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PARLIAMENTARY BUREAU

AGENDA FOR MEETING ON TUESDAY 28 JANUARY 2020 12noon: Room Q1.03

1. Minutes

(a) Draft minutes of 21 January 2020 (b) Matters arising.

2. Future business programme (PB/S5/20/13)

3. Timetabling of a Bill at Stage 1 (PB/S5/20/14)

4. Timetabling of a Bill at Stage 2 (PB/S5/20/15)

Date of next meeting—

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PARLIAMENTARY BUREAU

MINUTES OF MEETING HELD ON 21 JANUARY 2020 AT 12 noon.

Attending: Ken Macintosh (chair), Linda Fabiani, Christine Grahame, Graeme Dey, Maurice Golden, Mark Griffin, Patrick Harvie, Willie Rennie.

Apologies: Elaine Smith.

Officials present: David McGill, Tracey White, Irene Fleming, Catherine Fergusson, Lewis McNaughton, Kathryn Stewart, Emma Cameron, Stephen MacGregor, Joanne McNaughton, Gail Grant, Andrew Howlett, Bill Ward.

1. Item 1a: Minutes of last meeting — The minutes of 14 January 2020 were agreed.

Item 1b: Matters arising — There were no matters arising.

2. Future business programme — The Bureau agreed to recommend to the Parliament a revised programme of business for the week commencing 20 January 2020 and a programme of business for the weeks commencing 27 January and 3 February 2020.

The Bureau noted that Members’ Business on Tuesday 28 January 2020 would be motion S5M-20306 Sandra White on Alasdair Gray, a Creative Force, on Wednesday 29 January 2020 would be motion S5M-19252 David Stewart on Right to Full Care to Die at Home and on Thursday 30 January 2020 would be motion S5M-19810 Keith Brown on Public Works Loan Board Rate.

3. Timetabling of a Bill at Stage 1 — The Bureau agreed to recommend to the Parliament that the deadline for consideration of Animals and Wildlife (Penalties, Protections and Powers) (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1 be extended to 13 March 2020.

4. Removal of motions — The Bureau agreed that all motions lodged on or before 26 November 2019 be removed from the Business Bulletin with the exception of the following—

S5M-19252 David Stewart Right to Full Care to Die at Home S5M-19700 Jackie Baillie ENABLE Scotland Campaign, In Safe Hands? S5M-19754 Tom Arthur Scotland’s War Memorials S5M-19810 Keith Brown Public Works Loan Board Rate S5M-19941 Gordon Cheyne Gang Singing Group MacDonald

5. Publication scheme — It was agreed that all papers considered at the meeting should be published.

6. Date of next meeting — The next meeting of the Bureau would be at 12 noon on Tuesday 28 January 2020.

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Irene Fleming Clerk to the Parliamentary Bureau 21 January 2020

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PARLIAMENTARY BUREAU

FUTURE BUSINESS PROGRAMME: POSSIBLE MOTIONS FOR MEMBERS’ BUSINESS

1. Bureau Members will be aware that under Rule 5.6.1(c) the Bureau has a duty to ensure that there is a period of time available for Members’ Business at each meeting of the Parliament.

2. Motions submitted for Members’ Business are shown below.

S5M-20468: Bruce Crawford: 700th Anniversary of the Declaration of Arbroath: That the Parliament celebrates the 700th anniversary of the Declaration of Arbroath, the Scottish declaration of independence sent to Pope John XXII and dated 6 April 1320; notes that the Declaration followed the First Scots’ War of Independence and sought to confirm the Scottish nation’s status as an independent, sovereign state; understands that the document is believed to have been sent from Arbroath Abbey by the Chancellor of Scotland and Abbott of Arbroath, Bernard of Kilwinning, and was signed and sealed by 51 magnates and nobles; notes that the surviving letter, the Declaration of Arbroath itself, is one of three written to the Pope at the time, with one other letter from King Robert the Bruce, and one from four Scottish Bishops supporting Scotland’s independence; commends the Declaration being placed on UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register in 2016; notes that the Declaration is considered by many to have influenced the drafting of the American Declaration of Independence as recognised by the Senate having designated 6 April as Tartan Day; welcomes the work of the Arbroath 2020 Group and its six-month festival starting in April 2020 and running until September, celebrating Arbroath’s future and its history, and notes the view that it is vital that the memory and legacy of the Declaration of Arbroath is carried through to future generations as a defining moment in Scottish history and culture.

S5M-20457: Neil Findlay: Whitburn Academy's Be Herd Group, Shattering Mental Health Stigma: That the Parliament acknowledges the success of Whitburn Academy’s pupil-led Be Herd group, which aims to raise awareness of, and remove, stigma regarding mental health issues; understands that it was launched after the opening of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Hub in the school library, which can be used as a quiet safe place to relax or a place to talk to a mental health ambassador; notes that its work includes presentations at school assemblies, at which pupils, staff and parents can tell their personal stories, support sessions for anyone from the school community affected by mental health problems and events promoting the project; acknowledges that, in September 2019, it was awarded a West Lothian Council Stellar Award, which was followed in October by a COSLA Gold Award for tackling inequalities and improving health; recognises that SAMH has said that 25% of the population will experience a mental health problem; notes the view that it is paramount that early intervention programmes are in place to tackle mental ill health among young people and that schools play a major role in this, and commends the Be Herd group as an excellent initiative by Whitburn Academy's pupils and staff with an ambitious aim to shatter the

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stigma of mental ill health and offer help and support to their peers and the wider community.

S5M-20400: Linda Fabiani: Marie Curie’s Great Daffodil Appeal 2020: That the Parliament welcomes Marie Curie’s Great Daffodil Appeal 2020, which runs throughout March; understands that donations are given and daffodil pins worn in memory of someone who has died, or to show support for Marie Curie services; recognises the dedication, hard work and contribution of volunteers across Scotland, including in East Kilbride, who raise funds and awareness during the appeal every year to support Marie Curie’s services; commends the vital care and support that the charity provides in Scotland to over 7,500 people and their families every year, in their own homes across 31 local authorities, in Marie Curie hospices in Edinburgh and Glasgow and through the West Lothian Community Service; praises its information and support services, which are available for everyone affected by a terminal illness and its volunteer helper services, which provide emotional support, companionship and information to people, carers and families; notes the view that, as everyone is affected by dying, death and bereavement, all people deserve the best possible experience to deal with this, reflecting what is most important to them, and welcomes Marie Curie's ambition to enable this; recognises that it works to improve the lives of all people living with a terminal illness, their carers and families; believes that wearing the daffodil pin unites millions of people who believe that dying people should get the care and support that they need and desire, and notes the calls encouraging as many people as possible to support the Marie Curie campaign in March.

