BUSINESS BULLETIN 149 / 2000

Tuesday 3 October 2000

Section A – Daily Business List

Meetings of Committees

All meetings take place in Committee Chambers, Edinburgh unless otherwise indicated.

Finance Committee

23^rd Meeting, 2000

The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in Committee Room 1

1. Committee Business: The Committee will consider whether to take items 5 and 6 in private.

2. Inquiry into European Structural Funds: The Convener will update the Committee.

3. Financial Resolutions: The Committee will consider a paper from the clerk.

4. Inquiry into Resource Accounting and Budgeting: The Committee will consider a draft remit for the inquiry.

5. External Research: The Committee will receive an update on the external research that is being commissioned.

6. Stage 2 of 2001/02 Budget Process and Budget Review: The Committee will consider the forward work programme.

Subordinate Legislation Committee

28^th Meeting, 2000

The Committee will meet at 11.15 am in Committee Room 3

1. Delegated Powers Scrutiny: The Committee will consider the subordinate legislation provisions in the following Bill—

Salmon Conservation (Scotland) Bill

2. Executive Responses: The Committee will consider the response from the Scottish Executive to points raised on the following instrument—

Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session Amendment No.4) (Applications under s.1 of the Administration of Justice (Scotland) Act 1972) 2000, (SSI 2000/319)

3. Negative Instruments: The Committee will consider the following instrument—

The Diseases of Fish (Control) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2000, (SSI 2000/330)

4. Instruments not laid before the Parliament: The Committee will consider the following instrument—

The National Health Service Trusts (Originating Capital) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2000, (SSI 2000/337)

Audit Committee

16^th Meeting, 2000

The Committee will meet at 2.00 pm in Committee Room 1

1. Committee Business (in private): The Committee will consider how it wishes to handle the evidence taking session.

Not before 2.15pm

2. Evidence Taking Session: The Committee will take evidence from:

Mr Paul Grice, Clerk and Chief Executive of the Scottish Parliament

Mr Martin Mustard, Project Manager, Holyrood Project Team

on the Auditor General for Scotland’s report "The New Scottish Parliament Building – an examination of the management of the Holyrood Project".

3. Consideration of Evidence (in private): The Committee will consider the evidence it has taken and the progress of the inquiry to date.

European Committee

17^th Meeting, 2000

The Committee will meet at 2.00 pm in The Chamber, Assembly Hall, The Mound, Edinburgh

1. Items in private: The Convener will move that items 5, 6 and 7 be taken in private

2. Convener's report: The Convener will report to the Committee on-

Progress of the Committee’s Inquiry into the implementation of European Structural Funds

Proposed inaugral meeting of the UK Chairs/Conveners of "European Committees" to discuss matters of common interest , 3 November 2000

Proposed visit by the Swedish Ambassador to the UK to discuss the priorities of their forthcoming Presidency of the EU, 6 December 2000

Proposal for the European Committee’s visits to the European institutions, end 2000/early 2001

Proposed visit to the Scottish Parliament by a parliamentary delegation from Schleswig Holstein, Germany, 6 October 2000

3. Reporter's reports: The Committee will hear a progress report by Dennis Canavan MSP on his report into the proposed European Charter on Fundamental Rights

4. Scrutiny of EC/EU documents: The Committee will carry out the scrutiny of documents received since 2 May 2000

5. Inquiry into football transfer fees and the proposals of the European Commission: The Committee will discuss its draft report

6. New working procedures and a revised work programme (September 2000 to June 2001): The Committee will discuss its draft report

7. Scottish aquaculture industry: The Committee will discuss the revised draft reporter’s report prepared by Maureen Macmillan MSP on the impact of European list I designated disease Infectious Salmon Anaemia and list II disease Viral Haemorrhagic Septicaemia on the Scottish aquaculture industry

Local Government Committee

27^th Meeting, 2000

The Committee will meet at 2.00 pm in The Hub, Castlehill, Edinburgh

1. Items in private: The Committee will consider whether to hold item 6 in private

2. Leadership Advisory Panel: The Committee will take evidence from the Chair of the Leadership Advisory Panel, Alastair MacNish

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

The Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2000 (SSI 2000/261)

4. Petition PE 56: Ian Cantwell: The Committee will consider paper LG/00/27/1 by the Clerk

5. Budget process at Stage 2: The Committee will consider paper LG/00/27/2 by the Clerk on proposals for taking evidence at Stage 2 of the Budget process

6. Inquiry into local government finance: The Committee will consider proposals for detailed terms of reference and witnesses

Rural Affairs Committee

27^th Meeting, 2000

The Committee will meet at 2.00 pm in Committee Room 2

1. Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider its approach to taking evidence at Stage 1 of this Bill.

2. Proposed Salmon Conservation Bill: The Committee will consider its approach to taking evidence at Stage 1 of this Bill.

3. Agricultural Business Improvement Scheme: The Committee will consider a report by the Audit Committee on this scheme.

4. Subordinate Legislation: The Committee will consider The Export of Pigs, Porcine Material and Bovine Animals (Scotland) Regulations 2000/300 under the negative procedure.

5. Petitions: The Committee will consider PE194 from Mr D Keith of behalf on the Scottish Campaign for Public Angling regarding access to the River Tay.

6. Inquiry into changing employment patterns on Rural Scotland (in private): The Committee will resume consideration of a draft report on the inquiry.