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Scottish Parliament: Business Bulletin 3/2000
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BUSINESS BULLETIN 3 / 2000
Tuesday 11 January 2000
Section A - Daily Business List
Section B - Business Programme
Section C - Agendas of Committee Meetings
Section D - Oral questions selected for answer on 13 January 2000
Section E - Written questions lodged on 10 January 2000
Section F - Motions and Amendments
Section H - New Documents
Section J - Progress of Parliamentary business
BUSINESS BULLETIN 3 / 2000
Tuesday 11 January 2000
Section A – Daily Business List
Meetings of Committees
All meetings take place in Committee Chambers, Edinburgh unless otherwise indicated.
Education, Culture and Sport Committee
1st Meeting, 2000
The Committee will meet at 9.30 am in Committee Room 2
1. Choice of Deputy Convener: The Committee will choose a Deputy Convener.
2. Update on Committee business: The Committee will be updated on business in its current work programme.
3. Report from Scottish Football Association: The Committee will consider a report on ticket sale arrangements for Euro 2000 fixture – Hampden Park, 13 November 1999.
4. Hampden Park - Statement by Minister for Children and Education to Parliament, 16th December 1999: The Committee will consider any further action to be taken.
5. Appointment of Adviser for Special Educational Needs Inquiry: The Committee will consider appointment arrangements for an adviser.
6. National Arts Companies Inquiry: The Committee will review the evidence submitted and consider the content of its report.
Justice and Home Affairs Committee
1st Meeting, 2000
The Committee will meet at 9.30 am in Committee Room 1
1. Deputy Convener: The Committee will choose a deputy convener.
2. Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Bill: The Convener to move, That the Justice and Home Affairs Committee consider the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Bill at Stage 2 in the following order: Parts 1 to 4, Parts 6 and 7, Part 5; and that each schedule is considered immediately after the section that introduces it.
3. Abolition of Poindings and Warrant Sales Bill: The Committee will take evidence at Stage 1 on the general principles of the Bill from—
Peter Beaton, Head of Civil Justice and International Division, Justice Department, Scottish Executive;
Deirdrie Hutton, Chairman, Martyn Evans, Director, and Sarah O’Neill, Legal Advisory Officer, Scottish Consumer Council;
Hugh Love and Roderick McPherson, Past Presidents, Society of Messengers-at-Arms and Sheriff Officers.
4. Scottish Prisons: The Committee will take evidence on the future of the Scottish Prisons Service from—
Mrs Marjory Russell, Convener, Association of Visiting Committees for Scottish Penal Establishments;
Clive Fairweather, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland, Eric Fairbairn, Deputy Chief Inspector, Mike Crossan, Inspector, and Brian Henaghan, Staff Officer.
5. Petition: The Committee will consider how to conclude its inquiry into the issues raised by the petition PE14 by the Carbeth Hutters’ Association.
6. Future Business (in private): The Committee will consider its future business programme.
Subordinate Legislation Committee
1st Meeting, 2000
The Committee will meet at 11.15 am in Committee Room 3
1. Negative Instruments: The Committee will consider the following negative instruments—
The Contaminants in Food Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 1999 SSI 1999/171
The Building Standards and Procedure Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 1999 SSI 1999/173
The Breeding of Dogs (Licensing Records) (Scotland) Regulations 1999 SSI 1999/176
The Sale of Dogs (Identification Tag) (Scotland) Regulations 1999 SSI 1999/177
The Beef Bones (Scotland) Regulations 1999 SSI 1999/186
The Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) (Scotland) Regulations 1999 SSI 1999/187
2. Instruments Not Subject To Parliamentary Control: The Committee will consider the following instruments—
The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amensic Shellfish Poisoning) (West Coast) (No.2) Revocation (Scotland) Order 1999 SSI 1999/167
The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (West Coast) (No.3) Revocation (Scotland) Order 1999 SSI 1999/168
The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (West Coast) (No.3) Partial Revocation (Scotland) Order 1999 SSI 1999/169
The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (West Coast) (No.4) Partial Revocation (Scotland) Order 1999 SSI 1999/170
Audit Committee
1st Meeting, 2000
The Committee will meet at 2.00 pm in Committee Room 1
1. Draft Committee Report (in private): Consideration of draft Committee reports on Scottish Further Education Colleges, and the A74(M)/M74 Private Finance Initiative Project.