S5M-20395: Edward Mountain: Highland One Stop Shop: That the Parliament acknowledges the tremendous work carried out by the Highland One Stop Shop (HOSS); notes that this is a free service for autistic adults aged 16 and over who live in the Highlands, as well as their families, carers and professionals; acknowledges concerns regarding the difficulties in securing funding to continue the running of HOSS; understands the uncertainty that this causes for all those who use and provide the service, and notes the hope that funding will be found for the continued running of HOSS and for a pilot project to support diagnosis of autism in the Highlands.

S5M-20394: Neil Findlay: Mesh Fund - That the Parliament notes the calls for the Scottish Government to establish a fund that would compensate mesh-injured women for the costs associated with living with their injury; understands that a significant number have experienced a major loss of income as a direct consequence of serious physical and, in many cases, mental ill-health issues related to their transvaginal mesh implant, leaving them unable and unfit to work; believes that relationship breakdowns as a result of these injuries has also affected many, resulting in households experiencing the loss of around half of their income; understands that, in some cases, partners of mesh-injured women have had to retire from work early so that they can offer vital care to their partner; acknowledges that many mesh-injured women are often refused disability benefits, such as personal independence payments, resulting in insufficient income to cover basic essentials related to their disability, including continence products, transport costs to and from hospital and laundry, bedding and clothing costs;

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recognises that a number have used their life savings or have borrowed from friends and family to travel to the US for full mesh removal performed by the expert surgeon, Dr Veronikis; notes the calls for the full reimbursement of costs to the women who travelled abroad to receive surgery and treatment; further notes the view that it should be right and just for the Scottish Government to compensate women across the country who have experienced financial loss or hardship as a consequence of their mesh implants; understands that women across Scotland, including in Lothian, were unaware of the risks associated with transvaginal mesh and were offered no alternatives, and notes the calls for the Scottish Government to provide mesh-injured women with the help and support that it believes they urgently need and deserve.

S5M-20363: James Dornan: Illegal Sharing of Intimate Images Without Consent - That the Parliament notes with concern the reported doubling in unique views on Citizens Advice Scotland’s Advice for Scotland webpages regarding the sharing of intimate images or videos without a person’s consent; notes the view that this is a matter that requires prompt action to make sure that people in the Glasgow Cathcart constituency and across Scotland are aware of their rights and responsibilities; highlights that the Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Act 2016 is now in force and makes it a crime to share intimate images or videos, send them to another person, upload them to a website or threaten to do this without the person’s consent, and acknowledges the view that anyone who thinks they may have been a victim of this crime should seek advice and report the matter to the police.

S5M-20255: Alexander Stewart: 180th Anniversary of the Scottish SPCA - That the Parliament congratulates the Scottish SPCA on its 180th anniversary; notes that Scotland's animal welfare charity was set up on 18 December 1839 to rescue horses in Leith and now has outposts across the country, including a wildlife centre in Fishcross, Alloa; acknowledges that, among its many successes, it is one of the only charities in Europe that can impose legislation, which it does under the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006; understands that it is involved in around 95% of legal cases regarding the protection of animals and that, in 2018, it reported 90 cases to the Procurator Fiscal; acknowledges its work in the field of education, with around 240,000 school pupils receiving talks by its staff, which it believes helps parents become informed as well, and commends everyone at the Clackmannanshire Wildlife Centre and across the Scottish SPCA for their sterling work and unerring commitment to education and animal welfare.

S5M-20184: Monica Lennon: World Cancer Day 2020: That the Parliament recognises that 4 February 2020 is World Cancer Day, a global initiative that encourages everyone to put cancer on the global agenda; understands that one in two people will get cancer in their lifetime and that over the last 40 years survival rates have doubled, with half of people in Scotland now surviving cancer thanks to the great progress that research has made, and that Cancer Research UK’s vision is to see three-quarters of people with cancer surviving the disease by 2034; believes that it is crucial to address variations in outcomes between cancer types and patient groups where they exist in Scotland; welcomes world-leading research funded by Cancer

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Research UK and others into those cancers with the lowest survival rates, including lung, pancreatic and brain cancers; notes what it sees as the persistent gaps in outcomes, especially for those in Scotland’s most deprived communities and recognises calls for urgent action to address cancer health inequalities in any form; understands the need to ensure that cancer services in the Central Scotland region and across the country are planned to ensure the best outcome for every patient wherever they live, while allowing patients to decide what matters most to them on their cancer journey, and notes that Members can show their support for World Cancer Day through the wearing of the Unity Band.

S5M-19941: Gordon MacDonald: Cheyne Gang Singing Group - That the Parliament commends the Cheyne Gang, a community singing group and Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO), for its work with people living with long-term respiratory conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, and bronchiectasis; understands that the Cheyne Gang, so named because its first meeting venue was in Cheyne Street, Edinburgh, was started by three general practice nurses in 2013 as a research project, and now comprises over 100 members in groups in the Oxgangs, Stockbridge, Pleasance and Leith areas of Edinburgh, Innerleithen, Helensburgh and Forfar, as well as in the Dennistoun and Bridgeton areas of Glasgow, with a new group due to be established in Coldstream; appreciates that the singing sessions are facilitated by trained song group leaders and that 11 singing teachers completed a training course in 2017 developed by the Cheyne Gang; recognises that singing is an inexpensive form of pulmonary rehabilitation and is a considered a logical approach to managing breathlessness; notes that the Cheyne Gang has the support of the respiratory physiotherapy and pulmonary rehabilitation leads in NHS Lothian and NHS Borders and that the group actively tries to inform as many GPs as possible, and believes that the associated breathing techniques help improve the quality of life of the participants and is a living example of how singing can positively affect health outcomes.

