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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 Equal Opportunities Committee The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in Committee Room 2 1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether its consideration of a draft legacy report should be taken in private at future meetings. 2. Oral evidence on SPCB Annual Equalities Report 2009/10: The Committee will take evidence from—
3. Appointment of EU Reporter: The Committee will appoint a member to serve as EU Reporter during the pilot of an early warning system for consideration of EU legislative proposals. 4. Forced Marriage etc. (Protection and Jurisdiction) (Scotland) Bill (in private): The Committee will consider a draft Stage 1 report. Proposed future business At its next meeting, on 22 February, the Committee will consider a draft legacy report. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, whose details are provided at the end of the Bulletin. Justice Committee The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in Committee Room 1 1. Long Leases (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—
and then from—
2. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instruments—
3. Long Leases (Scotland) Bill (in private): The Committee will consider the main themes arising from the oral evidence heard earlier in the meeting. 4. Double Jeopardy (Scotland) Bill (in private): The Committee will consider a revised draft Stage 1 report. Proposed future business At its next meeting, on 1 February 2011, it is expected that the Committee will continue its evidence taking on the Long Leases (Scotland) Bill. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, whose details are provided at the end of the Bulletin. Finance Committee The Committee will meet at 1.30 pm in Committee Room 2 1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether its consideration of a draft report on its Scottish Variable Rate inquiry should be taken in private at future meetings. 2. Scottish Variable Rate inquiry: The Committee will take evidence from—
and then from—
Proposed future business For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, whose details are provided at the end of the Bulletin. Public Petitions Committee The Committee will meet at 2.00 pm in Committee Room 1 1. Consideration of current petitions: The Committee will consider the following current petitions—
2. Consideration of new petitions: The Committee will consider the following new petitions—
3. Consideration of current petitions: The Committee will consider the following current petitions—
Proposed future business At its next meeting, on 8 February, the Committee expects to further consider current petitions on ban on snares; services for Myoclonic Dystonia sufferers; supporting "Our Charter - Quarriers Charter for Young Homeless People"; safe guardian law; NHS availability of low dose Naltrexone; Disadvantaged Scottish Gypsy Travellers and the settled community; Amendment to Section 51 of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005; human rights for dairy farmers; helping the emergency services to save lives of at risk rural patients; beneficiary under Succession Law; Amending Planning Circular 3/2009; dance teaching and coaching in schools and colleges; Save our West Highland wild salmon and sea trout; access to justice in environmental matters; public body accountability to third parties in the private sector; ban kangaroo meat and products from Scotland; ban the presence of free methanol in all manufactured products in our diet; reform of Community Council laws and procedures; silicone brease implants - rupture awareness; national and regional transport strategies; and the planning system and the protection of national scenic areas. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, whose details are provided at the end of the Bulletin. Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change Committee The Committee will meet at 2.00 pm in Committee Room 4 1. Low Carbon Scotland: Public Engagement Strategy: The Committee will take evidence from—
2. Transport issues related to recent severe weather conditions:
3. Appointment of EU Reporter: The Committee will appoint a member to serve as EU Reporter during the pilot of an early warning system for consideration of EU legislative proposals. Proposed future business At its next meeting, on 8 February, the Committee will take evidence on its consideration of road safety and young drivers. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, whose details are provided at the end of the Bulletin. Scotland Bill Committee The Committee will meet at 2.15 pm in Committee Room 5 1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 3 in private. 2. Scotland Bill (UK Parliament legislation): The Committee will take evidence from—
and then from—
and then from—
3. Work programme: The Committee will review its work programme. Proposed future business At its next meeting, on 1 February, the Committee expects to consider the Scotland Bill and its work programme. The Committee will continue to take evidence on the Scotland Bill at subsequent meetings. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, whose details are provided at the end of the Bulletin. Subordinate Legislation Committee The Committee will meet at 2.15 pm in Committee Room 6 1. Decisions on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 7, 8 and 9 in private. 2. Draft instruments subject to approval: The Committee will consider the following—
3. Draft negative instrument: The Committee will consider the following—
4. Instruments subject to annulment: The Committee will consider the following—
5. Instruments not laid before the Parliament: The Committee will consider the following—