2. Future Work Programme: The Committee will consider its future work programme.
3. Agricultural Business Improvement Scheme: The Committee will consider correspondence between the Convener and the Convener of the Rural Affairs Committee.
4. Draft Written Agreements: Consideration of Minister for Finance’s response to draft written agreements on financial procedures between the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish Ministers.
5. Deputy Convener: The Committee will choose a Deputy Convener
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Section B – Business Programme
As agreed by the Parliament on 16 December 1999
Wednesday 12 January 2000
2.30 pm Time for Reflection
followed by Executive Debate on Children and Young People Looked after by Local Authorities
followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions
5.00 pm Decision Time
followed by Members' Business - debate on the subject of S1M-233 Mr Murray Tosh: Lothian and Borders Sheriff Court Review (for text of motion please see Section F of Business Bulletin for Monday 10 January 2000)
Thursday 13 January 2000
9.30 am Executive Debate on Housing
followed by Business Motion
followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions
2.30 pm Question Time
3.10 pm First Minister's Question Time
3.30 pm Continuation of Executive Debate on Housing
5.00 pm Decision Time
followed by Members' Business – debate on the subject of S1M-283 Mrs Margaret Smith: Social Workers and Violence (for text of motion see Section F of Business Bulletin for Monday 10 January 2000)
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Section C – Agendas of Committee Meetings
Standards Committee
12 January 2000
1st Meeting, 2000
The Committee will meet at 9.30 am in Committee Room 3
1. Choice of Deputy Convener: The Committee will choose a Deputy Convener.
2. Draft Code of Conduct for Members: The Committee will consider the draft Code of Conduct for Members in its entirety, and a covering draft Report.
Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Committee
12 January 2000
1st Meeting, 2000
The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in Committee Room 1
1. Tourism Review (in private): The Committee will consider The Scottish Executive’s report on a new strategy for Scottish tourism, formulate its views on the basis of the evidence received, and consider a response to the Minister responsible.
The Committee will take evidence from Mr Alasdair Morrison MSP, Deputy Minister, The Scottish Executive; and The Scottish Tourist Board.
Health and Community Care Committee
12 January 2000
1st Meeting, 2000
The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in The Chamber, Assembly Hall, The Mound
1. Deputy Convener: The Committee will choose a Deputy Convener
2. Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will discuss consideration of Stage 2 of the Bill
3. Letter from Scottish Executive - Health Board Allocations: The Committee will consider letter from the Scottish Executive Health Department outlining Health Board allocations for 2000-2001 and offering a briefing session on health financial allocations
4. Future Business: The Committee will consider future business
Local Government Committee
12 January 2000
1st Meeting, 2000
The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in The Hub
1. Representation of the People Bill: The Committee will consider the Memorandum from the Minister for Communities. (LG/00/1/1)
2. Choice of deputy Convener: The Committee will chose a deputy Convener.
3. Proposals for further visits to Councils: The Committee will consider report LG/00/1/2 by the Convener.
4. Reports from visits to Councils: The Committee will consider reports from visits to—
Highland Council: LG/00/1/3– Reporter, Donald Gorrie
East Renfrewshire: LG/00/1/4 – Reporter, Trish Godman
Aberdeen City Council: LG/00/1/5 – Reporter, Sylvia Jackson
5. Abolition of Poindings and Warrant Sales Bill: The Committee will take evidence from—
Glasgow City Council (Protective Services)
Braendam Link
Social Inclusion, Housing and Voluntary Sector Committee
12 January 2000
1st Meeting, 2000
The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in Committee Room 2
1. Election of Deputy Convener: The Committee will choose a Deputy Convener.
2. Abolition of Poindings and Warrant Sales Bill: The Committee will take evidence at Stage 1, on the general principles of the bill, from—
Paul Gray, Group Director, and other officials, Department of Social Security.
