Scottish Parliamentary and Statutory Publications July 2001 - June 2002 1 Published 2003 ISBN: 0 33 880057 3 TSO subscription classification: 7001039 TSO Contacts iv Parliamentary Business 42 Contacts iv Scottish Parliament Business Bulletin 42 Introduction V What’s happening in the Scottish Parliament 45 Guides to the Scottish Parliament 1 SPICe Research Publications Parliamentary Publications Devolved Areas Series 47 Bills 3 Research Notes 47 Research Papers 48 Scottish Parliament bills 3 SPICe Briefings 48 Passage of Bills 11 Parliamentary Papers 12 Scottish Parliament papers - Session 1 (2001) 12 Documents Subject to Scrutiny Scottish Parliament papers - Session 1 (2002) 18 Laid Papers 51 Parliamentary Debates 24 Scottish Executive Papers 2001 51 Official Report - Plenary Session. 24 Scottish Executive Papers 2002 57 Minutes of Proceedings 25 Auditor General for Scotland 61 Draft Statutory Instruments 2001 62 Written Answers 27 Draft Statutory Instruments 2002 62 Committee Proceedings 28 Petitions 63 Audit Committee 28 Education, Culture and Sport Committee 29 Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Committee 30 Statutory Publications Equal Opportunities Committee 30 European Committee 31 Acts 71 Finance Committee 32 Acts of the Scottish Parliament 2001 71 Health and Community Care Committee 32 Acts of the Scottish Parliament - Explanatory notes 2001 71 Justice 1 and Justice 2 Committees 33 Acts of the Scottish Parliament 2002 72 Justice 1 Committee 33 Acts of the Scottish Parliament - Explanatory notes 2002 72 Justice 2 Committee 34 Statutory Instruments 73 Justice 1 and Justice 2 Committee Commencement orders 2001 73 (joint meeting) 35 Commencement orders 2002 74 Local Government Committee 35 Scottish statutory instruments 2001 75 Procedures Committee 36 Scottish statutory instruments 2002 95 Public Petitions Committee 37 Rural Development Committee 37 Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commissioner Subscription & Standing Orders 115 Bill Committee 38 Social Justice Committee 38 Partner Libraries 117 Standards Committee 39 Subordinate Legislation Committee 39 Transport and the Environment Committee 40 Index 121 iii Contacts The Scottish Parliament Legal Search Room Scottish Executive Library and Information Services The Parliament may be contacted by telephone. 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Its objective is to help people to understand the Parliament and its work through the relevant documentation. The Stationery Office (TSO) and the Parliament have co-operated in this new venture. The bibliography includes both documents which are published by TSO and those that are not. As the title suggests, it also includes statutory publications. We have given guidance on how to obtain each type of document. Under each heading we have combined explanations with listings to provide a comprehensive and comprehensible guide to the Parliament’s documentation. This bibliography will be published twice a year. The first volume covers the period from July to December ; the second is a cumulative edition which covers the whole of the period up to the end of June. Background - before the Scottish Parliament came into being Three main strands of thinking have influenced the form and style of the devolution scheme in general and the Parliament in particular. These are reflected in the Scottish Constitutional Convention, the July 1997 white paper, and the Consultative Steering Group. The Scottish Constitutional Convention was composed of a number of Scottish political parties and many other public groups and organisations. It was established in the aftermath of the 1987 general election to draw up a scheme for a Scottish Assembly or Parliament. The group did not include the Conservatives (who declined to participate) and the SNP (who withdrew at the preliminary stage). The SCC produced a number of influential reports, especially its final report, Scotland’s Parliament, Scotland’s Right, published in November 1995. The Government white paper, Scotland’s Parliament (Cm 3658, July 1997) was the culmination of the development of the Labour Party’s policy on devolution. It fleshed out the devolution policy proposed in Labour’s 1997 general election manifesto, New Labour: because Scotland deserves better (April 1997) and formed the basis for the Scotland Bill, now the Scotland Act 1998. The Consultative Steering Group (CSG) was an advisory body set up by the Secretary of State for Scotland in November 1997. The CSG was chaired by Henry McLeish, then Scottish Office Minister for Devolution, and was composed of representatives of the four major parties and of other civic groups and interests. Its remit was to report on the “operational needs and working methods” of the Parliament and to make proposals for its Standing Orders and rules of procedure. Its main report, Shaping Scotland’s Parliament, was published in January 1999. The report and working papers are currently available on the Scottish Executive website (www.scotland.gov.uk). The Parliament’s first meetings Elections were held on 7th May 1999, when 129 Members were elected to the Scottish Parliament. Of these, 73 are members for individual constituencies (with the same boundaries as the constituencies used to elect Members to the United Kingdom Parliament, other than the division of Orkney and Shetland). The remaining 56 were elected for eight larger geographical regions (identical to the old European Parliament constituencies), each of which has 7 MSPs. The first meeting of the Parliament took place on 12th May 1999. The Parliament gained its full legislative powers on 1st July, when it was formally opened by the Queen. V Parliamentary procedure The detailed arrangements for the operation of the Scottish Parliament are provided for in its Standing Orders, which flesh out the statutory provisions in the Scotland Act 1998 (see s22 and sch 3) and elsewhere. Standing Orders were promulgated for the initial period of the Parliament’s existence by the Secretary of State under powers granted in the 1998 Act, and were contained in SI 1999 no.1095 Scotland Act 1998 (Transitory and Transitional Provisions)(Standing Orders and Parliamentary Publications) Order 1999. A revised set of Standing Orders was agreed by the Scottish Parliament itself on 9 December 1999, came into force on 17 December 1999, and are available on the Parliament’s website. Publication policy In line with the CSG’s principles of openness and accessibility, the Parliament is committed to publishing all of its documents and proceedings both on its website (www.scottish.parliament.uk) and also in printed form. The guide that follows is based primarily on the printed documentation, but reference is made, where appropriate, to items which may be solely available electronically. All Parliamentary copyrights are reserved. Individuals are authorised to download text from the Parliament’s website or to copy printed documents for their own individual use. Any other proposed reproduction requires the assent of the Copyright Unit of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, which administers the copyright on behalf of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The address of the Copyright Unit is: The Copyright Unit, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, St Clements House, 2-16 Colegate, Norwich, NR3 1BQ. VI These guides are available on the Scottish Parliament website (www.scottish.parliament.uk). Those with an ISBN and price are published by The Stationery Office. The other publications, including the video, are available in the Partner Libraries. Factfiles Factfiles are produced by the Scottish Parliament Public Information Service. They are available, free, from the Scottish Parliament Public Information Service. More detailed background information can be found