI 2013/174) (30 May 2013) (Health and Sport)

Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2013 (SSI 2013/176) (30 May 2013) (Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment)

European Union (Amendments in respect of the Accession of Croatia) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 (SSI 2013/177) (30 May 2013) (European and External Relations)

Subject to annulment by 12 September 2013 Lead committee to report by 9 September 2013

Requirements for Community Learning and Development (Scotland) Regulations 2013 (SSI 2013/175) (31 May 2013) (Education and Culture)

Dangerous Dogs (Fees) (Scotland) Order 2013 (SSI 2013/178) (31 May 2013) (Justice)

Adam Smith College, Fife (Transfer and Closure) Order 2013 (SSI 2013/179) (31 May 2013) (Education and Culture)

Anniesland College and Langside College (Transfer and Closure) (Scotland) Order 2013 (SSI 2013/180) (31 May 2013) (Education and Culture)

James Watt College (Transfer and Closure) (Scotland) Order 2013 (SSI 2013/181) (31 May 2013) (Education and Culture)

Kilmarnock College (Transfer and Closure) (Scotland) Order 2013 (SSI 2013/182) (31 May 2013) (Education and Culture)

Reid Kerr College (Transfer and Closure) (Scotland) Order 2013 (SSI 2013/183) (31 May 2013) (Education and Culture)

Police Reform (Pensions Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 (SSI 2013/184) (31 May 2013) (Justice)

Firemen‘s Pension Scheme (Amendment) (Scotland) (No. 2) Order 2013 (SSI 2013/185) (31 May 2013) (Justice)

Fire Reform (Pensions Amendments) (Scotland) Order 2013 (SSI 2013/186) (31 May 2013) (Justice)

Plant Health (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2013 (SSI 2013/187) (31 May 2013) (Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment)

Mobile Homes (Written Statement) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 (SSI 2013/188) (31 May 2013) (Infrastructure and Capital Investment)

Sea Fishing (Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing) (Scotland) Order 2013 (SSI 2013/189) (31 May 2013) (Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment)

National Health Service (Free Prescriptions and Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2013 (SSI 2013/191) (31 May 2013) (Health and Sport)

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