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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

Justice Committee
8 February 2011
5th Meeting, 2011

The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in Committee Room 1

1. Decisions on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 6 in private and also whether its consideration of a draft report on the affirmative instrument being considered later in the meeting and a draft Stage 1 report on the Long Leases (Scotland) Bill should be taken in private at future meetings.

2. Long Leases (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—

Dale Strachan, Partner, and Catherine Reilly, Solicitor, Brodies LLP;

and then from—

Fergus Ewing MSP, Minister for Community Safety;
Simon Stockwell, Bill Team Manager, Scottish Government.

3. Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the Bill at Stage2.

4. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on the draft Retention of Samples etc. (Children’s Hearings) (Scotland) Order 2011 from—

Fergus Ewing MSP, Minister for Community Safety;
Keith Main, Policy Manager, Aileen Bearhop, Principal Policy Officer, and Carolyn Magill, Principal Legal Officer, Legal Directorate, Scottish Government.

5. Subordinate legislation: Fergus Ewing MSP (Minister for Community Safety) to move S3M-7742—

That the Justice Committee recommends that the Retention of Samples etc. (Children’s Hearings) (Scotland) Order 2011 be approved.

6. Work programme: The Committee will consider its work programme.

7. Long Leases (Scotland) Bill (in private): The Committee will consider the main themes arising from the oral evidence heard earlier in the meeting.

Proposed future business

At its next meeting, on 22 February 2011, it is expected that the Committee will consider a draft Stage 1 report 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
8 February 2011
6th Meeting, 2011

The Committee will meet at 2.00 pm in Committee Room 4

1. Scottish Variable Rate inquiry (in private): The Committee will consider a draft report.

2. Work programme (in private): The Committee will consider its work programme.

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
8 February 2011
3rd Meeting, 2011

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—

PE1115 National and regional transport strategies
PE1124 Ban on snares
PE1175 A92 upgrade
PE1210 Beneficiary under Succession Law
PE1254 Amendment to Section 51 of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005
PE1263 Human rights for dairy farmers
PE1294 Safe guardian law
PE1296 NHS availability of low dose Naltrexone
PE1299 Services for Myoclonic Dystonia sufferers
PE1320 Amending Planning Circular 3/2009
PE1322 Dance teaching and coaching in schools and colleges
PE1327 Helping the emergency services to save lives of at risk rural patients
PE1333 Disadvantaged Scottish Gypsy travellers and members of the settled community
PE1336 Save our West Highland wild salmon and sea trout
PE1337 Public body accountability to third parties in the private sector
PE1356 Supporting ‘Our Charter – Quarriers Charter for Young Homeless People’
PE1372 Access to justice in environmental matters
PE1375 Ban kangaroo meat and products from Scotland
PE1376 Ban the presence of free methanol in all manufactured products in our diet
PE1377 Reform of Community Council laws and procedures
PE1378 Silicone breast implants - rupture awareness

Proposed future business

At its next meeting, on 22 February, the Committee expects to further consider current petitions on mandatory fitting of seat belts on school buses; school bus safety; standards of social rented housing; promotion of independent vehicular ferry routes; requirement for FAI; male victims of domestic abuse/violence; investigation into the 1949 Yangtze campaign medal awards system; improving compulsory purchase for derelict properties; Public Guardian’s responsibilities under the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000; Parkinson’s medication - get it on time, every time; investigation of deaths in suspiscious circumstances; support for the national Cerebral Palsy/Acquired brain Injury football squad; saltire on Edinburgh Castle; needs of kinship care children; abolition of church appointments to General teaching Council; ban Mosquito devices now; having regard to young people when considering changes to leisure and cultural facilities; raise a Saltire in honour of the memory of Bishop Robert Wishart; education provision for children and young people absent from school due to illness; review and strengthen the Schools Consultation (Scotland) Act 2010 and accompanying guidance; better protection for wild land; Giving Voice – speech and language therapy transforms lives; improving the lives of children with asthma across Scotland; stablishment of further static gear only inshore fisheries; support for the interpretation of the Battle of Prestonpans; and repeal of the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980.

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
8 February 2011
3rd Meeting, 2011

The Committee will meet at 2.00 pm in Committee Room 2

1. Road safety and young drivers: The Committee will take evidence from—

Chris Eynon, Managing Director, TNS-BMRB, Scotland;
Dr Sarah Jones, Honorary Senior Lecturer in Public Health, Cardiff University;
Dr Terry Lansdown, Senior Lecturer in Human Factors, Heriot-Watt University;
Professor Frank McKenna, Reading University;

and then from—

Kathleen Braidwood, Road Safety Oficer, Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Scotland;
Chief Inspector Ian Wallace, Grampian Police, Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland;
Douglas Muir, Transportation Policy Manager, Midlothian Council;
Doug Mackenzie, Campaign Co-ordinator, North of Scotland Driver Awareness Team;
David Leitch, Vice-Chair, Scottish Youth Parliament.

Proposed future business

At its next meeting, on 22 February, the Committee expects to consider subordinate legislation on the M8 (Baillieston to Newhouse) Special Road Scheme 2011 and to take evidence on climate change policies and aspects of road safety.

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, whose details are provided at the end of the Bulletin.

Scotland Bill Committee
8 February 2011
6th Meeting, 2011

The Committee will meet at 2.15 pm in Committee Room 6

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 3 in private and whether to consider its draft report in private at future meetings.

