The Committee will meet at 9.30 am in Committee Room 2

1. Budget 2001-02: The Committee will hear evidence from—

The Minister for Health and Community Care

2. Subordinate Legislation: The Committee will hear evidence on The Food Safety (General Food Hygiene) (Butchers’ Shops) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2000 (SSI 2000/93) from—

The Scottish Retail Consortium

The Scottish Executive

3. Budget 2001-02 (in private): The Committee will consider the conclusions of the budget process.

The Committee will meet at 9.30 am in Committee Room 1

1. Draft Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the general principles of the draft Bill from—

Jim Wallace, Deputy First Minister and Minister for Justice

2. Budget 2001-02: The Committee will take evidence on the Executive’s expenditure proposals from—

Jim Wallace, Deputy First Minister and Minister for Justice;

Lindsay Montgomery, Chief Executive, and Tom Murray, Director of Legal Services, Scottish Legal Aid Board.

3. Draft Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the general principles of the draft Bill from—

Professor Alan Miller, Scottish Human Rights Centre.

4. Petitions : The Committee will consider the following petitions—

PE89 by Eileen McBride;

PE102 by James Ward.

The Committee will meet at 9.30 am in the Festival Theatre, 13-29 Nicolson Street, Edinburgh

1. Budget Process (in private): The Committee will consider possible areas of questioning for the Minister for Transport and the Environment and Executive officials, on "Investing in You – The Annual Expenditure Report of the Scottish Executive".

Not before 10.00 am

2. Subordinate Legislation: The Committee will consider the following draft affirmative instrument—

The Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications and Deemed Applications) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2000

3. Budget Process: The Committee will take evidence from the Minister for Transport and the Environment and Executive officials, on "Investing in You – The Annual Expenditure Report of the Scottish Executive".

4. Subordinate Legislation: The Committee will debate the following motion—

S1M-804 Nora Radcliffe: Designation of Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (Scotland) Regulations 2000 (SSI 2000/96)– That the Transport and the Environment Committee recommends that nothing further be done under the Designation of Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (Scotland) Regulations 2000 (SSI 2000/96)

5. Subordinate Legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instrument—

The Radioactive Substances (Basic Safety Standards) (Scotland) Regulations 2000 (SI 2000/100)

6. National Parks (Scotland) Bill (in private): The Committee will consider a draft report on the general principles of the National Parks (Scotland) Bill.

The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in Committee Room 3

1. Item to be held in private: The Convener will move that item 5 be taken in private.

2. Education and Training (Scotland) Bill – Stage 1: The Committee will take evidence at Stage 1 on the general principles of the Education and Training (Scotland) Bill from—

Nicol Stephen, Deputy Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning

3. Education and Training (Scotland) Bill - Stage 1: The Committee will take evidence at Stage 1 on the general principles of the Education and Training (Scotland) Bill from—

Susan Pinder, Director of Learning, Scottish University for Industry

4. Subordinate Legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instrument—

The Repayment of Student Loans (Scotland) Regulations 2000 (SSI 2000/110)

5. Education and Training (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the contents of its report at Stage 1 on the general principles of the Education and Training (Scotland) Bill.