S5M-19754: Tom Arthur: Scotland’s War Memorials - That the Parliament recognises the importance of protecting and conserving Scotland’s war memorials, and highlights the positive impact that war memorial associations have in communities across the country; understands that, until 2015, the East Renfrewshire village of Neilston was one of the few communities in Scotland that did not have a unified memorial to acknowledge those who gave their lives in the service of their country; recognises the crucial role played by Matt Drennan, Secretary of the Neilston War Memorial Association, in campaigning for a memorial and raising the £85,000 required for its construction and who now dedicates significant time to the upkeep of the site; notes that Matt was instrumental in obtaining a Book of Dedication for the fallen, which now sits in Neilston Library, and that he was part of the small team that spent hundreds of hours researching the names and historical backgrounds of men from Neilston who lost their lives in the wars; further notes that Matt also plays a significant role in the organisation and running of Neilston’s annual Remembrance Service Parade; recognises the efforts of all those who support war memorials around the Renfrewshire

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South constituency, and all those involved in war memorial associations across Scotland, and thanks them for their selfless work.

S5M-19700: Jackie Baillie: ENABLE Scotland Campaign, In Safe Hands? - That the Parliament welcomes the ENABLE Scotland campaign, In Safe Hands?, which seeks to end the inappropriate use of seclusion and restraint in schools against children and young people who have a learning disability and promote the rights of some of the country's most vulnerable pupils; recognises that the December 2018 report by the Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland, No Safe Place, identified 2,674 incidents of restraint and seclusion relating to 386 children in the school year 2017-18; notes the calls for the implementation in Dumbarton and across Scotland of the campaign's call for the Scottish Government to issue strong, dedicated guidance on the use of restraint and seclusion in schools, to roll out Positive Support in all schools with a minimum standard that each has at least two trained staff on site at all times, to introduce a duty of candour around restraint and seclusion for all schools and to strengthen transparency and accountability with powers of oversight resting with the appropriate body, and commends all the children, young people and families who have bravely shared their experiences of restraint and seclusion in the hope of change.

S5M-19270: Jenny Gilruth: National Parent Forum of Scotland’s 10th Anniversary - That the Parliament congratulates the National Parent Forum of Scotland, which is marking its 10th anniversary; acknowledges the valuable contribution that the forum provides to support parents in Glenrothes and across the country to get involved in their child’s education; commends the partnership between national and local government, along with other stakeholders involved in education and child wellbeing issues, which aims to ensure that parents play a full and equal role in education, with the aim to help all children maximise their full potential through school life, and wishes the forum continued success.

Record of Members’ Business taken by the Parliament from 6 June 2016

Date MSP Party Subject 07/06/16 James Dornan SNP Celebrating Glasgow’s Third Sector 08/06/16 Clare Adamson SNP Child Safety Week 2016 09/06/16 Murdo Fraser CON 750th Anniversary of the Treaty of Perth 14/06/16 Iain Gray LAB Closure of RBS Prestonpans Branch 15/06/16 Clare Haughey SNP Increase in Trade Union Membership in Scotland 16/06/16 Kate Forbes SNP Rural Communities and the Post–study Work Visa 28/06/16 Douglas Ross CON Scottish Team at Euro 2016 29/06/16 Michael Russell SNP Commemorating the 21st Anniversary of the Srebenica Genocide 30/06/16 Neil Findlay LAB Scotland, Pitchford and Undercover Policing 06/09/16 Fulton MacGregor SNP Stand Up to Bullying 07/09/16 Miles Briggs CON Opposition to Centralisation of Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery

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Date MSP Party Subject 08/09/16 James Dornan SNP Living Wage in Scottish Football 13/09/16 Jackie Baillie LAB Save our Services 14/09/16 Ivan McKee SNP Reusable Nappies and the Scottish Baby Box 15/09/16 Jeremy Balfour CON Glow Gold September 20/09/16 Stuart McMillan SNP Eye Health Week 21/09/16 Graeme Dey SNP Promoting Good Food from Angus 22/09/16 Margaret Mitchell CON The Standing Safe Campaign 27/09/16 Monica Lennon LAB Feminine Hygiene Products 28/09/16 Mark Ruskell GRN Action on Residential Road Safety 29/09/16 Jenny Gilruth SNP Mental Health Education 04/10/16 Kenneth Gibson SNP Hate Crimes Against Polish Migrants 05/10/16 Neil Findlay LAB Retain Tax Jobs in Bathgate 06/10/16 Liam McArthur LD Island Heath Boards 25/10/16 Christine Grahame SNP Adopt a Station 26/10/16 David Stewart LAB Support for Campeltown Airport as SpacePort 27/10/16 Richard Lochhead SNP Standard of Mortuaries 01/11/16 Jeremy Balfour CON 100th Anniversary of the Cub Scouts 02/11/16 Sandra White SNP Welfare Conditionality Study 03/11/16 Alex Rowley LAB The Cost of Saying Goodbye, Burial and Cremation Charges in Scotland 08/11/16 Graeme Dey SNP Species Champions Re–launch 09/11/16 Ruth Maguire SNP Celebrating International Credit Union Day 2016 10/11/16 Liz Smith CON Accessible Hospital Transport in Scotland 15/11/16 Jackie Baillie LAB Supporting Women–led Business in Global Entrepreneurship Week 16/11/16 Angus MacDonald SNP State of Nature 2016 Report 17/11/16 Gillian Martin SNP Celebrating Flexible Working Practices 22/11/16 Maurice Corry CON 100th Anniversary of Erskine 23/11/16 Bob Doris SNP The Year of the Dad 24/11/16 Miles Briggs CON Edinburgh Waverley Station Access Arrangements 29//11/16 Rona Mackay SNP Men who have Sex with Men, Blood Donations 30/11/16 Kezia Dugdale LAB World AIDS Day 2016 01/12/16 Ash Denham SNP Small Business Saturday 06/12/16 Johann Lamont LAB Care Tax in Scotland 07/12/16 George Adam SNP Paisley for City of Culture 2021 08/12/16 Brian Whittle CON Doon Valley Boxing Club 13/12/16 Fulton MacGregor SNP Walk This Way at Dunbeth Park 14/12/16 Maree Todd SNP Scotland’s Climate Targets 15/12/16 Gordon Lindhurst CON The Future of Edinburgh’s World Heritage Site 20/12/16 Kezia Dugdale LAB Tackling Mesothelioma in Scotland 21/12/16 Alison Johnstone GRN Extending Maternity and Paternity Leave for Parents of Premature Babies 21/12/16 Emma Harper SNP Ending the Illegal Puppy Trade 10/01/17 Clare Adamson SNP Type 1 Diabetes in Scotland 11/01/17 Liz Smith CON STEP Physical Literacy Programme 12/01/17 Colin Smyth LAB Marie Curie Report on Challenging Inequities in Palliative Care 17/01/17 Stewart Stevenson SNP A Sea of Opportunity

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Date MSP Party Subject 18/01/17 Richard Leonard LAB 30th Anniversary of Workers’ Occupation of Caterpillar Plant in Tannochside 19/01/17 Bob Doris SNP Closure of Glasgow Jobcentres 24/01/17 Donald Cameron CON World Cancer Day, an Opportunity to Tackle Obesity 25/01/17 Emma Harper SNP Celebrating Burns and the Scots Language 26/01/17 Jackson Carlaw CON Holocaust Memorial Day 2017 31/01/17 Graeme Dey SNP Scotland’s Veterans 01/02/17 Sandra White SNP WASPI Campaign 02/02/17 Liam Kerr CON The Awards for Valour (Protection) Bill 07/02/17 Mike Rumbles LD Blackhillock to Kintore Transmission Line 08/02/17 Bill Kidd SNP The Jimmy Reid Foundation Report, Trident and its Successor Programme 09/02/17 Stuart McMillan SNP Barnardo's Scotland, Nurture Week 21/02/17 Annie Wells CON LGBT History Month Scotland 2017 22/02/17 Colin Beattie SNP Industrial Strategy for a More Prosperous, Fairer Britain 23/02/17 Lewis Macdonald LAB Co–investment in the UK Oil and Gas Sector 28/02/17 Kenneth Gibson SNP It’s OK to Talk. Period. 01/03/17 Alexander Stewart CON Safe Drive, Stay Alive Project 02/03/17 Fulton MacGregor SNP Apprenticeship Week 07/03/17 Alex Rowley LAB Local Government Finance and the State of the Debt 08/03/17 Linda Fabiani SNP Marie Curie’s Great Daffodil Appeal 09/03/17 Adam Tomkins CON Community Jobs Scotland 14/03/17 Ruth Maguire SNP Welcoming Play Scotland's Play Charter 15/03/17 Stuart McMillan SNP Commonwealth Day 2017 16/03/17 Ross Thomson CON Impact on North East Businesses of the Hike in Non–domestic Rates 21/03/17 Rhoda Grant LAB Triggers for Loneliness 23/03/17 Ben Macpherson SNP Justice for Yazidi People 28/03/17 Graeme Dey SNP Included in the Main?! 29/03/17 John Lamont CON Congratulations to Rotary District 1020 and Other Champions of Change Winners 30/03/17 Willie Rennie LD The Future of Elmwood Campus 18/04/17 Christine Grahame SNP Addaction 19/04/17 Monica Lennon LAB Time for Inclusive Education (TIE) Campaign 20/04/17 Clare Haughey SNP International Workers Memorial Day 2017 25/04/17 Maurice Golden CON WWF Earth Hour 2017 26/04/17 George Adam SNP MS Awareness Week 27/04/17 Neil Findlay LAB Flawed Airport Consultation 02/05/17 John Finnie GRN Ship–to–ship Oil Transfers in the Cromarty and Moray Forths 09/05/17 Pauline McNeill LAB Food Banks, Scotland's Hunger Crisis 10/05/17 Emma Harper SNP Celebrating International Nurses Day on 12 May 2017 11/05/17 Gail Ross SNP 12 May, International ME Day 16/05/17 Brian Whittle CON Heritage and Environmental Conservation Charities Support for Outdoor Learning 17/05/17 Ash Denham SNP Neurofibromatosis Awareness Day

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Date MSP Party Subject 17/05/17 Ben Macpherson SNP UK Government Restrictions for 18 to 21–year– olds Accessing Financial Support for Housing 18/05/17 Colin Smyth LAB Snaring 23/05/17 Maree Todd SNP May 2017, World Hypertension Month 24/05/17 Liam Kerr CON Cycle Capacity on Scotland's Railways 24/05/17 Finlay Carson CON The Establishment of New National Parks 25/05/17 James Dornan SNP When the Lisbon Lions Roared, 50th Anniversary of Celtic's European Cup Win 30/05/17 Jackie Baillie LAB Vale of Leven Hospital GP Out–of–hours Services 31/05/17 Clare Adamson SNP Child Safety Week 5 to 11 June 2017, Safe Children: Sharing is Caring 01/06/17 Maurice Corry CON Combat Stress Finds Veterans in Scotland Face Higher Levels of Deprivation Than Those in Rest of UK 06/06/17 Ivan McKee SNP UK Green Deal, Supporting Aggrieved Householders 13/06/17 Neil Findlay LAB Leading Journalists Criticise the Scottish Government over FOISA 14/06/17 Mark Ruskell GRN National Clean Air Day 2017 14/06/17 Alexander Burnett CON Lyme Disease, The Need To Do More 15/06/17 Christine Grahame SNP Stink Pits Stink 20/06/17 Linda Fabiani SNP The Scottish Civic Trust, 50 Years of Protecting Scotland's Built Heritage 21/06/17 Christina McKelvie SNP Motor Neurone Disease Global Awareness Day 21/06/17 Alexander Stewart CON Stroke Care in Scotland 22/06/17 Tavish Scott LD Island Games, Support Scotland's Athletes 27/06/17 Gillian Martin SNP Not on My Screen 28/06/17 Kenneth Gibson SNP BT to Remove One–in–Five Phone Boxes in Scotland 28/06/17 James Kelly LAB Charter of Rights for People with Dementia and Carers 05/09/17 Alexander Stewart CON Boys' Brigade Juniors 100th Anniversary 06/09/17 Christine Grahame SNP Generations Working Together 07/09/17 Alex Rowley LAB Support for Citizens Advice Scotland's Call to Stop Accelerated Roll–out of Universal Credit 12/09/17 Kate Forbes SNP Serve Scotland 13/09/17 Bruce Crawford SNP Stirling University's 50th Anniversary 14/09/17 Rachael Hamilton CON 25th Anniversary of the Borders Talking Newspaper 19/09/17 Mary Fee LAB Tackling Homophobia in Sport 20/09/17 Linda Fabiani SNP Fighting for Tax Jobs, Fighting for Tax Justice 21/09/17 Stuart McMillan SNP National Eye Health Wek 2017 and the Threat to Vision Posed by Diabetic Retinopathy 21/09/17 James Dornan SNP Congratulations to the Which? Campaign to Call Time On Nuisance Calls In Scotland 26/09/17 Jamie Greene CON GP Recruitment in West Kilbride and Across Scotland 27/09/17 Jenny Gilruth SNP Levenmouth Rail Link 28/09/17 Richard Leonard LAB Importance of Worker Ownership to the Scottish

