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Business Bulletin No. 188/2001 |
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Tuesday 18 December 2001 |
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Section A : Daily Business List |
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Meetings of Committees All meetings take place in Committee Chambers, Edinburgh unless otherwise indicated. Procedures Committee 14th Meeting, 2001 The Committee will meet at 9.30 am in the Chamber, Assembly Hall, The Mound, Edinburgh 1. CSG Inquiry: The Committee will take evidence from:- Dr J A T Dyer, Mental Welfare Commission Kate MacLean MSP, Convener, Equal Opportunities Committee Kay Ullrich MSP, Deputy Convener, Equal Opportunities Committee Dr Wilson McLeod, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig Wladyslaw Mejka, Disabled Persons Housing Service Gordon F MacDonald, CARE for Scotland Fiona Stewart, Royal National Institute for Deaf People Hugh Dickie, West of Scotland Seniors Forum John Wilkes, Equal Opportunities Commission Angela O’Hagan, Equal Opportunities Commission Dharmendra Kanani, Commission for Racial Equality Lucy Chapman, Commission for Racial Equality Bob Benson, Disability Rights Commission Adam Gaines, Disability Rights Commission Heather Fisken, Disability Rights Commission Marie McCormack, Disability Rights Commission. 2. Written PQs: Monitoring Volume and Speed of Response: The Committee will consider a paper. 3. Substitution on Committees of the Parliament: The Committee will consider a paper. 4. Provisional dates of meetings and major work outline: January - April 2002: The Committee will consider a paper.
Justice 2 Committee 36th Meeting, 2001 The Committee will meet at 9.45 am in the Hub, Castlehill, Edinburgh 1. Item in private: The Committee will consider whether to take items 2 and 7 in private. 2. Inquiry into the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service: The Committee will consider lines of questioning for item 4. 3. Sexual Offences (Procedure and Evidence) (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the Bill at Stage 2 (Day 2). 4. Inquiry into the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service: The Committee will take oral evidence from— Betty Bott, Project Manager, Victim Liaison Office, Geri Watt, Head of Policy and Dr Alastair Brown, Deputy Head of Policy, Crown Office. 5. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instruments— Act of Sederunt (Fees of Solicitors in the Sheriff Court) (Amendment) 2001 (SSI 2001/438); Act of Sederunt (Fees of Sheriff Officers) 2001 (SSI 2001/439). 6. European Document: The Committee will consider a proposal for a Council Regulation on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgements in matters of parental responsibility (COM (2001) 505 final). 7. Inquiry into the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service: The Committee will consider its next steps on this inquiry.
Public Petitions Committee 16th Meeting, 2001 The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in Committee Room 2 1. New Petitions: Consideration of new petitions. 2. Current Petitions: Consideration of current petitions. 3. Convener's Report Finance Committee 28th Meeting, 2001 The Committee will meet at 10.15 am in Committee Room 1 1. PFI/PPP Inquiry (in private): The Committee will consider its lines of questioning for agenda items 3 and 5. 2. Items in Private: The Committee will consider whether to take agenda item 4 in private. 3. PFI/PPP Inquiry: The Committee will take evidence from— Professor Allyson Pollock, School of Public Policy; Des Murray, Association for Public Service Excellence; Paul O’Brien, Director, Association for Public Service Excellence; Richard Blackburn, Director of Commercial Services, Dumfries and Galloway Council; Professor Paul Grout, Director. Leverhulme Centre for Market and Public Organisation, University of Bristol; Geoff Haley, Chairman, International Project Finance Association. Not before 2.00 pm. 4. PFI/PPP Inquiry: The Committee will consider a paper by the Clerk. 5. PFI/PPP Inquiry: The Committee will take evidence from— Tom Kelly, Chief Executive, Association of Scottish Colleges; Andrew Gordon, Chief Executive, Canmore Partnerships; Ian McDonald, Depute Director of Education Services, Glasgow City Council; John Curley, Senior Education Officer, Glasgow City Council; Keith Patterson, Partner, MacRoberts; Sandy Bremner, Head of Public Private Partnership Unit, Miller Construction. 6. Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body - Scottish Parliament Building Project: The Committee will consider a letter from the Presiding Officer and take evidence from— Paul Grice, Clerk and Chief Executive, Scottish Parliament; Robert Brown MSP, Member, Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body; Sarah Davidson, Project Director, Holyrood Project Team.