Susan McPhee and Loretta Gaffney, Citizens Advice Scotland.
3. Social inclusion work programme: The Committee will consider a report from Robert Brown MSP on proposed work in the area of social inclusion.
4. Update on Housing Stock Transfer: The Committee will review its consideration of the Executive’s housing stock transfer policy.
5. Future business: The Committee will consider its programme of future business.
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Section D – Oral questions selected for answer on 13 January 2000
First Minister's Question Time
1. Mr Alex Salmond: To ask the First Minister when he last met the Secretary of State for Scotland and what issues they discussed. (S1F-1)
2. David McLetchie: To ask the First Minister when he last met the Secretary of State for Scotland and what issues they discussed. (S1F-5)
3. Kay Ullrich: To ask the First Minister whether he will outline his plans to alleviate the current pressures experienced by the NHS. (S1F-15)
4. Mr Duncan McNeil: To ask the First Minister what steps have been taken by Scottish Ministers to support the bid to build up to six roll-on-roll-off ferries for the Ministry of Defence at BAE Systems’ Govan shipyard. (S1F-17)
5. Mr Jamie Stone: To ask the First Minister how much extra funding Scottish police authorities used in policing the millennium compared with the amount forecast. (S1F-13)
6. Phil Gallie: To ask the First Minister what specific discussions he has had with the Home Office and the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities on the issue of asylum seekers. (S1F-10)
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Section E - Written questions lodged on 10 January 2000
S1W-3610 Mr Kenny MacAskill: To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-3010 by Lord Hardie on 21 December 1999, whether the Crown Office was advised by the Ministry of Defence as to whether all of the software defects in the Chinook FADEC system were removed by the time the FADEC system went into production.
S1W-3611 Mr Kenny MacAskill: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to introduce a sustainable life campaign in Scotland similar to the "Are You Doing Your Bit?" campaign run by the Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions and, if there is to be such a campaign, what level of funding it will receive.
S1W-3612 Brian Adam: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider classifying manic depression as a life-threatening illness.
S1W-3613 Christine Grahame: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will request Her Majesty's Government to obtain from the Department of Trade and Industry, North East of England, figures of the number of Borders workers formerly employed by Viasystems and employed by Viasystems North Tyneside over the past 17 months, and to obtain a breakdown of these figures on a month by month basis with these numbers categorised under the heads "managerial" and "non-managerial".
S1W-3614 Mr Jamie Stone: To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to investigate the possibility of introducing an early retirement scheme for farmers and crofters.
S1W-3615 Mr Jamie Stone: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will detail what action is being taken to tackle any welfare problems of caste ewes and whether it is considering (a) issuing legally binding notices to vets to give them powers to address any welfare problems and (b) enhancing existing animal welfare legislation to make neglect a more serious offence.
S1W-3616 Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: To ask the Scottish Executive how many prosecutions there have been for fraudulent housing benefit claims, and in which local authority areas.
S1W-3617 Mr Kenny MacAskill: To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-3269 by Jack McConnell on 27 December 1999, what amount or percentage of District Court activity was related to Road Traffic offences.
S1W-3618 Mr Kenny MacAskill: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will direct and advise the Strategic Rail Authority that the franchise for the East Coast line must include a contract to electrify the section from Edinburgh to Aberdeen within a reasonable time-scale.
S1W-3619 Mr Kenny MacAskill: To ask the Presiding Officer, further to the answer to question S1W-3268 by Sir David Steel on 27 December 1999, to specify the amount of power expected to be generated by solar panels in the Holyrood building and the approximate percentage of the domestic water supply to be provided by this method.