6. Scottish Parliamentary Pensions Act 2009: The Committee will consider motion S3M-7736 and the accompanying executive note. 7. Scotland Bill (UK Parliament legislation): The Committee will consider the powers to make subordinate legislation conferred on Scottish Ministers in the Scotland Bill (UK Parliament legislation). 8. Long Leases (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the contents of a draft report. 9. Budget (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the delegated powers provisions in this Bill at Stage 1 and the contents of a draft report. Proposed future business At its next meeting, on 1 February, it is expected that the Committee will consider Scottish statutory instruments. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, whose details are provided at the end of the Bulletin. Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee The Committee will meet at 9.30 am in Committee Room 4 1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 5 in private. 2. A fundamental review of the purpose of an enterprise agency and the success of the recent reforms : The Committee will take evidence from—
3. UK Energy Bill (UK Parliament legislation): The Committee will take evidence on legislative consent memorandum LCM(S3) 31.1 from—
4. Appointment of EU Reporter: The Committee will appoint a member to serve as EU Reporter during the pilot of an early warning system for consideration of EU legislative proposals 5. Work programme: The Committee will review its work programme. Proposed future business At its next meeting, on 2 February, the Committee expects to consider oral evidence from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth on its enterprise network inquiry and from the Minister for Housing & Communities on the UK Energy Bill. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, whose details are provided at the end of the Bulletin. Local Government and Communities Committee The Committee will meet at 9.30 am in Committee Room 1 1. Property Factors (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the Bill at Stage 2 (Day 2). Not before 11.00 am 2. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on the Non-Domestic Rates (Levying) (Scotland) (No.3) Regulations 2010 (SSI 2010/441) from—
3. Subordinate legislation: Jeremy Purvis MSP to move S3M-7629—
4. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instruments—
5. Appointment of EU Reporter: The Committee will appoint a member to serve as EU Reporter during the pilot of an early warning system for consideration of EU legislative proposals. Proposed future business At its next meeting, on 2 February, the Committee expects to consider For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, whose details are provided at the end of the Bulletin. Education, Lifelong Learning and Culture Committee The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in Committee Room 6 1. Review of teacher education in Scotland: The Committee will take evidence from—
2. Appointment of EU Reporter: The Committee will appoint a member to serve as EU Reporter during the pilot of an early warning system for consideration of EU legislative proposals. 3. The future of schools management in Scotland - witness expenses: The Committee will be invited to delegate to the Convener responsiblity for arranging for the SPCB to pay, under Rule 12.4.3, any expenses of witnesses in the scoping exercise. 4. Public Records (Scotland) Bill (in private): The Committee will consider a draft Stage 1 report. Proposed future business At its next meeting, on 2 February, the Committee expects to hold a round-table discussion with a range of stakeholders on the future of school management in Scotland. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, whose details are provided at the end of the Bulletin. Public Audit Committee The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in Committee Room 5 1. Section 23 report - Review of orthopaedic services: The Committee will consider a formal response from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing to the Committee’s report entitled "Review of orthopaedic services". 2. Section 23 Report - The Gathering 2009 (in private): The Committee will consider its approach to written evidence and a draft report on the Auditor General for Scotland’s Report entitled "The Gathering 2009". Proposed future business At its next meeting, on 2 February 2011, it is expected that the Committee will consider further briefings from the Auditor General for Scotland in relation to reports he has recently published. For further details, contact the Clerk to the Committee, whose details are provided at the end of the Bulletin. Health and Sport Committee The Committee will meet at 11.30 am in Committee Room 2 1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 5 in private. 2. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instrument—
3. Appointment of EU Reporter: The Committee will, alongside consideration of recent European matters, appoint a member to serve as EU Reporter during the pilot of an early warning system for consideration of EU legislative proposals. 4. PE953: The Committee will consider a Petition by Ms Jean Gall, on behalf of the Scottish Association of Sleep Apnoea, calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Executive to increase awareness, promote the proper diagnosis and treatment and provide sufficient resources, including adequately funded sleep centres, to tackle the health problems associated with Obstructive Sleep Apnoea. 5. Work programme: The Committee will consider its work programme. Proposed future business At its next meeting, on 23 February, the Committee expects to consider subordinate legislation. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, whose details are provided at the end of the Bulletin.
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