BUSINESS BULLETIN No. 108/2011 Wednesday 21 September 2011 1 Summary of Today’s Business Meetings of Committees 9.30 am Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee Committee Room 2 10.00 am Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee Room 3 Committee 10.00 am Local Government and Regeneration Committee Room 4 Committee 10.00 am Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Committee Room 6 Environment Committee 10.30 am Public Audit Committee Committee Room 1 11.00 am Finance Committee Committee Room 5 ___________________________________________________________________ Meeting of the Parliament 2.00 pm Time for Reflection – Reverend Jennifer Macrae, St Mary’s Church, Haddington followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by Ministerial Statement: Strategic Spending Review followed by Scottish Government Debate: Strategic Spending Review followed by Business Motion followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5.00 pm Decision Time followed by Members’ Business – S4M-00836 Bill Kidd: UN International Day of Peace, 21 September 2011 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 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 3 Business Bulletin: Wednesday 21 September 2011 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 6th Meeting, 2011 The Committee will meet at 9.30 am in Committee Room 2 1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 4 and all future reviews of evidence in private. 2. Business Gateway Inquiry - contract renewals: The Committee will take evidence from— David Valentine, Chair of the Business Gateway Board and Chair of the Business Gateway External Stakeholders Group; Pamela Stevenson, Chair, Business Gateway Operational Network; Alex Anderson, Chair of the Scottish Local Authorities Economic Development Group (SLAED) and Member of the Business Gateway External Stakeholders Group; and then from— Fergus Ewing MSP, Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Tourism, John Mason, Director of Business, and Mary McAllan, Head of Enterprise and Tourism: Local Economic Development, Scottish Government. 3. Ministerial priorities: The Committee will take evidence on the Scottish Government’s priorities in the areas of enterprise, energy and tourism from-— Fergus Ewing MSP, Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Tourism, John Mason, Director of Business, and David Wilson, Director of Energy and Climate Change, Scottish Government. 4. Business Gateway Inquiry - contract renewals: The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier in the meeting and key issues for its draft report. Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee 4th Meeting, 2011 The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in Committee Room 3 1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 5 in private. 2. Scottish Water Annual Report and Accounts 2010-11: The Committee will take evidence from— 5 Ronnie Mercer, Chairman, Richard Ackroyd, Chief Executive, and Douglas Millican, Finance and Regulation Director, Scottish Water. 3. Water Industry Commission for Scotland Annual Report 2010-11: The Committee will take evidence from— Professor Gordon Hughes, Chairman, and Alan Sutherland, Chief Executive, Water Industry Commission for Scotland. 4. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following instruments which are not subject to any parliamentary procedure— the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (Commencement No. 1) (Scotland) Order 2011 (SSI 2011/269 (C. 21)); the Private Rented Housing (Scotland) Act 2011 (Commencement No. 1 and Saving Provision) Order 2011 (SSI 2011/270 (C.22)); the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2011 (Commencement No.5) Order 2011 (SSI 2011/278 (C.24)); the Local Democracy. Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (Commencement No. 2) (Scotland) Order 2011 (SSI 2011/291 (C. 27)). 5. Work programme (in private): The Committee will consider its work programme. Local Government and Regeneration Committee 5th Meeting, 2011 The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in Committee Room 4 1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 3 and 4 in private. 2. Regeneration policy in Scotland The Committee will take evidence in a roundtable discussion from— Ian Cooke, Director, Development Trusts Association Scotland; David Dorward, Chair, Dundee Partnership; Fiona Garven, Director, Scottish Community Development Centre; Calum Graham, Chief Executive, Glasgow’s Regeneration Agency; Jackie Killeen, Director, Big Lottery Fund – Scotland; Ian Manson, Chief Executive, Clyde Gateway; Alasdair McKinlay, Regeneration Manager, Community Engagement (Regeneration) Team, Scottish Government; Bill Nicol, Chief Executive, Riverside Inverclyde; Laurie Russell, Chief Executive, The Wise Group. 3. Draft Budget 2012-13 and Spending Review 2011 Scrutiny: The Committee will consider its approach to the scrutiny of the Scottish Government’s Draft Budget 2012-13 and the Spending Review 2011. 4. UK Welfare Reform: The Committee will consider the UK Government’s welfare reform proposals. Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee 5th Meeting, 2011 The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in Committee Room 6 6 1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 5 in private. 2. Post legislative scrutiny of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003: The Committee will take evidence from— Derek Flyn, Croft Consultant (Crofting lawyer (retired)); Dr Calum Macleod, Deputy Director, Centre for Mountain Studies, Perth College, University of the Highlands and Islands; Tim Braunholtz-Speight, University of Highlands and Islands. 3. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on the Climate Change (Annual Targets) (Scotland) Order 2011 (SSI 2011/draft). Dr Andy Kerr, Director, Edinburgh Centre on Climate Change (ECCC); Lynne Ross, Head of Climate Change Policy, Scottish and Southern Energy, Scotland’s 2020 Climate Group; Colin Howden, and Dr Sam Gardner, Stop Climate Chaos Scotland. 4. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instrument— the Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2011 (SSI 2011/311). 5. Draft budget scrutiny 2012-2013: The Committee will consider a list of candidates for the post of budget adviser. Public Audit Committee 4th Meeting, 2011 The Committee will meet at 10.30 am in Committee Room 1 1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 4 in private. 2. Section 23 report - Overview of Scotland’s criminal justice system: The Committee will take evidence on the joint Auditor General for Scotland and Accounts Commission report entitled ―Overview of Scotland’s criminal justice system‖ from— Mr Robert Black, Auditor General for Scotland; Barbara Hurst, Director, Angela Cullen, Assistant Director, Miranda Alcock, Portfolio Manager, and Sally Thompson, Project Manager, Performance Audit Group, Audit Scotland. 3. Major Capital Projects: The Committee will consider an update from the Permanent Secretary on the Scottish Government’s progress towards delivering the Committee’s recommendations in its 2009 report entitled ―Major Capital Projects‖. 4. Consideration of approach - Overview of Scotland’s criminal justice system: The Committee will consider its approach to the joint Auditor General for Scotland and Accounts Commission report entitled ―Overview of Scotland’s criminal justice system‖. Finance Committee 4th Meeting, 2011 The Committee will meet at 11.00 am in Committee Room 5 7 1. Scotland’s public finances: addressing the challenges: The Committee will take evidence on the Audit Scotland report, Scotland’s public finances: addressing the challenges, from— Robert Black, Auditor General for Scotland; Barbara Hurst, Director of Performance Audit, Graeme Greenhill, Portfolio Manager, and Michael Oliphant, Project Manager, Audit Scotland. 2. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether consideration of its work programme should be taken in private at its next meeting. 8 Meeting of the Parliament 2.00 pm Time for Reflection – Reverend Jennifer Macrae, St Mary’s Church, Haddington followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by Ministerial Statement: Strategic Spending Review followed by Scottish Government Debate: Strategic Spending Review followed by Business Motion S4M-00896 Bruce Crawford on behalf of the