S1W-3620 Mr Kenny MacAskill: To ask the Presiding Officer, further to the answer to question S1W-3275 by Sir David Steel on 27 December 1999, to specify the percentage and amount of materials from the Holyrood site retained for possible future use and the percentage and amount of materials from the site that have been otherwise disposed of.
S1W-3621 David Mundell: To ask the Scottish Executive what weight it gives to the need to police the M74 and A75 when considering the allocation of resources to Dumfries and Galloway Police Force.
S1W-3622 David Mundell: To ask the Presiding Officer what use has been made of the videoconferencing facilities in Parliament buildings to date. R
S1W-3623 David Mundell: To ask the Presiding Officer what steps the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body has taken to promote the use of the videoconferencing facilities in the Parliament buildings. R
S1W-3624 David Mundell: To ask the Presiding Officer whether the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body has commissioned any study into the comparative costs of travel by members to meetings and use of videoconferencing facilities. R
S1W-3625 David Mundell: To ask the Scottish Executive what videoconferencing facilities are available to Ministers and officials. R
S1W-3626 David Mundell: To ask the Scottish Executive whether any guidelines on the use of videoconferencing facilities have been issued to Ministers and their officials and, if so, what these guidelines are. R
S1W-3627 David Mundell: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has commissioned any study into the comparative costs of travel by Ministers and officials to meetings and use of videoconferencing facilities. R
S1W-3628 David Mundell: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has entered into discussions with Her Majesty's Government, local authorities or other bodies with a view to achieving a co-ordinated approach to the use of videoconferencing facilities and, if so, what has been the outcome of those discussions. R
S1W-3629 Shona Robison: To ask the Scottish Executive when I will receive a reply to my letter dated 22 November to Jackie Baillie regarding Dundee Women’s Aid.
S1W-3630 Shona Robison: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to make a statement on the recent announcement by Professor David Nicholls of Dundee University that he and his team are to leave Scotland to continue his pioneering work into brain disorders in the United States.
S1W-3631 Shona Robison: To ask the Scottish Executive what is the average salary for a newly qualified scientist in Scotland and how this compares to the same in the United States.
S1W-3632 Shona Robison: To ask the Scottish Executive how many scientists it estimates have left Scotland to work elsewhere in each year since 1990.
S1W-3633 Shona Robison: To ask the Scottish Executive what level of financial support for medical research has been provided in Scotland in each year since 1990.
S1W-3634 Mr Murray Tosh: To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1O-803 by Sarah Boyack on 9 December 1999, whether the rail passenger transport scheme is the only fund controlled by the shadow strategic rail authority which can be used to fund investment in new railway infrastructure in Scotland, what resources are available from this scheme in 1999-2000, and what resources are available from this scheme in 1999-2000 for new railway infrastructure in Scotland.
S1W-3635 Mr Murray Tosh: To ask the Scottish Executive how it has responded to the request from Scottish Borders Council for an additional housing revenue account borrowing consent of £250,000.
S1W-3636 Mr Murray Tosh: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it maintains a central register of all waste-incineration facilities in Scotland, and of the quantities and categories of materials sent annually for incineration.
S1W-3637 Mr Murray Tosh: To ask the Scottish Executive when it last surveyed the availability of aggregates in Scotland, and when it expects to issue its findings.
S1W-3638 Mr Murray Tosh: To ask the Scottish Executive whether its review of the planning system will bring forward proposals to prevent or control the implementation of "begun developments" either in general where significant time periods have elapsed between development beginning and the implementation of subsequent phases of development, or in circumstances where either the adopted Structure and Local Plans have been amended materially in the interim, or where the relevant planning authority considers that the development proposal should now be subject to traffic, environmental impact or other assessments which were not required when the original consent was issued.
S1W-3639 Mr Jamie Stone: To ask the Scottish Executive what, if any, powers it has to take steps to underpin the future viability of Scotland’s network of locally run community radio stations and what action it plans to take in this respect
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Tuesday 11 January 2000
Section F - Motions and Amendments
The full text of all outstanding motions and amendments will appear in the Business Bulletin every Monday.
