BUSINESS BULLETIN No. 139/2015 Monday 28 September 2015 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 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 2 Business Bulletin: Monday 28 September 2015 Section B – Future Meetings of the Parliament Business Programme agreed by the Parliament on 23 September 2015 Tuesday 29 September 2015 2.00 pm Time for Reflection – Mr Tim Maguire, a celebrant of The Humanist Society of Scotland followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by Topical Questions (if selected) followed by Stage 1 Debate: Interests of Members of the Scottish Parliament (Amendment) Bill (for text of motion S4M-14375 see Section F) followed by Stage 1 Debate: Inquiries into Deaths (Scotland) Bill followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5.00 pm Decision Time followed by Members’ Business – S4M-13677 Dennis Robertson: World Health Organization’s 25 by 2025 Framework (for text of motion see Section F) Wednesday 30 September 2015 2.00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions 2.00 pm Portfolio Questions Infrastructure, Investment and Cities; Culture, Europe and External Affairs (for text of questions see Section D of the Business Bulletin for Thursday 24 September 2015) followed by Scottish Labour Party Debate: Employment followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 3 5.00 pm Decision Time followed by Members’ Business – S4M-13714 James Kelly: Which? Calling Time on Nuisance Calls and Texts (for text of motion see Section F) Thursday 1 October 2015 11.40 am Parliamentary Bureau Motions 11.40 am General Questions (for text of questions see Section D of the Business Bulletin for Thursday 24 September 2015) 12.00 pm First Minister’s Questions 12.30 pm Members’ Business – S4M-14081 James Dornan: Taking Action to Protect Asylum Seekers and Refugees Across Europe (for text of motion see Section F) 2.30 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions 2.30 pm Stage 3 Proceedings: Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Scotland) Bill followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5.00 pm Decision Time Tuesday 6 October 2015 2.00 pm Time for Reflection followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by Topical Questions (if selected) followed by Scottish Government Business followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5.00 pm Decision Time followed by Members’ Business 4 Wednesday 7 October 2015 2.00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions 2.00 pm Portfolio Questions Education and Lifelong Learning followed by Scottish Government Business followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5.00 pm Decision Time followed by Members’ Business Thursday 8 October 2015 11.40 am Parliamentary Bureau Motions 11.40 am General Questions 12.00 pm First Minister’s Questions 12.30 pm Members’ Business 2.30 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions 2.30 pm Scottish Government Business followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5.00 pm Decision Time 5 Business Bulletin: Monday 28 September 2015 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 Health and Sport Committee 29 September 2015 26th Meeting, 2015 The Committee will meet at 9.30 am in the James Clerk Maxwell Room (CR4) 1. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on the Mental Health (Detention in Conditions of Excessive Security) (Scotland) Regulations 2015 [draft] from— Jamie Hepburn, Minister for Sport, Health Improvement and Mental Health, and Nicola Paterson, Unit Head, Protection of Rights Unit, Mental Health and Protection of Rights Division, Scottish Government. 2. Subordinate legislation: Jamie Hepburn (Minister for Sport, Health Improvement and Mental Health) to move—S4M-14389—That the Health and Sport Committee recommends that the Mental Health (Detention in Conditions of Excessive Security) (Scotland) Regulations 2015 be approved. 3. Palliative care: The Committee will take evidence from— Mark Hazelwood, Chief Executive, Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care; Dr David Carroll, Strategic Lead for Palliative and End of Life Care, NHS Grampian; Ranald Mair, Chief Executive, Scottish Care; Michael Cook, Vice-President, and Beth Hall, Policy Manager, Health and Social Care Team, COSLA; and then from— Sandra Campbell, Macmillan Nurse Consultant for Cancer and Palliative Care, Royal College of Nursing; Dr Euan Paterson, Royal College of General Practitioners Scotland; Maggie Grundy, Associate Director, Nursing and Midwifery, NHS Education for Scotland; Professor Rob George, President of Association for Palliative Medicine of Great Britain and Ireland. Medical Director St Christopher’s Hospice, Association of Palliative Medicine. 7 4. Palliative care (in private): The Committee will consider the main themes arising from the oral evidence heard earlier in the meeting. 5. NHS boards budget scrutiny (in private): The Committee will consider a draft report. Proposed future business At its next meeting, on 6 October, the Committee expects to consider oral evidence on the Health (Tobacco, Nicotine etc. and Care)(Scotland) Bill and the Alcohol (Licensing, Public Health and Criminal Justice) (Scotland) Bill. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, whose details are provided at the end of the Bulletin. Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee 29 September 2015 27th Meeting, 2015 The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in the Adam Smith Room (CR5) 1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 in private. 2. Succession (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from— Paul Wheelhouse, Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs; Jill Clark, Team Leader, Civil Law Reform Unit; Kathryn MacGregor, Solicitor, Constitutional and Civil Law, Scottish Government. 3. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure: The Committee will consider the following— Environmental Regulation (Enforcement Measures) (Scotland) Order 2015 [draft]; Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (Supplementary Provision) Order 2015 [draft]; Private Rented Housing Panel (Landlord Applications) (Scotland) Regulations 2015 [draft]. 4. Instruments subject to negative procedure: The Committee will consider the following— Tuberculosis in Specified Animals (Scotland) Order 2015 (SSI 2015/327); Legal Aid (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (SSI 2015/337); National Health Service (Payments and Remission of Charges) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (SSI 2015/333); Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland (Practice and Procedure) (No. 2) Amendment Rules 2015 (SSI 2015/334). 5. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure: The Committee will consider the following— Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (Commencement No. 13) and the Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2015 (SSI 2015/336 (C.41)). 8 6. Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the delegated powers provisions in this Bill after Stage 2. 7. Land Reform (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider further the delegated powers provisions in this Bill at Stage 1. 8. Higher Education Governance (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider further the delegated powers provisions in this Bill at Stage 1. 9. Community Justice (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider a draft report to the Justice Committee. 10. Health (Tobacco, Nicotine etc. and Care) (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider a draft report to the Health and Sport Committee. 11. Report on instruments considered by the Committee during 2014-15: The Committee will consider an executive summary of the work of the Committee during the parliamentary year 2014-15. 12. Succession (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier in the meeting. Proposed future business At its next meeting, on 6 October, the Committee expects to consider subordinate legislation. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, whose details are provided at the end of the Bulletin. Education and Culture Committee 29 September 2015 22nd Meeting, 2015 The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in the Robert Burns Room (CR1) 1. T in the Park: The Committee will take evidence from-— Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Europe and External Affairs, Malcolm Pentland,