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Date MSP Party Subject Economy 28/09/17 Ruth Maguire SNP Flexible Working, Maximising Talent and Driving Inclusive Growth 03/10/17 Maree Todd SNP The Garbh Allt Community Initiative Reaches Funding Target 04/10/17 Edward Mountain CON Shortage of Radiologists 24/10/17 Lewis Macdonald LAB Workforce Concerns Regarding Helicopter Safety in the North Sea 25/10/17 Tom Arthur SNP Brexit's Impact on Working Musicians and Scotland's Music Industries 26/10/17 Jeremy Balfour CON Scottish Disability Sport 31/10/17 Ben Macpherson SNP Unfair Police Scotland and Fire Service VAT Charges 01/11/17 Clare Adamson SNP Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month 02/11/17 Annie Wells CON Raising Awareness of Diabulimia 07/11/17 Daniel Johnson LAB Respect for Shopworkers Week, 13 to 19 November 08/11/17 Andy Wightman GRN Homes First 09/11/17 Gillian Martin SNP Global Entrepreneurship Week 14/11/17 Emma Harper SNP World COPD Day 15/11/17 Gordon Lindhurst CON Barclay Review Recommendations and the Sport and Leisure Sector 16/11/17 Alex Cole–Hamilton LD Incontinence in Scotland 21/11/17 Clare Adamson SNP Road Safety Week 2017 22/11/17 Elaine Smith LAB Thyroid Patients Deserve Fair Treatment 23/11/17 Ivan McKee SNP The Day of the Imprisoned Writer, 15 November 28/11/17 Annie Wells CON World AIDS Day 2017 29/11/17 Ash Denham SNP Small Business Saturday 2017 30/11/17 Jackie Baillie LAB Gourock–Kilcreggan Ferry Service 05/12/17 Bruce Crawford SNP Sue Ryder Report, Don't Write Me Off 06/12/17 Richard Lochhead SNP Unfair Parcel Delivery Charges 07/12/17 Alexander Stewart CON Brain Tumour Awareness in Scotland 12/12/17 Rhoda Grant LAB The International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Tackling Commercial Sexual Exploitation 13/12/17 Mairi Gougeon SNP Heads Up for Harriers Project and the Role of Species Champions 14/12/17 Kate Forbes SNP Bank Branch Closures in Scotland 19/12/17 Murdo Fraser CON Street Pastors Scotland, 10th Anniversary 20/12/17 Monica Lennon LAB Alcohol and Drug–related Deaths 21/12/17 Emma Harper SNP Adopt Don't Shop 09/01/18 Ben Macpherson SNP Maintenance of Tenement Communal Property 10/01/18 Adam Tomkins CON Holocaust Memorial Day 2018 11/01/18 Tom Arthur SNP Carer Positive Employer Initiative 16/01/18 James Kelly LAB The Scottish Sports Association 17/01/18 Joan McAlpine SNP The Economic Potential of Robert Burns 18/01/18 Maurice Corry CON 100 Years of Women in the British Armed Forces 23/01/18 Rona Mackay SNP Condemns Unpaid Trial Shifts 24/01/18 Gail Ross SNP Adverse Childhood Experiences

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Date MSP Party Subject 25/01/18 Maurice Golden CON Electric Shock Training Collars in Scotland 30/01/18 Johann Lamont LAB St Andrew’s First Aid 31/01/18 Ross Greer GRN Bus Services 01/02/18 Richard Lochhead SNP World Cancer Day 2018 06/02/18 Gillian Martin SNP Encouraging Cyber–resilience Among Young People 07/02/18 Liam Kerr CON Increasing Awareness of the Work of Veteran Charities in Scotland 08/02/18 Willie Rennie LD East Neuk First Responders 20/02/18 Christina McKelvie SNP Quick Credit Voucher, Tackling Fuel Poverty in Scotland 21/02/18 Neil Findlay LAB St John’s Children’s Ward, Still Closed to Out– of–Hours Inpatients 22/02/18 Graeme Dey SNP Establishment of the Scottish Stone Group 27/02/18 Rachael Hamilton CON Scotch Whisky Contribution to Scottish Tourism Industry 28/02/18 Clare Haughey SNP Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2018 01/03/18 Debate moved to 6 March adverse weather 06/03/18 Colin Smyth LAB Atrial Fibrillation 06/03/18 Mairi Gougeon SNP LEADER Programme 07/03/18 Stewart Stevenson SNP Electronic and Internet Voting 08/03/18 Graham Simpson CON Save the Greenbelt 13/03/18 Debate moved to 14 March to accommodate EU Bill in Chamber 14/03/18 Stuart McMillan SNP Commonwealth Day 2018 14/03/18 Monica Lennon LAB Incinerators, Public Health and Planning in Scotland 15/03/18 Ivan McKee SNP Driverless Cars bringing Transformative Change to Scotland 20/03/18 Peter Chapman CON Holodomor Remembrance Day 2017 21/03/18 Fulton McGregor SNP UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 22/03/18 Johann Lamont LAB Down’s Syndrome Awareness Week 27/03/18 Rona Mackay SNP Cancer Awareness for Young People 28/03/18 Graeme Dey SNP Earth Hour 2018 29/03/18 Jamie Halcro Johnston CON Scottish Apprenticeship Week 2018 17/04/18 Lewis Macdonald LAB 150th Anniversary of Aberdeen Trades Union Council 18/04/18 Kenneth Gibson SNP Artificial Intelligence, Future Prosperity, a Threat to Employment or Existential Threat? 19/04/18 Alexander Stewart CON RAF100, the Centenary of the RAF 24/04/18 Stuart McMillan SNP Show Some Heart, the Jayden Orr Campaign 01/05/18 Kezia Dugdale LAB Support for Rape Crisis Centres and Prosecutions 02/05/18 Dean Lockhart CON Campaign to Save ATMs 02/05/18 Mark Ruskell GRN Civil Contingency in Nuclear Weapon Transport 03/05/18 James Dornan SNP Save the Hampden Roar Campaign 08/05/18 Alex Neil SNP Dog Attack Figures

