BUSINESS BULLETIN No. 102/2013 Wednesday 19 June 2013
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BUSINESS BULLETIN No. 102/2013 Wednesday 19 June 2013 SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT ANNOUNCEMENT Royal Assent The Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Act 2013 (asp 7) received Royal Assent on 18 June 2013. 1 Summary of Today’s Business Meetings of Committees 9.30 am Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee Committee Room 4 10.00 am City of Edinburgh Council (Portobello Park) Committee Room 5 Bill Committee 10.00 am Finance Committee Committee Room 2 10.00 am Local Government and Regeneration Committee Room 1 Committee 10.00 am Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Committee Room 6 Environment Committee ___________________________________________________________________ Meeting of the Parliament 2.00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions 2.00 pm Portfolio Questions Infrastructure, Investment and Cities; Culture and External Affairs followed by Ministerial Statement: 2012-2013 Provisional Outturn followed by Stage 1 Debate: Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Bill followed by Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee Debate: 5th Report 2013, Minor Standing Order Rule Changes followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5.30 pm Decision Time followed by Members’ Business – S4M-06283 John Wilson: Credit Union Expansion Project For full details of today’s business, see Section A. For full details of the future business, see sections B and C. ___________________________________________________________________ 2 Contents The sections which appear in today’s Business Bulletin are in bold Section A: Today’s Business - Meetings of Committees - Meeting of the Parliament Section B: Future Meetings of the Parliament Section C: Future Meetings of Committees Section D: Oral Questions - Questions selected for First Minister’s 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 3 Business Bulletin: Wednesday 19 June 2013 Section A – Today’s Business Meetings of Committees All meetings take place in the Scottish Parliament, unless otherwise specified. Contact details for Committee Clerks are provided at the end of the Bulletin. Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee 20th Meeting, 2013 The Committee will meet at 9.30 am in Committee Room 4 1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 5 and 6 in private. 2. Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from— Susan Love, Policy Manager for Scotland, Federation of Small Businesses; Andy Myles, Parliamentary Officer, Scottish Environment LINK; David Watt, Executive Director, Institute of Directors Scotland; Gareth Williams, Head of Policy, The Scottish Council for Development and Industry; and then from— David Martin, Head of Policy, Scottish Retail Consortium; Belinda Oldfield, Regulation General Manager, Scottish Water; Paul Waterson, Chief Executive, The Scottish Licensed Trade Association. 3. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on the Debt Arrangement Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2013 [draft] from— Fergus Ewing, Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Tourism, Scottish Government; Chris Boyland, Head Of Strategic Reform, and Claire Orr, Executive Director Policy and Compliance, Accountant in Bankruptcy; Claire Tosh, Solicitor, Scottish Government Legal Directorate. 4. Subordinate legislation: Fergus Ewing (Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Tourism) to move— S4M-6986—That the Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee recommends that the Debt Arrangement Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2013 [draft] be approved. 5. European Union legislative proposal: The Committee will consider the following European Union legislative proposal which may raise questions in relation to subsidiarity— Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on promoting the free movement of citizens and businesses by simplifying 5 the acceptance of certain public documents in the European Union and amendment Regulations (EU) No. 1024/2012 (9037/13). 6. Work programme: The Committee will consider its work programme. 7. Subordinate legislation (in private): The Committee will consider a draft report on the Debt Arrangement Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2013 [draft]. 8. Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Bill (in private): The Committee will review the evidence heard earlier in the meeting. City of Edinburgh Council (Portobello Park) Bill Committee 1st Meeting, 2013 The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in Committee Room 5 1. Declarations: Members of the Committee will be invited to declare any relevant interests, and to make a declaration under Rule 9A.5.4A. 2. Choice of Convener: The Committee will choose its Convener. 3. Choice of Deputy Convener: The Committee will choose its Deputy Convener. 4. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 6 in private. 5. City of Edinburgh Council (Portobello Park) Bill - witness expenses: The Committee will be invited to delegate to the Convener responsibility for arranging for the SPCB to pay, under Rule 12.4.3, any expenses of witnesses on the Bill. 6. City of Edinburgh Council (Portobello Park) Bill: The Committee will consider its approach to the scrutiny of the Bill at Preliminary Stage. Finance Committee 19th Meeting, 2013 The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in Committee Room 2 1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 3, 4 and 5 in private. 2. Landfill Tax (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence from— Eleanor Emberson, Director of Financial Strategy and Head of Revenue Scotland, and Nicky Harrison, Chief Operating Officer, Revenue Scotland, Scottish Government; John Kenny, Head of National Operations, and Ronnie Robinson, Principal Policy Officer, National Operations Waste Unit, Scottish Environment Protection Agency; and then from— John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth, Alistair Brown, Deputy Director, Fiscal Responsibility Division, John St Clair, Senior Principal Legal Officer, and Stuart Greig, Bill Team Leader and Head of Zero Waste, Fiscal Responsibility and Environmental Quality Divisions, Scottish Government. 3. Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the written evidence and consider its submission to the lead committee on the Financial Memorandum. 6 4. Children and Young People (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider its approach to the Financial Memorandum. 5. Work programme: The Committee will consider its work programme. Local Government and Regeneration Committee 20th Meeting, 2013 The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in Committee Room 1 1. Declaration of interests: Christian Allard will be invited to declare any relevant interests. 2. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instruments— Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2013 (SSI 2013/154); Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 (SSI 2013/155); 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). 3. Delivery of Regeneration in Scotland: The Committee will take evidence from-— Von Jackson, Secretary, Coalfield Community Federation and Member of New Cumnock Liaison Group; Karen McGregor, Member, Kirkcaldy East Regeneration Forum; Margaret Logan, Member, Gallatown East Tenants and Residents Association; Isabel Dunsmuir, Community Development Co-ordinator, DRC Generations; Bronagh Gallagher, Network Development Officer, West and Central Scotland Voluntary Sector Network; George Roberts, Chair, Whitfield Development Group; Janice Hendry, Development Director, Yipworld; Brendan Rooney, Executive Director, Healthy ‘n’ Happy Community Development Trust; Robert Young, ICT Support Officer, Community Links South Lanarkshire; and then from— Jackie Brock, Chief Executive, Children in Scotland; Judith Robertson, Head of Oxfam Scotland, Oxfam Scotland. 4. Delivery of Regeneration in Scotland (in private): The Committee will consider the evidence received. 5. Public services reform and local government: strand 3 - developing new ways of delivering services (in private): The Committee will consider a draft report. 7 Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee 22nd Meeting, 2013 The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in Committee Room 6 1. Review of the Agricultural Rent Review Procedures in Scotland: The Committee will take evidence from— Phil Thomas, Chairman, Tenant Farming Forum. 2. Community transport: The Committee’s rapporteur, Jayne Baxter, will give a report on the Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee’s inquiry on community transport. 3. Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Bill (in private): The Committee will consider a draft report to the Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee. 8 Meeting of the Parliament 2.00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions 2.00 pm Portfolio Questions Infrastructure, Investment and Cities 1. Liz Smith: