BUSINESS BULLETIN No. 165/2015 Friday 13 November 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: Friday 13 November 2015 Section B – Future Meetings of the Parliament Business Programme agreed by the Parliament on 11 November 2015 Tuesday 17 November 2015 2.00 pm Time for Reflection – Sister Christiana Mickwee OP, Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia, Elgin followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by Topical Questions (if selected) followed by Devolution (Further Powers) Committee Debate: Changing Relationships: Parliamentary Scrutiny of Intergovernmental Relations (for text of motion S4M-14820 see Section F) followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5.00 pm Decision Time followed by Members’ Business – S4M-14499 Roderick Campbell: Universal Children’s Day 2015 (for text of motion see Section F of the Business Bulletin for Monday 19 October 2015) Wednesday 18 November 2015 2.00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions 2.00 pm Portfolio Questions Health, Wellbeing and Sport (for text of questions see Section D of the Business Bulletin for Thursday 12 November 2015) followed by Scottish Government Debate: Ambitious Housebuilding Programme for Scotland followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5.00 pm Decision Time 3 followed by Members’ Business – S4M-14433 Sarah Boyack: Air Pollution in Scotland (for text of motion see Section F of the Business Bulletin for Friday 2 October 2015) Thursday 19 November 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 12 November 2015) 12.00 pm First Minister’s Questions 12.30 pm Members’ Business – S4M-13954 George Adam: National Third Sector GIRFEC Project (for text of motion see Section F of the Business Bulletin for Monday 24 August 2015) 2.30 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions 2.30 pm Stage 1 Debate: Community Justice (Scotland) Bill followed by Financial Resolution: Community Justice (Scotland) Bill (for text of motion S4M-14805 see Section F of the Business Bulletin for Thursday 12 November 2015) followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5.00 pm Decision Time Tuesday 24 November 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 25 November 2015 2.00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions 2.00 pm Portfolio Questions Culture, Europe and External Affairs; Infrastructure, Investment and Cities followed by Scottish Government Business followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5.00 pm Decision Time followed by Members’ Business Thursday 26 November 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: Friday 13 November 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 17 November 2015 31st Meeting, 2015 The Committee will meet at 9.30 am in the James Clerk Maxwell Room (CR4) 1. Smoking Prohibition (Children in Motor Vehicles) (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the Bill at Stage 2 (Day 1). 2. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instruments— General Dental Council (Indemnity Arrangements) (Dentists and Dental Care Professionals) Rules Order of Council 2015 (SI 2015/1758) Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2015 (SSI 2015/363). 3. Transplantation (Authorisation of Removal of Organs etc.) (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from— Dr Sue Robertson, Member of BMA Scottish Council and renal physician in Dumfries, BMA Scotland; Jordan Linden MSYP, Chair, Scottish Youth Parliament; Lindsay Paterson, Policy Manager, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh; Dr James Cant, Director, British Heart Foundation Scotland. 4. Transplantation (Authorisation of Removal of Organs etc.) (Scotland) Bill (in private): The Committee will consider the main themes arising from the oral evidence heard earlier in the meeting. 5. Palliative Care (in private): The Committee will consider a draft report. Proposed future business At its next meeting, on 24 November, the Committee expects to consider Carers (Scotland) Bill at stage 2 and Transplantation (authorisation of Removal of Organs etc.) (Scotland) Bill. 7 For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, whose details are provided at the end of the Bulletin. Justice Committee 17 November 2015 32nd Meeting, 2015 The Committee will meet at 9.45 am in the David Livingstone Room (CR6) 1. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on the International Organisations (Immunities and Privileges) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2015 [draft] from— Michael Matheson, Cabinet Secretary for Justice, Nicola Wisdahl, Civil Law and Legal System Division, and Alastair Smith, Directorate for Legal Services, Scottish Government. 2. Subordinate legislation: Michael Matheson (Cabinet Secretary for Justice) to move— S4M-14396—That the Justice Committee recommends that the International Organisations (Immunities and Privileges) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2015 [draft] be approved. 3. Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from— Catherine Dyer, Crown Agent and Chief Executive, and Lisa McCloy, Policy Division, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service; Michael Meehan, Faculty of Advocates; Grazia Robertson, Member of the Criminal Law Committee, Law Society of Scotland; Detective Chief Superintendent Lesley Boal, Police Scotland; and then from— James Chalmers, Regius Professor of Law, University of Glasgow; Gerard Maher, Professor of Criminal Law, University of Edinburgh; Clare McGlynn, Professor of Law, Durham University; Vanessa Munro, Professor of Law and Society, University of Leicester. Proposed future business At its next meeting, on 24 November, the Committee expects to continue taking evidence at Stage 1 of the Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Bill. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, whose details are provided at the end of the Bulletin. 8 Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee 17 November 2015 32nd Meeting, 2015 The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in the Mary Fairfax Somerville Room (CR2) 1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 10 and 11 in private. 2. Bankruptcy (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from— Richard Dennis, Chief Executive Officer and the Accountant in Bankruptcy; Alex Reid, Head of Policy Development, Accountant in Bankruptcy; Graham Fisher, Head of Branch 1, Constitutional and Civil Law Division, Scottish Government Legal Directorate, Scottish Government. 3. Bankruptcy (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the Scottish Law Commission Recommendations in relation to the consolidation. 4. Bankruptcy (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider whether the consolidation in Parts 1-4 of the Bill correctly restate the enactments being consolidated, and whether the consolidation is clear, coherent and consistent. 5. Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the delegated powers provisions in the Bill at Stage 1 from— Simon Cuthbert-Kerr, Burial and Cremation Bill Team Leader, Public Health Division; Graham McGlashan, Principal Legal Officer, Scottish Government Legal Directorate, Scottish Government. 6. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure: The Committee will consider the following— Victims’ Rights (Scotland) Regulations 2015 [draft]; Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (Amendment of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995) Order 2016 [draft]. 7. Instruments subject to negative procedure: The Committee will consider the following— Designation of Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (SSI 2015/376);