BUSINESS BULLETIN No. 38/2016 Wednesday 2 March 2016 Summary of Today’s Business Meetings of Committees 9.00am Finance Committee the David Livingstone Room (CR6) 9.30am Infrastructure and Capital Investment the Adam Smith Room (CR5) Committee 9.30am Rural Affairs, Climate Change and the Mary Fairfax Somerville Environment Committee Room (CR2) 10.00am Local Government and Regeneration the Robert Burns Room Committee (CR1) 11.00am Economy, Energy and Tourism the James Clerk Maxwell Committee Room (CR4) ___________________________________________________________________ Meeting of the Parliament 2.00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions 2.00 pm Portfolio Questions Health, Wellbeing and Sport followed by Scottish Labour Debate: Health followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5.00 pm Decision Time followed by Members’ Business — S4M-15422 Fiona McLeod: Fairtrade Fortnight 2016 For full details of today’s business, see Section A. For full details of the future business, see sections B and C. ___________________________________________________________________ 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 Business Bulletin: Wednesday 2 March 2016 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. Finance Committee 8th Meeting, 2016 The Committee will meet at 9.00 am in the David Livingstone Room (CR6) 1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 4 and 5 in private. 2. Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the Bill at Stage 2. 3. Scotland’s Fiscal Framework: The Committee will take evidence from— John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Economy, Scottish Government. 4. Scotland’s Fiscal Framework: The Committee will consider the evidence received at agenda item 3. 5. Proposed Contingent Liability: The Committee will consider its approach to a proposed contingent liability. Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee 8th Meeting, 2016 The Committee will meet at 9.30 am in the Adam Smith Room (CR5) 1. Housing Update: The Committee will take evidence from— Margaret Burgess, Minister for Housing and Welfare, Caroline Dicks, Investment Manager, Investment Policy, Planning, and South Programmes, and Marion Gibbs, Team Leader, Housing Support and Homelessness, Scottish Government. 2. Forth Replacement Crossing - Project Team Update: The Committee will take evidence from— David Climie, Project Director, and Lawrence Shackman, Project Manager, Forth Replacement Crossing Team, Transport Scotland. 3. Inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the closure of the Forth Road Bridge (in private): The Committee will consider a draft report. 1 Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee 7th Meeting, 2016 The Committee will meet at 9.30 am in the Mary Fairfax Somerville Room (CR2) 1. Legacy process: The Committee will take evidence from: Clare Slipper, Parliamentary Officer, NFU Scotland; Sarah-Jane Laing, Director of Policy and Parliamentary Affairs, Scottish Land and Estates; Bertie Armstrong, Chief Executive, Scottish Fishermen’s Federation; Alan Laidlaw, Head of Property - Scotland Portfolio, The Crown Estate; Calum Duncan, Convenor, Scottish Environment LINK Marine Group; Patrick Krause, Chief Executive, Scottish Crofting Federation; Ian Cooke, Director, Development Trusts Association Scotland; Dr Sarah Skerratt, Head of Land Economy, Environment and Society Research Group, and Director of Rural Policy Centre, Scotland’s Rural College; Jonathan Hughes, Chief Executive, Scottish Wildlife Trust; Pete Ritchie, Executive Director, Nourish Scotland; and then from— Sam Gardner, Head of Policy, WWF Scotland; Iain Gulland, Chief Executive, Zero Waste Scotland; Colin Campbell, Director of Science and Interim CEO, James Hutton Institute; Tom Ballantine, Chair, Stop Climate Chaos Scotland; Andy Kerr, Executive Director, Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation; Willie McGhee, Forest Policy Group; Stuart Goodall, Chief Executive, Confor. 2. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instruments— Seed (Fees) (Scotland)Regulations 2016 (SSI 2016/69); Seed (Licensing and Enforcement etc.)(Scotland) Regulations 2016 (SSI 2016/68); Plant Health (Scotland) AmendmentOrder 2016 (SSI 2016/83); Wester Ross Marine Conservation Order 2016 (SSI2016/88); Loch Sunart to the Sound of Jura Marine Conservation Order 2016 (SSI2016/90). Local Government and Regeneration Committee 8th Meeting, 2016 The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in the Robert Burns Room (CR1) 1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 4 in private at this and future meetings. 2. Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland: The Committee will take evidence from— Bill Thomson, Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland; 2 Brenda McKinney, Investigations Manager, Office of the Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland. 3. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instruments— The Building (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2016 (SSI 2016/70); The Building (Energy Performance of Buildings) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2016 (SSI 2016/71); The DisabledPersons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations (SSI 2016/72); The Local Government Pension Scheme (Management and Investment of Funds) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2016 (SSI 2016/74); and The Charities Accounts (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2016 (SSI 2016/76) 4. Legacy paper: The Committee will consider a draft legacy paper. 5. Inquiry into arm’s length external organisations (in private): The Committee will consider a draft report. Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee 7th Meeting, 2016 The Committee will meet at 11.00 am in the James Clerk Maxwell Room (CR4) 1. Annual report (in private): The Committee will consider a draft annual report for the parliamentary year from 11 May 2015 to 23 March 2016. 2. Legacy paper (in private): The Committee will consider a draft legacy paper. Not before 12.00 pm 3. Enterprise Bill (UK Parliament legislation): The Committee will take evidence on legislative consent memorandum LCM(S4) 40.2 from— Annabelle Ewing, Minister for Youth & Women’s Employment, Sarah Hart, Team Leader, Apprenticeships and Employer Incentives, and Ailsa Heine, Senior Principal Legal Officer, Scottish Government. 3 Meeting of the Parliament 2.00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions 2.00 pm Portfolio Questions Health, Wellbeing and Sport 1. Lewis Macdonald: To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made in filling consultant vacancies at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary in the last 12 months. (S4O-05595) 2. Richard Simpson: To ask the Scottish Government what average number and percentage of hospital beds was unavailable to new patients in 2015, and how this compared with the average number of bed-occupied days because of delayed discharges. (S4O-05596) 3. Mark McDonald: To ask the Scottish Government what training is available for health professionals to provide healthcare to people on the autistic spectrum. (S4O- 05597) 4. Lesley Brennan: To ask the Scottish Government when ministers last met representatives of the Dundee Integration Joint Board. (S4O-05598) 5. James Dornan: To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to alleviate pressure on the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. (S4O-05599) 6. John Scott: To ask the Scottish Government what measures it is taking to reduce waiting times in NHS Ayrshire and Arran. (S4O-05600) 7. Gil Paterson: To ask the Scottish Government what support it provides to community health services in the Clydebank and Milngavie constituency. (S4O- 05601) 8. Alison McInnes: To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the recent child and adolescent mental health waiting time statistics showing that around half of patients in NHS Grampian waited over 18 weeks before being seen. (S4O- 05602) 9. Jayne Baxter: To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that frontline patient and carer support from alternative care providers can be maintained, in light of the reduction in local authority budgets. (S4O-05603) 10. Alex Johnstone: To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether there is a satisfactory level of support for older people in north Angus with dementia. (S4O-05604) 11. Paul Martin: To ask the Scottish Government when it last met NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and what matters were discussed. (S4O-05605) 4 12. Christian Allard: To ask the Scottish Government