Items marked with an asterisk (*) are new or have been altered. Asterisks in the text show the extent of alterations made.
Motions which members wish to be considered for debate as members’ business in the Parliament are marked with a hash symbol (#).
*S1M-406 Mr Sam Galbraith: Children and Young People Looked After by Local Authorities—That the Parliament endorses the important action being taken to improve the quality of care and support for every child and young person looked after by local authorities; supports strengthening key services for those young people through extra resources to develop more integrated approaches to their needs, new performance measures to highlight actual outcomes for each child, especially those leaving care, and research to evaluate how well those looked after at home are supported, and recognises the importance of ensuring that each and every child or young person looked after by local authorities can share fully in the benefits of education, health and social justice programmes.
*S1M-405 Ms Wendy Alexander: Representation of People Bill—That the Parliament endorses the principle of ensuring consistency of absent voting provisions for parliamentary and local elections in Scotland as set out in the Representation of People Bill and agrees that the relevant provision to achieve this end in the Bill should be considered by the UK Parliament.
*S1M-404 Nora Radcliffe: Sandra Gregory—That the Parliament supports the application by Sandra Gregory for a Royal Pardon from the King of Thailand on which a decision is expected shortly; notes that she was a first time offender and seriously ill when committing the crime which led to her arrest in Thailand; acknowledges that she is serving a disproportionately high sentence compared to that which she would have received from a British judge; notes that an application for a Royal Pardon is an integral part of the Thai judicial system; fears that the current refusal by Her Majesty’s Government to support her application may be interpreted by the Thai authorities as a lack of support; notes the groundswell of public and political support for her immediate release from HMP Cookham Wood; is concerned that it will be a further two years before she can re-apply for a Royal Pardon, and calls upon the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to support her application to the King of Thailand.
S1M-403# Out-of-Town Development at Girvan (lodged on 7 January 2000) Alasdair Morgan*, Robin Harper*
S1M-402# Dumfries and Galloway Standard's Millennium Jobs Crusade (lodged on 7 January 2000) Phil Gallie*, Christine Grahame*, Robin Harper*
S1M-401 Third World Debt (lodged on 6 January 2000) Alasdair Morgan*, Robin Harper*
S1M-400 Compensation for British Former Prisoners of the Japanese (lodged on 5 January 2000) Alasdair Morgan*, Robin Harper*
S1M-399 Dyslexia (lodged on 5 January 2000) Alasdair Morgan*, Robin Harper*
S1M-398# BBC 2 Scotland Reception (lodged on 5 January 2000) Christine Grahame*, Michael Russell*
S1M-397 Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Bill (Stage 2 order of consideration) (lodged on 22 December 1999) Alasdair Morgan*, Robin Harper*, Angus MacKay*
S1M-394 Prostate Cancer Screening (lodged on 16 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-393# Boharm School (lodged on 16 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-392 Agricultural Business Improvement Scheme (lodged on 16 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-389 Water and Sewerage Charges and Low Income Households (lodged on 15 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-387 Medical Use of Cannabinoids (lodged on 15 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-384 Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme (lodged on 15 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-380# Cross Examination During Sexual Crimes Trials (lodged on 14 December 1999) Maureen Macmillan*R, Robin Harper*
S1M-377# Malnutrition in Scotland: A Public Health Problem (lodged on 13 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-376 Agricultural Business Improvement Schemes (lodged on 13 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-375 Highlands and Islands (lodged on 13 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-374 Joint Working with Northern Ireland Assembly (lodged on 9 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-373# Meeting Tayside's Health Needs (lodged on 9 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-372# Dispersal of Civil Service Jobs to Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (lodged on 9 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-370 Integrated Detoxification and Rehabilitation Centre in North East (lodged on 8 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-368 Scottish Heart at Risk Testing (lodged on 8 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-367 Jobs Crisis in the Highlands and Islands (lodged on 8 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-366# Equality of Opportunity for People with Hearing Impairment (lodged on 8 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-363 Campaign for Scotland's