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Date MSP Party Subject 09/05/18 Tom Arthur SNP Eliminating Hepatitis C in Scotland: A Call to Action 09/05/18 Rachael Hamilton CON The Condition of Scotland’s Roads 10/05/18 Tavish Scott LD HIAL's Car Parking Charges 15/05/18 Sandra White SNP Nakba 70th Anniversary 16/05/18 Rhoda Grant LAB Campaign for Focus Ultrasound Device 17/05/18 Clare Haughey SNP The Everyone’s Business Campaign 22/05/18 Liam Kerr CON Increasing Awareness of Restorative Justice within the Criminal Justice System 23/05/18 Bruce Crawford SNP 10 Years of Sistema Scotland and the Big Noise Orchestra 24/05/18 Mary Fee LAB Celebrating Scotland’s Gypsy/Traveller Community 29/05/18 Fulton MacGregor SNP Support for Families of Missing People 30/05/18 Joan McAlpine SNP Appropriate Housing for People with Learning Disabilities 31/05/18 Miles Briggs CON Improving Edinburgh’s City Bypass 05/06/18 Daniel Johnson LAB The Portrayal of ADHD Treatment 06/06/18 Ruth Maguire SNP The Citizen Girl Initiative 07/06/18 Richard Lochhead SNP Ensuring Apporpriate Community Benefit from Onshore Wind Farm Development 12/06/18 Maurice Corry CON Orkambi 13/06/18 Graeme Dey SNP Banning the Sales of Energy Drinks to Under– 16s 14/06/18 Alex Rowley LAB Impact of Mossmorran Flaring 19/06/18 Gillian Martin SNP Welcoming Women in Engineering Day 20/06/18 Adam Tomkins CON Welcome to Glasgow, a World City of Music 21/06/18 Christina McKelvie SNP MND Awreness Week 2018 26/06/18 Richard Leonard LAB NHS’s 70th Birthday 27/06/18 Rachael Hamilton CON The Culture and Heritage Value of Agriculture 28/06/18 Ash Denham SNP NHS at 70 04/09/18 Bill Kidd SNP Glasgow and Berlin’s Successful European Championships 2018 05/09/18 Keith Brown SNP University of Stirling, 10 Years as Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence 06/09/18 Liam Kerr CON The Michelle’s Law Campaign 11/09/18 Claire Baker LAB The Ecology Centre, Kinghorn, Marks its 20th Anniversary 12/09/18 Patirick Harvie GRN Social Enterprises Working to Tackle Child Poverty 13/09/18 Linda Fabiani SNP East Kilbride Workers said "Nae Pasaran!" 18/09/18 Bill Kidd SNP UN International Day of Peace 2018 19/09/18 Donald Cameron CON Celebrating 10 Years of BBC ALBA 20/09/18 Liam McArthur LD Scotland’s Marine Energy Industry has Potential to Grow 25/09/18 Stuart McMillan SNP Eye Health Week 2018 26/09/18 David Stewart LAB The Impact of Leaving EURATOM 27/09/18 Fulton MacGregor SNP Paternity Leave and Tackling Inequality 02/10/18 Oliver Mundell CON The Cycle to Syracuse to Mark the 30th Anniversary of the Lockerbie Disaster 03/10/18 Sandra White SNP 75th Anniversary of Age Scotland

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Date MSP Party Subject 04/10/18 Elaine Smith LAB Challenge Poverty Week 23/10/18 Jenny Gilruth SNP Fife Out–of–hours Closure 24/10/18 Angela Constance SNP Support for Families of Loved Ones Killed Abroad 25/10/18 Jamie Halcro Johnston CON Regulation of Electricians as a Profession 30/10/18 Colin Smyth LAB Ban on the Export of Live Animals for Slaughter and Fattening 31/10/18 Joan McAlpine SNP Restoring the Caledonian Pinewood Forest 01/11/18 Ruth Maguire SNP Outdoor Classroom Day 06/11/18 Emma Harper SNP The Maybole Bypass and South Scotland Road Infrastructure 07/11/18 Liam Kerr CON Emergency Service Workers 08/11/18 Monica Lennon LAB South Lanarkshire Care Homes Under Threat 13/11/18 Stuart McMillan SNP Texas Instruments 14/11/18 Maurice Golden CON Special Report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 15/11/18 Ruth Maguire SNP Day of the Imprisoned Writer 20/11/18 Lewis Macdonald LAB Offshore Wind Week 2018 21/11/18 Clare Adamson SNP Pancreatic Cancer Awareness 22/11/18 Rachael Hamilton CON Arthritis Research UK Survey on Access to Work 27/11/18 Edward Mountain CON Investigation into Bullying Claims at NHS Highland 28/11/08 Sandra White SNP Planned Bank of Scotland Branch Closures 29/11/18 Tom Arthur SNP St Andrew’s Day 2018, Make Someone’s Day 04/12/18 Daniel Johnson LAB Report on Autistic Children's Experiences of School 05/12/18 Alison Johnstone GRN Remembering Conscientious Objectors 06/12/18 Emma Harper SNP 30th World AIDS Day 11/12/18 Angela Constance SNP 60th Anniversary of the Ultrasound Scanner, Invented in Scotland 12/12/18 Gordon Lindhurst CON Remembering the Korean War 13/12/18 Willie Rennie LD St Andrews’ GP out–of–hours Facility 18/12/18 David Torrance SNP Fife Alcohol Support Service, Supporting Fifers for 40 Years 19/12/18 Alasdair Allan SNP Centenary of the Iolaire Disaster 19/12/18 Jackie Baillie LAB Scottish Government to Penalise Scots for Living Alone 08/01/19 Brian Whittle CON Transport Infrastructure in South West Scotland 09/01/19 Gordon MacDonald SNP Rotary Club of Currie Balerno Recycling PCs 10/01/19 Mark Griffin LAB Marie Curie and Macmillan Cancer Support, Getting it right for carers supporting someone at the end of life 15/01/19 George Adam SNP Paisley Voted Britain’s Top Town 16/01/19 Gail Ross SNP Highland Youth Survey 17/01/19 Edward Mountain CON Fairer Hospital TV Charges 22/01/19 Monica Lennon LAB Cervical Screening Uptake Statistics 23/01/19 Colin Beattie SNP Celebrating the Reach of Adult Learning 24/01/19 Richard Lyle SNP Remembering the Holocaust 29/01/19 Graham Simpson CON Housing Through the Lens of Ageing 30/01/19 Gail Ross SNP Equally Safe at Work 31/01/19 Iain Gray LAB The Royal Society of Edinburgh’s Tapping all our Talents 2018 Progress Report of Women in STEM

