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Equal
Opportunities Committee
1 May
2001
9th
Meeting, 2001
The Committee will meet
at 10.00 am in Committee Room 4
1. Inquiry
into Travelling People and Public Sector Policies (in private):
The Committee will consider its lines of questioning for witnesses.
2. Budget
Process 2002/03 (in private): The Committee will consider its
lines of questioning for Engender Women's Budget Group and the Commission
for Racial Equality.
3. Items
in Private: The Committee will consider whether to take items
6 and 7 in private.
4. Inquiry
into Travelling People and Public Sector Policies: The Committee
will take evidence from -
Nadia
Foy
Darren
Docherty
Clementine
MacDonald
Carol
O'Halloran
Evelyn
McPhee
Peter
McPhee
Sharon
McPhee.
5. Budget
Process 2002/03: The Committee will take evidence from -
Sue
Robertson - Engender Women's Budget Group
Dharmendra
Kanani - The Commission for Racial Equality.
6. Witness
Expenses: The Committee will consider the payment of witness
expenses.
7. Work
Programme: The Committee will consider its forward work programme.
Justice
1 Committee
1 May
2001
12th
Meeting, 2001
The Committee will meet
at 9.45 am in The Chamber, Assembly Hall, The Mound, Edinburgh to
consider jointly, with Justice 2 Committee, the following agenda
items:
1. Item
in Private: The Committee will consider whether to take Item
2 in private.
2. Budget
Process 2002/3: The Committee will consider lines of questioning
for Item 3.
3. Budget
Process 2002/3: The Committee will take evidence from-
Jim Gallagher,
Head of Justice Department; Niall Campbell, Head of Civil and
Criminal Law Group; Colin Baxter, Head of Police and Community
Safety Group; Valerie Macniven, Head of Access to Justice and
International Group; John Ewing, Chief Executive, Scottish Court
Service; Willie Pretswell, Scottish Prison Service Director of
Finance and Business Services; Ruth Ritchie, Justice Finance;
and Elizabeth Carmichael, Head of Community Justice Services Division.
Justice
2 Committee
1 May
2001
9th
Meeting, 2001
The Committee will meet
at 9.45 am in The Chamber, Assembly Hall, The Mound, Edinburgh to
consider jointly, with the Justice 1 Committee, the following agenda
items:
1. Item
in Private: The Committee will consider whether to take Item
2 in private.
2. Budget
Process 2002/3: The Committee will consider lines of questioning
for Item 3.
3. Budget
Process 2002/3: The Committee will take evidence from-
Jim Gallagher,
Head of Justice Department; Niall Campbell, Head of Civil and
Criminal Law Group; Colin Baxter, Head of Police and Community
Safety Group; Valerie Macniven, Head of Access to Justice and
International Group; John Ewing, Chief Executive, Scottish Court
Service; Willie Pretswell, Scottish Prison Service Director of
Finance and Business Services; Ruth Ritchie, Justice Finance;
and Elizabeth Carmichael, Head of Community Justice Services Division.
Procedures
Committee
1 May
2001
4th
Meeting, 2001
The Committee will meet
at 10.30 am in Committee Room 2
1. Enquiry
into Parliamentary Questions: The Committee will take evidence
from the Minister for Parliament.
2. Paper
from Donald Gorrie MSP: The Committee will consider a paper.
3. Committee
Operations Enquiry: Committee Amendments to Bills: The Committee
will consider a paper.
4. Amendments
to Motions for Financial Resolutions: The Committee will consider
a paper.
Subordinate
Legislation Committee
1 May
2001
14th
Meeting, 2001
The Committee will meet
at 11.15 am in Committee Room 3
1. Delegated
Powers Scrutiny: The Committee will consider delegated powers
provisions in the following Bill-
Scottish
Local Authorities (Tendering) Bill.
2. Executive
Responses: The Committee will consider the responses from the
Scottish Executive to points raised on the following instruments-
The
Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Ascertainment of Value) (Scotland) (No.3)
Order 2001, (SSI 2001/130)
The
Fisheries and Aquaculture Structures (Grants) (Scotland) Regulations
2001, (SSI 2001/140).
3. Draft
Affirmative Instruments: The Committee will consider the following
instrument-
The
Sex Offenders (Notice Requirements) (Foreign Travel) (Scotland)
Regulations 2001, (Draft).
