BUSINESS BULLETIN No. 179/2014 Friday 5 December 2014 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 5 December 2014 Section B – Future Meetings of the Parliament Business Programme agreed by the Parliament on 3 December 2014 Tuesday 9 December 2014 2.00 pm Time for Reflection – Reverend Alan Cobain, Minister, Tyne Valley Parish, Midlothian followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by Topical Questions (if selected) followed by Stage 3 Proceedings: Food (Scotland) Bill followed by Scottish Government Debate: End of Year Fish Negotiations followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5.45 pm Decision Time followed by Members’ Business – S4M-11441 Rhoda Grant: Scottish Local Coastal Partnerships (for text of motion see Section F of the Business Bulletin for Thursday 6 November 2014) Wednesday 10 December 2014 2.00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions 2.00 pm Portfolio Questions Fair Work, Skills and Training; Social Justice, Communities and Pensioners’ Rights (for text of questions see Section D of the Business Bulletin for Thursday 4 December 2014) followed by Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Debate: The Smith Commission followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 3 5.00 pm Decision Time followed by Members’ Business – S4M-11049 Christine Grahame: Capital Credit Union Outpost Penicuik (for text of motion see Section F of the Business Bulletin for Thursday 2 October 2014) Thursday 11 December 2014 11.40 am Parliamentary Bureau Motions 11.40 am General Questions (for text of questions see Section D of the Business Bulletin for Thursday 4 December 2014) 12.00 pm First Minister’s Questions followed by Members’ Business – S4M-11628 Kenneth Gibson: Educational Disadvantage and Deaf Children in Scotland (for text of motion see Section F of the Business Bulletin for Friday 21 November 2014) 2.30 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by Local Government and Regeneration Committee Debate: Flexibility and Autonomy in Local Government (for text of motion S4M-11811 see Section F) followed by Ministerial Statement: Local Government Finance Settlement 2015-16 followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5.00 pm Decision Time Tuesday 16 December 2014 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 4 followed by Members’ Business Wednesday 17 December 2014 2.00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions 2.00 pm Portfolio Questions Finance, Constitution and Economy followed by Scottish Government Business followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5.00 pm Decision Time followed by Members’ Business Thursday 18 December 2014 11.40 am Parliamentary Bureau Motions 11.40 am General Questions 12.00 pm First Minister’s Questions followed by Members’ Business 2.30 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by Scottish Government Business followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5.00 pm Decision Time 5 Business Bulletin: Friday 5 December 2014 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 9 December 2014 33rd Meeting, 2014 The Committee will meet at 9.45 am in the Mary Fairfax Somerville Room (CR2) 1. Declaration of interests: Graeme Dey will be invited to declare any relevant interests. 2. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 6 in private. 3. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instruments— Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Health Professionals and Social Care Professionals) (Scotland) Regulations 2014 (SSI 2014/307); Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Membership of Strategic Planning Group) (Scotland) Regulations 2014(SSI 2014/308); Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Content of Performance Reports) (Scotland) Regulations 2014 (SSI 2014/326); Products Containing Meat etc. (Scotland) Regulations 2014 (SSI 2014/289); Food Information (Scotland) Regulations 2014 (SSI 2014/312). 4. Health Inequalities: Early Years: The Committee will take evidence from— Shona Robison, Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Sport, Aileen Campbell, Minister for Children and Young People, Alex Young, Team Leader, Tackling Poverty, and Dr Fergus Millan, Head of Creating Health Team, Public Health Division, Scottish Government. 5. Winter Resilience: The Committee will take evidence from— Geoff Huggins, Acting Director for Health and Social Care Integration, Alan Hunter, Deputy Director Performance Management and National Programme Director Unscheduled Care Programme, Shirley Rogers, Deputy Director Workforce, and Dr Daniel Beckett, Consultant physician, NHS Forth Valley, Scottish Government. 7 6. Health and Social Care (Safety and Quality) Bill (UK Parliament legislation): The Committee will consider its approach to the legislative consent memorandum lodged by Shona Robison (LCM(S4)36.1). 7. Draft Budget Scrutiny 2015-16 (in private): The Committee will consider a draft report on the Scottish Government’s Draft Budget 2015-16. Proposed future business At its next meeting, on 13 January, the Committee expects to consider the Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, whose details are provided at the end of the Bulletin. Justice Committee 9 December 2014 32nd Meeting, 2014 The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in the David Livingstone Room (CR6) 1. Serious Crime Bill (UK Parliament legislation) (in private): The Committee will consider a draft report on legislative consent memorandum LCM(S4) 35.1. 2. Draft Budget Scrutiny 2015-16 (in private): The Committee will consider a draft report to the Finance Committee on the Scottish Government’s Draft Budget 2015-16. 3. Work programme (in private): The Committee will consider its work programme. Proposed future business At its next meeting, on 16 December, the Committee expects to take evidence from the Scottish Government on the Commission on Women Offenders; the legislative consent memorandum on the Modern Slavery Bill (UK Parliament legislation); and subordinate legislation. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, whose details are provided at the end of the Bulletin. Public Petitions Committee 9 December 2014 18th Meeting, 2014 The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in the Robert Burns Room (CR1) 1. Declaration of interests: Kenny MacAskill will be invited to declare any relevant interests. 2. Choice of Deputy Convener: The Committee will choose a Deputy Convener. 3. Consideration of a current petition: The Committee will consider— PE1458 by Peter Cherbi on a register of interests for members of Scotland’s judiciary and take evidence from— Paul Wheelhouse, Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs, Kay McCorquodale, and Catherine Hodgson, Civil Law and Legal Systems Division, Scottish Government 4. Consideration of new petitions: The Committee will consider— 8 PE1539 by Anne Booth on housing associations to come under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 and take evidence from— Anne Booth; Sean Clerkin; and will then consider— PE1537 by Shona Brash, on behalf of the Coastal Regeneration Alliance, on the proposed energy park at Cockenzie and take evidence from— Shona Brash, and Gareth Bryn-Jones, Coastal Regeneration Alliance. 5. Consideration of current petitions: The Committee will consider— PE1463 by Lorraine Cleaver on effective thyroid and adrenal testing, diagnosis and treatment; PE1523 by Jess Smith on giving the Tinkers’ Heart of Argyll back to the Travelling People; PE1526 by Jack Fletcher, on behalf of Sexpression:UK, on making sex and relationship education in Scotland statutory for all schools. 6. Tackling child sexual exploitation in Scotland: The Committee will consider the Scottish Government’s action plan. Proposed future business The Committee’s next meeting is on 13 January 2015 when it will consider new and current petitions. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, whose details are provided at the end of the Bulletin. Welfare Reform Committee 9 December 2014 20th Meeting, 2014 The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in the Sir