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Date MSP Party Subject 05/02/19 Emma Harper SNP World Cancer Day 2019 06/02/19 Jeremy Balfour CON The Scottish Powerchair Football Association 07/02/19 Willie Coffey SNP Congratulations to Kilmarnock FC on its 150th Anniversary 19/02/19 James Kelly LAB Threatened Closure of the St Rollox Railway Works 20/02/19 Bob Doris SNP Efforts to Save St Rollox Railway Works 21/02/19 Jamie Greene CON Delivering Sustainable and Renewable Transportation for Scotland 26/02/19 Jenny Gilruth SNP LGBT History Month 27/02/19 Emma Harper SNP Eating Disorders Awareness Week 28/02/19 Alexander Stewart CON World Hearing Day and Hearing Awareness Week 2019 05/03/19 Neil Findlay LAB Scottish Government Declines Help of Mesh Expert 06/03/19 Gordon MacDonald SNP Marie Curie’s Great Daffodil Appeal 07/03/19 Annabelle Ewing SNP Settled Status Scheme for EU Citizens in Scotland 12/03/19 Andy Wightman GRN Who Owns Scotland? 13/03/19 Liz Smith CON Centenary of the Death of Sir Hugh Munro 14/03/19 Liam McArthur LD 50th Anniversary of the Longhope Lifeboat Disaster 19/03/19 Stuart McMillan SNP Scottish Tourism Month 2019 20/03/19 Pauline McNeill LAB Prevalence of Crohn’s and Colitis in Scotland 21/03/19 Christine Grahame SNP Men’s Sheds 26/03/19 Maurice Corry CON Financial Scam Prevention 27/03/19 Shona Robison SNP The Impact from Celebrity Endorsements of Diet Products 28/03/19 Rhoda Grant LAB Condemnation of Misogyny, Racism, Harassment and Sexism 02/04/19 Rona Mackay SNP Stalking Awareness Week 2019 03/04/19 Sandra White SNP WASPI Campaign 04/04/19 Rachael Hamilton CON Long–tern Decline in Salmon Stocks 23/04/19 Claire Baker LAB The Open University at 50 24/04/19 Geoge Adam SNP MS Awareness Week, 22 to 29 April 2019 25/04/19 Bill Kidd SNP International Workers' Memorial Day 2019 30/04/19 Miles Briggs CON Parkinson’s in Scotland 01/05/19 Fulton MacGregor SNP Give Them Time 02/05/19 Iain Gray LAB 25th Anniversary Commemoration of the Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda 07/05/19 Bruce Crawford SNP Scottish Gigabit Cities 08/05/19 Miles Briggs CON Scotland, a Nation of Lifesavers 09/05/19 Kenneth Gibson SNP Changes to Pension Credit Could Cost Mixed–age Couples £7,320 Annually 14/05/19 Jenny Gilruth SNP Home Start Glenrothes Turns 21 15/05/19 Kezia Dugdale LAB Foster Care Fortnight 2019 16/05/19 Alexander Stewart CON Community Pharmacy Scotland 22/05/19 Colin Beattie SNP International Museum Day 23/05/19 George Adam SNP Concern for Local Radio Content 28/05/19 Mary Fee LAB SAMH Report on Universal Credit and Mental Health