Subordinate Legislation Committee 36th Meeting, 2001 The Committee will meet at 11.15 am in Committee Room 3 1. Delegated Powers Scrutiny: The Committee will consider the response from the Scottish Executive to a point raised on the following Bill— Scottish Public Sector Ombudsman Bill at Stage 1. 2. Executive Responses: The Committee will consider the responses from the Executive to points raised on the following— The Plant Protection Products Amendment (No.3) (Scotland) Regulations 2001, (SSI 2001/454) The Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Scotland) (No.3) Amendment Regulations 2001, (SSI 2001/455). 3. Instruments not subject to Parliamentary Control: The Committee will consider the following— The High Court of Justiciary (Proceedings in the Netherlands) (United Nations) (Variation) Order 2001, (SI 2001/3918) The United Nations (International Tribunal) (Rwanda) (Amendment) Order 2001, (SI 2001/3920).
Local Government Committee 34th Meeting, 2001 The Committee will meet at 1.30 pm in Committee Room 2 1. Items in private: The Committee will consider whether to take items 4 and 5 in private. 2. Scottish Public Sector Ombudsman Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the general principles of the Bill at Stage 1 from— Scottish Executive: Mr Andy Kerr, MSP, Minister for Finance and Public Services Michael Lugton, Head of Constitution and Parliamentary Secretariat Stephen Bruce, Leader of the Scottish Public Sector Ombudsman Bill Team Office of the Commissioner for Local Administration in Scotland: Ian F Smith, Commissioner Brian Thomson, Principal Investigating Officer Office of Scottish Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration: Michael Buckley, Ombudsman George Keil, Investigation Manager Office of the Housing Association Ombudsman for Scotland: Barney Crockett, Ombudsman Kathleen Steindl, Senior Investigator Scottish Consumer Council: Graeme Millar, Chairman Martin Evans, Director. 3. Subordinate Legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instruments— The Local Government (Exemption from Competition) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2001, (SSI 2001/431) The Local Government Act 1988 (Competition) (Scotland) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 2001, (SSI 2001/446). 4. Marriage (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider a draft Stage 1 report. 5. Land Reform (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider proposals for consideration of the Bill at Stage 1.
European Committee 16th Meeting, 2001 The Committee will meet at 2.00 pm in The Chamber, Assembly Hall, The Mound, Edinburgh 1. Items in private: The Committee will consider whether to take items 3 and 4 in private. 2. Convener's Report: the Convener will update the Committee on the- Executive’s response to the Committee’s 6th Report 2001, on the proposed Common Position with regard to the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a general framework for informing and consulting employees in the European Community. 3. Implementation of EC/EU legislation in Scotland: The Committee will discuss procedures for considering the information provided by the Scottish Executive on the implementation of EC/EU legislation in Scotland. 4. Enlargement of the EU and the opportunities and challenges for Scotland: The Committee will discuss a draft report prepared by its reporter, Ben Wallace MSP.
Rural Development Committee 30th Meeting, 2001 The Committee will meet at 2.00 pm in the Hub, Castlehill, Edinburgh 1. Prohibition of Fishing for Cockles: The Committee will take evidence on The Inshore Fishing (Prohibition of Fishing for Cockles) (Scotland) Amendment Order from— Jim Smith (Dumfries and Galloway Council) Robert Geddes (Solway Shellfish Hand Operator Co-operative) Neil Fleming and Nick Bailey (Scottish Executive). 2. Subordinate Legislation: The Committee will consider the following instruments under the negative procedure— The Inshore Fishing (Prohibition of Fishing for Cockles) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2001 (SSI 2001/449). The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Scotland) Amendment (No.3) Regulations 2001 (SSI 2001/435) The Beef Special Premium (Scotland) Regulations 2001 (SSI 2001/445) The Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Satellite Monitoring Measures) (Scotland) Order 2000, Amendment Regulations 2001 (SSI 2001/448). 3. Agriculture Research Report: The Committee will consider a paper by SPICe and the report by Prof. Ken Thomson, commissioned by the Committee. 4. Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning: The Committee will consider a progress report from the reporter, Rhoda Grant. 5. Work Programme: The Committee will consider a paper from the Convener on its work programme. 6. Fur Farming (Prohibition) (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider supplementary written evidence at stage 1. 7. Fur Farming (Prohibition) (Scotland) Bill - Draft Stage 1 Report (in private): The Committee will consider a draft stage 1 report.
Education, Culture and Sport Committee 34th Meeting, 2001 The Committee will meet at 2.30 pm in Committee Room 3 1. Items in Private: The Committee will consider whether to take items 2 and 3 in private. 2. Children's Commissioner Inquiry: The Committee will discuss emerging findings in relation to a draft report of the inquiry. 3. Scottish Borders Inquiry: The Committee will consider a draft interim report of the inquiry.
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