4. Negative
Instruments: The Committee will consider the following instruments-
The
Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Scotland)
Amendment (No.4) Regulations 2001, (SSI 2001/158)
The
Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Marking of Meat and Meat Products) (Scotland)
Regulations 2001, (SSI 2001/160)
The
Plant Protection Products Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2001,
(SSI 2001/161)
The
Milk and Milk Products (Pupils in Educational Establishments)
(Scotland) Regulations 2001, (SSI 2001/162)
The
Town and Country Planning (Limit of Annual Value) (Scotland)
Order 2001, (SSI 2001/164).
5. Instruments
not laid before the Parliament: The Committee will consider
the following instrument-
The
Fees in the Registers of Scotland Amendment Order 2001, (SSI
2001/163).
Justice
2 Committee
1 May
2001
10th
Meeting, 2001
The Committee will meet
at 11.30 am in the Chamber, Assembly Hall, the Mound, Edinburgh.
1. Items
in private: The Committee will consider whether to take items
3, 4 and 5 in private.
2. International
Criminal Court (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider
written evidence received.
3. Crown
Office and Procurator Fiscal Service: The Committee will consider
a draft remit for the inquiry.
4. Scottish
Prison Service: The Committee will consider possible future
business.
5. Handling
of Committee business: The Committee will consider the process
for handling future business.
Social
Justice Committee
1 May
2001
14th
Meeting, 2001
The Committee will meet
at 1.30 pm in the Chamber, Assembly Hall, The Mound, Edinburgh
1. Housing
(Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the timetabling
of future meetings to consider the Bill at Stage 2.
2. Housing
(Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the Bill at Stage
2 (Day 3).
Audit
Committee
1 May
2001
7th
Meeting, 2001
The Committee will meet
at 2.00 pm in Committee Room 3
1. Committee
Business: The Committee will decide whether to take agenda item
5 in private.
2. Scottish
Parliament European Familiarisation Scheme: The Convener will
report back to the Committee.
3. Scottish
Environment Protection Agency: The Committee will consider a
letter from Patricia Hinton, Chief Executive of SEPA.
4. Financial
Reporting Advisory Board: The Committee will consider a letter
from the Minister for Finance and Local Government.
5. National
Health Service Bodies in Tayside: The Committee will consider
the evidence taken on the report by the Auditor General for Scotland
entitled 'National Health Service Bodies in Tayside' (AGS/2001/3).
Local
Government Committee
1 May
2001
13th
Meeting, 2001
The Committee will meet
at 2.00 pm in Committee Room 1
1. Items
in private: The Committee will consider whether to take items
3 and 4 in private.
2. Non-domestic
rates: Consultation on a relief scheme for small businesses: The
Committee will take evidence from-
Forum
of Private Business
Federation
of Small Businesses
Confederation
of British Industry (Scotland)
Scottish
Assessors Association.
3. Scottish
Local Authorities (Tendering) Bill: The Committee will consider
a draft Stage 1 Report.
4. Consultation
on the recommendations of the Dog Identification Group (DIG): The
Committee will consider a draft response to the consultation.
Rural
Development Committee
1 May
2001
12th
Meeting, 2001
The Committee will meet
at 2.00 pm in Committee Room 4
1. Report
on the Impact of Changing Employment Patterns in Rural Scotland:
The committee will consider the Executive response to this report
and the terms of a motion for debate in the chamber.
2. Land
Reform (in private): The Committee will consider a draft report.
3. Protection
of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Bill (in private): The Committee
will consider a draft report.
Education,
Culture and Sport Committee
1 May
2001
13th
Meeting, 2001
The Committee will meet
at 2.30 pm in Committee Room 2
1. Item
in Private: The Committee will consider whether to take item
5 in private.
2. Adoption
Policy Review: The Committee will consider an Executive memorandum.
3. Special
Educational Needs: The Committee will consider SEN provision
and grant aided schools.
4. Public
Petition PE 342: Petition by Mr Neil Kay calling for the Scottish
Parliament to (a) consider framing national guidelines for school
closures that are at least as fair and comprehensive as those adopted
in England, and (b) ask councils to consider deferring decisions
on any school closures until these new guidelines have been established.
5. National
Stadium Inquiry: The Committee will consider a first draft report.
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