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Date MSP Party Subject 29/05/19 Mark Ruskell GRN Expanding Scotland's Railways 30/05/19 Gordon MacDonald SNP Hard–line Visa Controls' Impact on Edinburgh’s Festivals 04/06/19 Richard Lyle SNP Alzheimer Scotland Report, Delivering Fair Dementia Care for People with Advanced Dementia 05/06/19 Clare Adamson SNP Child Safety Week 2019 06/06/19 Alex Cole–Hamilton LD Trauma Recovery and Support for First Responders 11/06/19 Murdo Fraser CON The Way of St Andrews 12/06/19 Miles Briggs CON Love Your Lungs Week 12/06/19 Johann Lamont LAB New Report Calls for More Housing Co–ops in Scotland 13/06/19 Gillian Martin SNP World Environment Day 2019 18/06/19 Maurice Corry CON Unforgotten Forces Consortium 19/06/19 Kenneth Gibson SNP Protecting Children and Young People from the Marketing of Health–harming Products 20/06/19 Pauline McNeill LAB First Anniversary of the Glasgow School of Art Fire 25/06/19 Gil Paterson SNP Health Issues Raised by Aircraft Noise 26/06/19 Keith Brown SNP UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights Report 03/09/19 Claudia Beamish LAB Towards an Independent Palestinian State, a Scottish Proposal 04/09/19 Joan McAlpine SNP Celebrating Hamish Henderson 05/09/19 Kenneth Gibson SNP Doors Open Days 2019 10/09/19 Edward Mountain CON Bullying and Harassment in the NHS 11/09/19 Alexander Stewart CON 100th Anniversary of the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund 11/09/19 Alasdair Allan SNP 10th Anniversary of Scottish Food and Drink Fortnight 11/09/19 Monica Lennon LAB Scotland’s Drug Death Public Health Emergency 17/09/19 Clare Adamson SNP Macmillan Cancer Support’s World’s Biggest Coffee Morning 18/09/19 Miles Briggs CON CHAS, Keeping the Joy Alive 19/09/19 Shona Robison SNP Social Security Scotland First Anniversary 24/09/19 Colin Smyth LAB Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Week 2019 25/09/19 John Mason SNP The Need for a Product Recall Database 26/09/19 Rachael Hamilton CON Congratulates Doddie Weir OBE and Calls for Automatic Access to Blue Badge Scheme for People with MND 01/10/19 Anas Sarwar LAB 80th Year of Scotland’s Citizens Advice Service 02/10/19 Emma Harper SNP Scottish Women and Girls in Sport Week 03/10/19 Maurice Corry CON Great British Beach Clean 08/10/19 Gordon MacDonald SNP 50 Years of the Institute of Occupational Medicine 09/10/19 Sandra White SNP Charter of Rights for People with Dementia and their Carers 10th Anniversary 29/10/19 Pauline McNeill LAB Asda Walmart, Contract Imposition 30/10/19 Margaret Mitchell CON Charities, Scotland and Holyrood 31/10/19 Alex Cole-Hamilton LD Hong Kong

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Date MSP Party Subject 05/11/19 Ross Greer GRN Save Loch Lomond 06/11/19 Bill Kidd SNP World Day Against the Death Penalty 06/11/19 Angus MacDonald SNP UN Year of Indigenous Languages and European Day of Languages 07/11/19 George Adam SNP Recognition for Nuclear Test Veterans 12/11/19 Rachael Hamilton CON Tackling Intimidation in Public Life 13/11/19 Clare Adamson SNP Pancreatic Cancer Awareness 14/11/19 Ruth Maguire SNP Day of the Imprisoned Writer 19/11/19 Stuart McMillan SNP Road Safety Week 2019 20/11/19 Iain Gray LAB Celebrating the International Year of the Periodic Table 21/11/19 Annie Wells CON World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day 26/11/19 Elaine Smith LAB The Positive Contribution of Catholic Schools 27/11/19 Rona Mackay SNP 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence 28/11/19 Tom Arthur SNP St Andrew's Day 2019 03/12/19 Jenny Gilruth SNP Making Glenrothes a Living Wage Town 03/12/19 Jeremy Balfour CON #PurpleLightUp, a Global Movement for Change 04/12/19 Gail Ross SNP Unfair Delivery Charges 05/12/19 Claire Baker LAB SCAN Art in Action Campaign 10/12/19 James Dornan SNP Easing the Burden and Pain of Miscarriage 17/12/19 Alex Rowley LAB A Menu for Change's Report, Found Wanting 18/12/19 James Dornan SNP Financial Abuse to be Recognised Fully as Coercive and Controlling Behaviour 07/01/20 Tom Arthur SNP Celebrating the Work of the Levern Valley Defibrillator Community Partnership 08/01/20 Miles Briggs CON Research Projections into Place of Death in 2040 08/01/20 Emma Harper SNP Women, Peace and Security 09/01/20 Maurice Corry CON Commonwealth War Graves Commission 14/01/20 Richard Lyle SNP The Showmen’s Guild of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 15/01/20 Alexander Stewart CON The Valuable Role of Independent Prison Monitors 15/01/20 John Finnie GRN Celebrating Scotland’s Wetlands on World Wetlands Day 2020 16/01/20 Lewis Macdonald LAB Sustainable Development Goals in Scotland, On Target for 2030? 21/01/20 Joan McAlpine SNP Robert Burns in the Scottish Economy 22/01/20 Jeremy Balfour CON Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 350th Anniversary 23/01/20 Beatrice Wishart LD The Proposed Centralisation of Air Traffic Control in the Highlands and Islands

Record of Members’ Business taken by the Parliament in Session 5

Party SNP CON LAB GRN LD TOTAL

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Frequency (no) 192 90 76 13 13 384

Frequency % 50.00 23.44 19.80 3.38 3.38 100

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PARLIAMENTARY BUREAU

TIMETABLING OF BILLS AT STAGE 1

Forensic Medical Services (Victims of Sexual Offences) (Scotland) Bill

1. On 4 December 2019, the Parliament agreed to designate the Health and Sport Committee as the lead committee for consideration of the Forensic Medical Services (Victims of Sexual Offences) (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1.

2. The Bureau is now invited to recommend to the Parliament a deadline of Friday 29 May 2020 for completion of consideration of the Forensic Medical Services (Victims of Sexual Offences) (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1.

Defamation and Malicious Publication (Scotland) Bill

3. On 10 December 2019, the Parliamentary Bureau agreed to refer the Defamation and Malicious Publication (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1 to the Justice Committee as the lead committee.

4. The Bureau is now invited to recommend to the Parliament a deadline of Friday 22 May 2020 for completion of consideration of the Defamation and Malicious Publication (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1.

Parliamentary Business Team January 2020

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PARLIAMENTARY BUREAU

TIMETABLING OF A BILL AT STAGE 2

Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Bill

1. On 9 January 2020, the Parliament agreed to the general principles of the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Bill.

2. The Bureau is now invited to—

• refer the Bill back to the Justice Committee for consideration at Stage 2; and

• recommend to the Parliament a deadline of Friday 21 February 2020 for completion of Stage 2.

Disclosure (Scotland) Bill

3. On 16 January 2020, the Parliament agreed to the general principles of the Disclosure (Scotland) Bill.

4. The Bureau is now invited to—

• refer the Bill back to the Education and Skills Committee for consideration at Stage 2; and

• recommend to the Parliament a deadline of Friday 20 March 2020 for completion of Stage 2.

Parliamentary Business Team January 2020

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