BUSINESS BULLETIN No. 24/2015 Today’s Business Thursday 5 February 2015 ANNOUNCEMENTS Chamber Desk Arrangements during the February Recess From Monday 9 February to Thursday 12 February the Chamber Desk will be open from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm and to 3.30 pm on Friday 13 February. Normal opening arrangements will resume on Monday 16 February. Portfolio Questions 18 February and General Questions 19 February 2015 Members are advised that the deadlines for submitting names for Portfolio Questions on 18 February and General Questions on 19 February will be unaffected. Names must be submitted by 12 noon on Monday 9 February. Members who are selected will be advised by email on that day. Members selected will have until 12 noon on Wednesday 11 February to submit their questions. The submitted questions will appear in Section D of the Business Bulletin on Monday 16 February 2013. The Portfolio for these questions will be Finance, Constitution and Economy.
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BUSINESS BULLETIN No. 24/2015
Today’s Business
Thursday 5 February 2015
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Chamber Desk Arrangements during the February Recess From Monday 9 February to Thursday 12 February the Chamber Desk will be open from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm and to 3.30 pm on Friday 13 February. Normal opening arrangements will resume on Monday 16 February.
Portfolio Questions 18 February and General Questions 19 February 2015 Members are advised that the deadlines for submitting names for Portfolio Questions on 18 February and General Questions on 19 February will be unaffected. Names must be submitted by 12 noon on Monday 9 February. Members who are selected will be advised by email on that day. Members selected will have until 12 noon on Wednesday 11 February to submit their questions. The submitted questions will appear in Section D of the Business Bulletin on Monday 16 February 2013. The Portfolio for these questions will be Finance, Constitution and Economy.
Summary of Today’s Business
Meetings of Committees
9.00 am Devolution (Further Powers) Committee the David Livingstone Room (CR6)
9.00 am European and External Relations Committee
the Mary Fairfax Somerville Room (CR2)
9.15 am Equal Opportunities Committee the James Clerk Maxwell Room (CR4)
9.30 am Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee
the Robert Burns Room (CR1)
9.30 am Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
the Adam Smith Room (CR5)
1.15 pm Justice Sub-Committee on Policing the David Livingstone Room (CR6)
11.40 am Parliamentary Bureau Motions 11.40 am General Questions 12.00 pm First Minister’s Questions followed by Members’ Business – S4M-11602 Jim Eadie: The Royal
5Pharmaceutical Society in Scotland and European Antibiotic Awareness Day
2.30 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by Scottish Government Debate: Local Government Finance (Scotland)
Order 2015-16 [draft] followed by Scottish Government Debate: Working in Partnership to End the
Practice of Female Genital Mutilation followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5.00 pm Decision Time
For full details of today’s business, see Section A. ___________________________________________________________________
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Business Bulletin: Thursday 5 February 2015
Section A – Today’s Business
Meetings of Committees
All meetings take place in the Scottish Parliament, unless otherwise specified. Contact details for Committee Clerks are provided at the end of the Bulletin.
The Committee will meet at 9.00 am in the David Livingstone Room (CR6)
1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 3 in private.
2. Evidence on Taxation clauses: The Committee will take evidence from— Charlotte Barbour, Head of Taxation (Private Clients & Small Businesses), ICAS; Professor Anton Muscatelli, Principal, University of Glasgow; Gwyneth Scholefield, Director, and Steve Couch, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers.
3. Choice of Adviser (in private): The Committee will consider a list of candidates for the posts of adviser.
European and External Relations Committee 3rd Meeting, 2015
The Committee will meet at 9.00 am in the Mary Fairfax Somerville Room (CR2)
1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 5 in private.
2. Connecting Scotland: The Committee will take evidence from— Professor Michael Keating, Professor of Politics, University of Aberdeen and Director, ESRC Centre on Constitutional Change; Dr Daniel Kenealy, Lecturer, University of Edinburgh’s Academy of Government; Dr Eve Hepburn, Senior Lecturer, Politics and International Relations, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh.
3. Brussels Bulletin: The Committee will consider the latest issue of the Brussels Bulletin.
4. Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) – implications for Scotland: The Committee will take evidence from—
John Swinney, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Economy, and Richard Rollison, Head of EU and Trade Policy, Business Directorate, Scottish Government.
5. Connecting Scotland: The Committee will consider its approach to the inquiry.
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Equal Opportunities Committee 2nd Meeting, 2015
The Committee will meet at 9.15 am in the James Clerk Maxwell Room (CR4)
1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 5 in private.
2. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on the Equality Act 2010 (Specification of Public Authorities) (Scotland) Order 2015 from—
Alex Neil, Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Communities and Pensioners’ Rights, and Gaynor Davenport, Mainstreaming Equality Policy Officer, Equality, Human Rights and Third Sector, Scottish Government.
3. Subordinate legislation: Alex Neil (Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Communities and Pensioners’ Rights) to move—
S4M-12227—That the Equal Opportunities Committee recommends that the Equality Act 2010 (Specification of Public Authorities) (Scotland) Order 2015 be approved.
4. Having and Keeping a Home: steps to preventing homelessness among young people: The Committee will take evidence from—
Margaret Burgess, Minister for Housing and Welfare, and Marion Gibbs, Team Leader Homelessness, Scottish Government.
5. Having and Keeping a Home: steps to preventing homelessness among young people: The Committee will consider evidence heard during its follow up work on the inquiry.
6. Age and Social Isolation (in private): The Committee will consider its approach to the inquiry.
Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee 6th Meeting, 2015
The Committee will meet at 9.30 am in the Robert Burns Room (CR1)
1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether its consideration of a draft letter to the Scottish Government on its dairy inquiry should be taken in private at future meetings.
2. Dairy industry: The Committee will take evidence from— Christine Tacon CBE, Groceries Code Adjudicator, and James Courtenay, Investigations Manager, Groceries Code Adjudicator (via video conference);
and then from— Duncan Sinclair, Agriculture Manager, Waitrose (via video conference); Steve McLean, Head of Agriculture and Fisheries, Marks and Spencer; Calum Kirk, Category Trading Manager, The Co-Operative Food; Tom Hind, Agriculture Director, Tesco; John Richardson, Group Buying Director, Aldi; James Bailey, Business Unit Director for Packaged Goods, Sainsbury’s; A representative, Lidl.
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Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee 3rd Meeting, 2015
The Committee will meet at 9.30 am in the Adam Smith Room (CR5)
1. Interests of Members of the Scottish Parliament Act 2006 (in private): The Committee will consider a draft report and Bill.
2. Work programme (in private): The Committee will consider its work programme.
Justice Sub-Committee on Policing 2nd Meeting, 2015
The Sub-Committee will meet at 1.15 pm in the David Livingstone Room (CR6)
1. Declaration of interests: Elaine Murray will be invited to declare any relevant interests.
2. Decision on taking business in private: The Sub-Committee will decide whether to take item 4 in private.
3. Handling of police complaints: The Sub-Committee will take evidence from— Superintendent John McKenzie, Professional Standards, Police Scotland; Ian Ross, Chair, Complaints and Conduct Committee, and Lindsey McNeill, Director of Governance and Assurance, Scottish Police Authority; Chief Superintendent Niven Rennie, President, Association of Scottish Police Superintendents; Calum Steele, General Secretary, Scottish Police Federation.
4. Work programme: The Sub-Committee will consider its work programme.
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Meeting of the Parliament
11.40 am Parliamentary Bureau Motions 11.40 am General Questions 1. Neil Findlay: To ask the Scottish Government how many women in the last year have been treated with mesh or tape products to treat pelvic prolapse or stress urinary incontinence. (S4O-03991)
2. Claudia Beamish: To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making toward meeting the target of 11% of demand for heat being met by renewables by 2020. (S4O-03992)
3. Jackson Carlaw: To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve survival rates from brain cancers. (S4O-03993)
4. John Finnie: To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to encourage industry to move from road haulage to rail freight. (S4O-03994)
5. Paul Martin: To ask the Scottish Government whether it will order a review of the National Accommodation Strategy for Sex Offenders. (S4O-03995)
6. Lewis Macdonald: [Withdrawn]
7. Michael McMahon: To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has for pupil assessment in schools. (S4O-03997)
8. Kevin Stewart: To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with its partners about railway timetabling and capacity in the north east. (S4O-03998)
9. Cameron Buchanan: To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to introduce new initiatives to help people with chronic migraine disorder. (S4O-03999)
10. Margaret McCulloch: To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the review of out-of-hours GP services in NHS Lanarkshire. (S4O-04000)
12.00 pm First Minister’s Questions 1. Kezia Dugdale: To ask the First Minister what engagements she has planned for the rest of the day. (S4F-02577) 2. Ruth Davidson: To ask the First Minister when she will next meet the Prime Minister. (S4F-02576) 3. Willie Rennie: To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet. (S4F-02580)