2. Scotland Bill (UK Parliament legislation):The Committee will take evidence from—

John Swinney MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth, and Fiona Hyslop MSP, Minister for Culture and External Affairs, Scottish Government;

and then from—

Martin Sime, Chief Executive, SCVO;
Dave Moxham, Deputy General Secretary, STUC;
Lucy Parsons, Project Manager for Marine Renewable Energy, Orkney Islands Council;
Andy Wightman;
Alan Trench, Honorary Senior Research Fellow, The Constitution Unit, University College London and author of the blog "Devolution Matters";

and then from—

The Rt Hon Elish Angiolini QC, Lord Advocate.

3. Work programme: The Committee will consider its work programme and its approach to the consideration of a final report.

Proposed future business

At its next meeting, on 22 February, the Committee expects to consider a draft report on the Scotland Bill.

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, whose details are provided at the end of the Bulletin.

Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
8 February 2011
2nd Meeting, 2011

The Committee will meet at 2.15 pm in Committee Room 5

1. Declaration of interests: Jim Hume will be invited to declare any relevant interests.

2. Commissioner for Public Appointments in Scotland: The Committee will consider a report from the Commissioner for Public Appointments in Scotland.

3. Annual report: The Committee will consider a draft annual report for the parliamentary year from 9 May 2010 to 22 March 2011.

4. Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commissioner (in private): The Committee will consider draft directions to the Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commissioner.

5. Legacy paper (in private): The Committee will consider a draft legacy paper.

Proposed future business

It is expected that this will be the Committee’s final meeting of this Session of the Scottish Parliament.

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, whose details are provided at the end of the Bulletin.

Subordinate Legislation Committee
8 February 2011
4th Meeting, 2011

The Committee will meet at 2.15 pm in Committee Room 3

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 9 in private.

2. Instruments subject to approval: The Committee will consider the following—

the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Remedial) (Scotland) Order 2011 (SSI2011/45).

3. Draft instruments subject to approval: The Committee will consider the following—

the Healthcare Improvement Scotland (Requirements as to Independent Health Care Services) Regulations 2011 (SSI2011/draft);
the Healthcare Improvement Scotland (Inspections) Regulations 2011 (SSI2011/draft);
the Public Services Reform (Joint Inspections) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (SSI2011/draft);
the Public Services Reform (Social Services Inspections) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (SSI2011/draft);
the Antisocial Behaviour Notices (Houses Used for Holiday Purposes) (Scotland) Order 2011 (SSI2011/draft);
the Radioactive Substances Act 1993 Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (SSI2011/draft);
the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 Amendment (Scotland) Order 2011 (SSI2011/draft);
the Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007 (Modification and Consequential Provisions) Order 2011 (SSI2011/draft);
the Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisations (Removal from Register and Dissolution) Regulations 2011 (SSI2011/draft);
the Waste Management Licensing (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (SSI2011/draft);
the Waste (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (SSI2011/draft);
the Equality Act 2010 (Statutory Duties) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (SSI2011/draft);
the Equality Act 2010 (Specification of Public Authorities) (Scotland) Order 2011 (SSI2011/draft);
the Housing Support Grant (Scotland) Order 2011 (SSI2011/draft);
the Marine Licensing Appeals (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (SSI2011/draft);
the Marine Licensing (Exempted Activities) (Scottish Inshore Region) Order 2011 (SSI2011/draft);
the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Order 2011 (SSI2011/draft);
the Cross-Border Mediation (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (SSI2011/draft);
the Community Care (Personal Care and Nursing Care) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2011 (SSI2011/draft);
the Renewables Obligation (Scotland) Amendment Order 2011 (SSI2011/draft);
the Fundable Bodies (University of the Highlands and Islands) Order 2011 (SSI2011/draft);
the Fundable Bodies (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland) Order 2011 (SSI2011/draft);
the Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (SSI2011/draft).

4. Instruments subject to annulment: The Committee will consider the following—

the Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Licensing etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (SSI2011/24);
the Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (Applications) Order 2011 (SSI2011/29);
the Healthcare Improvement Scotland (Applications and Registration) Regulations 2011 (SSI2011/35);
the Legal Aid and Advice and Assistance (Solicitors’ Travel Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (SSI2011/41);
the Teachers’ Superannuation (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2011 (SSI2011/42);
the Scottish Road Works Register (Presribed Fees) Regulations 2011 (SSI2011/43);
the Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisations Regulations 2011 (SSI2011/44);
Act of Sederunt (Fees of Sheriff Officers) 2011 (SSI2011/47);
the Brucellosis (Scotland) Amendment Order 2011 (SSI2011/51);
the Teachers’ Superannuation (Scotland) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 2011 (SSI2011/52);
the National Health Service (Superannuation Scheme and Pension Scheme) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2011 (SSI2011/53);
the Edinburgh College of Art (Transfer) (Scotland) Order 2011 (SSI2011/54).

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

the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (Commencement No.3) Order 2011 (SSI2011/30 (C.5));
Act of Sederunt (Fees of Messengers-at-Arms) 2011 (SSI2011/48).

6. Instruments not subject to parliamentary procedure: The Committee will consider the following—

the Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals) Amendment (Scotland) Order 2011 (SSI2011/46).

7. Private Rented Housing (Scotland) Bill The Committee will consider the Scottish Government’s response to its Stage 1 report.

8. Scotland Bill (UK Parliament legislation): The Committee will consider the contents of a draft report.

Proposed future business

At its next meeting, on 22 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.

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