BUSINESS BULLETIN No. 167/2013 Monday 18 November 2013 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 18 November 2013 Section B – Future Meetings of the Parliament Business Programme agreed by the Parliament on 13 November 2013 Wednesday 20 November 2013 2.00 pm Time for Reflection – Peter Kelly, Director, The Poverty Alliance followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by Motion of Condolence, Helen Eadie followed by Scottish Labour Party Debate: The Future of the Defence Industry in Scotland followed by Stage 1 Debate: Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill (for text of motion S4M-08327 see Section F) followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 8.00 pm Decision Time Thursday 21 November 2013 11.40 am Parliamentary Bureau Motions 11.40 am General Questions (for text of questions see Section D of the Business Bulletin for 14 November 2013) 12.00 pm First Minister‘s Questions 12.30 pm Members‘ Business – S4M-07824 Richard Lyle: 50th Anniversary of the JFK Assassination (for text of motion see Section F) 2.00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions 2.00 pm Portfolio Questions Education and Lifelong Learning (for text of questions see Section D of the Business Bulletin for 14 November 2013) 3 followed by Preliminary Stage Debate: Burrell Collection (Lending and Borrowing) (Scotland) Bill (for text of motion S4M-08259 see Section F) followed by Stage 1 Debate: Children and Young People (Scotland) Bill (for text of motion S4M-08326 see Section F) followed by Financial Resolution: Children and Young People (Scotland) Bill (for text of motion S4M-08192 see Section F of the Business Bulletin for Wednesday 6 November 2013) followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5.00 pm Decision Time Tuesday 26 November 2013 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 Wednesday 27 November 2013 2.00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions 2.00 pm Portfolio Questions Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth followed by Scottish Government Business followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5.00 pm Decision Time 4 followed by Members‘ Business Thursday 28 November 2013 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 Parliamentary Corporate Body Questions followed by Scottish Government Business followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5.00 pm Decision Time 5 Business Bulletin: Monday 18 November 2013 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 19 November 2013 32nd Meeting, 2013 The Committee will meet at 9.15 am in Committee Room 1 1. Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the Bill at Stage 2 (Day 3). 2. Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from— Murray Macara QC, Law Society of Scotland; Dorothy Bain QC, Faculty of Advocates; Michael Walker, Senior Policy Officer, Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission; Fraser Gibson, Head of Appeals Unit, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service; and then from— Alison Di Rollo, Head of National Sexual Crimes Unit, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service; Bronagh Andrew, Assistant Operations Manager, the TARA Project, Community Safety Glasgow. 3. Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012: The Committee will consider responses received. 4. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instruments— Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 (Conservation Bodies) Amendment Order 2013 (SSI 2013/289); Act of Sederunt (Commissary Business) (SSI 2013/291); Drugs Courts (Scotland) Amendment Order 2013 (SSI 2013/302). 7 5. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following instrument which is not subject to any parliamentary procedure— Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session Amendment No. 6) (Miscellaneous) 2013 (SSI 2013/294). Proposed future business At its next meeting, on 20 November, the Committee expects to continue taking evidence on the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill and to take evidence on the proposed Public Services Reform (Prison Visiting Committees) (Scotland) Order 2014 [draft]. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, whose details are provided at the end of the Bulletin. Health and Sport Committee 19 November 2013 33rd Meeting, 2013 The Committee will meet at 9.30 am in Committee Room 2 1. Draft Budget Scrutiny 2014-15 (in private): The Committee will consider a draft report to the Finance Committee on the Scottish Government‘s Budget 2014-15. 2. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instruments— Fruit Juices and Fruit Nectars (Scotland) Regulations 2013 (SSI 2013/305) 3. Child Poverty: The Committee will take evidence, in round-table format, from— Maggie Kelly, Consultant, One Parent Families Scotland; Robert Nicol, Chief Officer - Children and Young People, COSLA; Jane Wood, Chief Executive, Scottish Business in the Community; Nico Juetten, Acting Head of Policy, Scotland‘s Commissioner for Children and Young People; Claire Telfer, Head of Policy, Advocacy and Campaigns (Scotland), Save the Children; John Dickie, Head of CPAG in Scotland, Child Poverty Action Group in Scotland; Dr Jim McCormick, Scotland Adviser, Joseph Rowntree Foundation; Douglas Hamilton, Commissioner, Commission on Social Mobility and Child Poverty; Fiona Moss, Head of Health Improvement Glasgow City CHP, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. Proposed future business At its next meeting, on 26 November, the Committee expects to consider its work programme. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, whose details are provided at the end of the Bulletin. 8 Welfare Reform Committee 19 November 2013 19th Meeting, 2013 The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in Committee Room 6 1. Early impacts of Welfare Reform on rent arrears: The Committee will take evidence on a research report produced by the Scottish Housing Regulator from— Michael Cameron, Chief Executive, and Kirstie Corbett, Analysis and Research Manager, Scottish Housing Regulator. 2. Discretionary Housing Payments: The Committee will take evidence from— Annette Finnan, Head of Area Services (Housing), South Lanarkshire Council; Cliff Dryburgh, Benefits Manager, City of Edinburgh Council; Susan Donald, Benefits Manager, Aberdeenshire Council; Lorna Campbell, Service Manager Revenues and Benefits, Dumfries and Galloway Council. 3. Public petitions: PE01468 The Committee will consider what action to take on PE01468 by Mike Dailly, on Evictions due to under occupation deductions. Proposed future business At its next meeting, on 3 December, the Committee will take evidence from Dunedin Canmore Housing Association on its Universal Credit pathfinder project. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, whose details are provided at the end of the Bulletin. Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee 20 November 2013 32nd Meeting, 2013 The Committee will meet at 9.30 am in Committee Room 4 1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 5 in private, and whether consideration of any future reviews of evidence and consideration of a draft report on access to finance should be taking in private at future meetings. 2. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether consideration of the remit for its inquiry into Scotland‘s Economic Future Post- 2014 should be taken in private at a future meeting. 3. Access to Finance: The Committee will take evidence from— Ken Barclay, Chair, Scotland Board; Managing Director, Corporate Banking, Royal Bank of Scotland; Colin Borland, Head of External Affairs, Federation of Small Businesses; Alasdair Gardner, Regional Managing Director, Commercial Banking, Bank of Scotland; Ian McCall, Head of Investment and Access to Finance Policy Unit, and Roddy Macdonald, Deputy Director, Innovation, Investment &