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4. Roderick Campbell: To ask the First Minister what support the Scottish Government provides to people with dementia and their carers. (S4F-02578) 5. Jenny Marra: To ask the First Minister when the Scottish Government will introduce its accident and emergency target to see 98% of patients within four hours. (S4F-02581) 6. Rob Gibson: To ask the First Minister what steps the Scottish Government is taking to encourage voter registration. (S4F-02585) followed by Members’ Business Debate on the subject of— S4M-11602 Jim Eadie: The Royal Pharmaceutical Society in
Scotland and European Antibiotic Awareness Day—That the Parliament congratulates the Royal Pharmaceutical Society in Scotland on increasing awareness of the issue of antimicrobial resistance; notes its efforts to draw attention to the need for new antibiotics to avoid a situation where simple infections and infections as a result of routine surgery become fatal; welcomes its support of the European Antibiotic Awareness Day on 18 November 2014; considers the raft of resources made available to healthcare professionals in primary and secondary care by the Scottish Antimicrobial Prescribing Group (SAPG) to have demonstrated an impact through the decrease of 6.5% in the number of prescriptions for antibiotics in 2013-14; commends healthcare workers for their results to date; further notes the significant challenge that antimicrobial resistance continues to present worldwide; welcomes the SAPG’s focus this year on the cooperation between the Royal Pharmaceutical Society in Scotland, Community Pharmacy Scotland and Pharmacy Voice to distribute a resource pack to all community pharmacies in Scotland, including a patient self-help guide to treating infection; acknowledges the role that healthcare professionals, patients and the public play in preserving the effectiveness of antibiotics; notes the opportunity for MSPs, healthcare professionals and members of the public to sign up to become an antibiotic guardian via the website, antibioticguardian.com to ensure that current antibiotics continue to remain effective; further notes that it has been 30 years since a new class of antibiotics was last introduced despite growing numbers of infections becoming resistant to current antibiotics; notes calls for governments, academic research communities, pharmaceutical companies and other stakeholders to work collaboratively to develop a new funding model to incentivise the development and appropriate use of new antibiotics, and wishes the Royal Pharmaceutical Society in Scotland every success in its future efforts in dealing with this challenge.
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2.30 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by Scottish Government Debate: Local Government Finance
(Scotland) Order 2015 [draft] S4M-12242 John Swinney: Local Government Finance
(Scotland) Order 2015 [draft]—That the Parliament recommends that the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2015 [draft] be approved.
followed by Scottish Government Debate: Working in Partnership to End the
Practice of Female Genital Mutilation S4M-12241 Alex Neil: Working in Partnership to End the
Practice of Female Genital Mutilation—That the Parliament notes that 6 February 2015 is International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM); condemns female genital mutilation as an unacceptable and illegal practice, a form of child abuse, violence against women and a violation of the human rights of women and girls; supports the Scottish Government’s commitment to tackling and eradicating this intolerable behaviour from Scottish society through working together with partners across the public and third sectors; welcomes the launch by the Women’s Support Project of the FGM training and public education resources on 6 February 2015; further welcomes the publication of the Scottish Refugee Council’s report on FGM in Scotland, Tackling Female Genital Mutilation in Scotland: A Scottish Model of Intervention, in December 2014; acknowledges the positive developments made through partnership across Police Scotland, NHS Scotland, education, social services, voluntary and third sector organisations with the establishment of the Female Genital Mutilation Short-Life Working Group; commends the valuable contribution that voluntary and third sector organisations, such as Dignity Alert Research Forum, the Women’s Support Project and Scottish Refugee Council, make to the shaping of Scotland’s approach to FGM; notes the Scottish Government’s commitment to fund a programme of work to tackle FGM in Scotland and protect those women and girls at risk of harm from this human rights abuse, and supports Lord McConnell’s proposed Girl Summit to be held in Glasgow on 9 March 2015 to mark International Women’s Day on 8 March 2015.
The Presiding Officer has selected the following amendment S4M-12241.1 Ken Macintosh: Working in Partnership to End the Practice of Female Genital Mutilation—As an amendment to motion S4M-12241 in the name of Alex Neil (Working in Partnership to End the Practice of
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Female Genital Mutilation), insert at end ―; is disappointed that, despite these efforts, there have been so few prosecutions, and calls on the Scottish Government to review its investment to ensure that it is effective and supports long-term sustainable community development in at-risk communities‖.
followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5.00 pm Decision Time
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