BUSINESS BULLETIN No. 213/2012 Monday 19 March 2012 1 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 Question Time - 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 2 Business Bulletin: Monday 19 March 2012 Section B – Future Meetings of the Parliament Business Programme agreed by the Parliament on 15 March 2012 Wednesday 21 March 2012 2.00 pm Time for Reflection – the Reverend Caroline Taylor, Minister of Leuchars: St Athernase Church of Scotland followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by European and External Relations Committee Debate: EU priorities for 2012 (for text of motion S4M-02388 see Section F) followed by Scottish Government Debate: Housing Benefit Reform followed by Public Body Consent Motion: National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts followed by Business Motion followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5.00 pm Decision Time followed by Members‘ Business – S4M-01799 John Lamont: Local Rail Services to Berwickshire and East Lothian (for text of motion see Section F) Thursday 22 March 2012 9.15 am Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by Scottish Labour Party Debate: Ferries followed by Scottish Labour Party Debate: Children 11.40 am General Question Time (for text of General Questions see Section D of the Business Bulletin for Thursday 15 March 2012) 12.00 pm First Minister‘s Question Time 2.00 pm Themed Question Time Rural Affairs and the Environment; 3 Justice and the Law Officers (for text of Themed Questions see Section D of the Business Bulletin for Thursday 15 March 2012) 2.40 pm Ministerial Statement: Update on Scotland‘s Fossil Fuel Levy followed by Scottish Government Debate: The UK Government response on the future of Remploy followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5.00 pm Decision Time followed by Members‘ Business – S4M-02277 Sarah Boyack: Green Investment Bank (for text of motion see Section F) Wednesday 28 March 2012 2.30 pm Time for Reflection followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by Scottish Government Business followed by Business Motion followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5.00 pm Decision Time followed by Members‘ Business Thursday 29 March 2012 9.15 am Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by Scottish Government Business 11.40 am General Question Time (for names of those Members selected for General Questions see Section D of the Business Bulletin for Thursday 15 March 2012) 12.00 pm First Minister‘s Question Time 2.15 pm Themed Question Time Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy (for names of those Members selected for Themed Questions see Section D of the Business Bulletin for Thursday 15 March 2012) 2.55 pm Scottish Government Business followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 4 5.00 pm Decision Time followed by Members‘ Business 5 Business Bulletin: Monday 19 March 2012 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 Justice Committee 20 March 2012 10th Meeting, 2012 The Committee will meet at 9.45 am in Committee Room 6 1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 6 in private. 2. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on the Evidence in Civil Partnership and Divorce Actions (Scotland) Order 2012 [draft] from— Nicola Sturgeon, Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy; Simon Stockwell, Head of Family and Property Law, and Felicity Cullen, Solicitor, Legal Directorate, Scottish Government. 3. Subordinate legislation: Nicola Sturgeon (Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy) to move— S4M-2365—That the Justice Committee recommends that the Evidence in Civil Partnership and Divorce Actions (Scotland) Order 2012 [draft] be approved. 4. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instrument— Police Pensions (Contributions) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2012 (SSI 2012/71). 5. Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from— Councillor Ian Blake, Convener, Dumfries and Galloway Police, Fire and Rescue Committee; Councillor George Kay, Convener, Fife Police, Fire and Safety Committee; Councillor Martin Greig, Convener, Grampian Joint Police Board; Councillor Iain Whyte, Convener, Lothian and Borders Police Board; Councillor Ian Ross, Vice Convener, Northern Joint Police Board; Councillor Stephen Curran, Convener, Strathclyde Police Authority; 7 and then from— Councillor Pat Watters, President, Councillor Barbara Grant, Community Safety Spokesperson, Hayley Wotherspoon, Policy Manager, and James Fowlie, Team Development Manager, Convention of Scottish Local Authorities. 6. Criminal Cases (Punishment and Review) (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the main themes arising from the evidence received on Part 2 of the Bill at Stage 1 in order to inform the drafting of its report. Proposed future business At its next meeting, on 27 March, the Committee expects to conclude its evidence taking on the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, whose details are provided at the end of the Bulletin. Education and Culture Committee 20 March 2012 10th Meeting, 2012 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 item 4 in private. 2. Youth employment strategy: The Committee will take evidence from— Stephen Boyd, Assistant Secretary, STUC; Mary Goodman, Senior Policy Adviser, Federation of Small Businesses; Jacqui Hepburn, Director, Alliance of Sector Skills Councils; Katie Hutton, Head of National Training Programmes Policy Integration, and Damien Yeates, Chief Executive, Skills Development Scotland. 3. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instruments— The Children‘s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Safeguarders Panel) Regulations 2012 (SSI 2012/54) Teachers‘ Superannuation (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2012 (SSI 2012/70) Education (Fees, Awards and Student Support) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2012 (SSI 2012/72) 4. Kinship Care: The Committee will consider written evidence received. Proposed future business At its next meeting, on 17 April, the Committee expects to take oral evidence from the Minister for Youth Employment on youth employment strategy. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, whose details are provided at the end of the Bulletin. 8 Health and Sport Committee 20 March 2012 11th Meeting, 2012 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 7 in private and whether its consideration of a draft report on its inquiry into integration of health and social care should be taken in private at future meetings. 2. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on the Patient Rights (Treatment Time Guarantee) (Scotland) Regulations 2012 [draft] from— Nicola Sturgeon, Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy, Margaret Duncan, Head of Branch, Ministerial Support and NWTC Sponsorship, and Francesca Rennie, Solicitor, Scottish Government. 3. Subordinate legislation: Nicola Sturgeon to move— S4M-02363—That the Health and Sport Committee recommends that the Patient Rights (Treatment Time Guarantee) (Scotland) Regulations 2012 [draft] be approved. 4. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on the Community Care (Personal Care and Nursing Care) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2012 [draft] from— Nicola Sturgeon, Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy, and Gillian Barclay, Head of Older People‘s Care Unit, Scottish Government. 5. Subordinate legislation: Nicola Sturgeon to move— S4M-02364—That the Health and Sport Committee recommends that the Community Care (Personal Care and Nursing Care) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2012 [draft] be approved. 6. Inquiry into integration of health and social care: The Committee will take evidence from— Nicola Sturgeon, Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy, Angiolina Foster, Director of Health and Social Care Integration, Kathleen Bessos, Deputy Director, Health and Social Care Integration, and Alison Taylor, Team Leader, Integration and Service Development, Scottish Government. 7. Inquiry into integration of health and social care: The Committee will consider the main themes arising from evidence received