Post Offices (lodged on 7 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-362# Deprivation in Aberdeen (lodged on 7 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-361# Rural Sub Post Offices (lodged on 7 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-360# Concessionary Fares for Pensioners (lodged on 7 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-359 Greengairs: Environmental Award (lodged on 7 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-357 Establishment of Committee on International Relations (lodged on 6 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-355# The Education of Children with Severe Low Incidence Disabilities (lodged on 3 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-351# Beauforts Dyke Disturbance (lodged on 2 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-348# National Concessionary Travel Scheme For Older People (lodged on 2 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-347 Nigel Tranter (lodged on 2 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-343 Northern Ireland Assembly (lodged on 1 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-342# Scots in the 2001 Census (lodged on 1 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-337 Support for Trade Unions in South America (lodged on 29 November 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-335# Teenage Pregnancy (lodged on 29 November 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-332 Objective 2 Funding (lodged on 26 November 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-323 Hepatitis C Inquiry (lodged on 24 November 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-322 Prudence in Scottish Parliamentary Spending (lodged on 24 November 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-318# Use of British Sign Language in the Scottish Parliament (lodged on 23 November 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-308# Funding of Agricultural Business Improvement Scheme (lodged on 19 November 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-304# Asylum and Immigration Act (lodged on 18 November 1999) Michael Russell*
S1M-300 National Air Traffic Control (lodged on 18 November 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-294# Closure of Penninghame Open Prison (lodged on 16 November 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-289 GM Foods (lodged on 17 November 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-284 Dangers of Fireworks (lodged on 15 November 1999) Maureen Macmillan*
S1M-283# Social Workers and Violence (lodged on 15 November 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-279# Crichton University (lodged on 11 November 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-276 BBC Resources and BBC Worldwide (lodged on 11 November 1999) Robin Harper*
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Section H - New Documents
Affirmative Instruments
The following instrument was laid in draft before the Parliament on 10 January 2000 for approval by resolution
The Census (Scotland) Order 2000
laid under Section 1(2) of the Census Act 1920 as read with Section 6(2) of the Statutory Instruments Act 1946 and articles 3 and 12 of the Scotland Act 1998 (Transitory and Transitional Provisions) (Statutory Instruments) Order 1999
European Documents
Members wishing to see a list of European documents received in the Parliament should contact the clerks to the European Committee (stephen.imrie@scottish.parliament.uk). Members are reminded that a complete set of all documents received is held by SPICe in G15, PHQ and copies can be made available on request.
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Section J - Progress of Parliamentary business
For further information on the progress of Bills, subordinate legislation and committees shown in this section, please contact either the relevant clerk or web site (end of Section for addresses)
Bills in Progress
Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Bill
Stage 1 (debate, meeting of the Parliament) 15 December
Abolition of Poindings and Warrant Sales Bill
Stage 1 (evidence, Justice & Home Affairs Committee) 11 January Stage 1(evidence, Local Government Committee; Social
Inclusion, Housing & Voluntary Sector Committee) 12 January
Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Bill
Stage 1 (debate, meeting of the Parliament) 9 December
Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Bill
Bill passed 1 December
Subordinate legislation in progress
(date of laying) (Lead Committee)
Affirmative Instruments
For approval
The Census (Scotland) Order 2000
Negative Instruments
Subject to annulment until 16 January 2000
The Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) (Scotland) Amendment (No.2) Order 1999 (SSI 1999/140) (17 November 1999) (Local Government)
Subject to annulment until 24 January 2000
The Non-Domestic Rating and Contributions (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1999 (SSI 1999/153) (25 November 1999) (Local Government)
Subject to annulment until 25 January 2000
Act of Sederunt (Fees of Solicitors in the Sheriff Court) (Amendment) 1999 (SSI 1999/149) (26 November 1999) (Justice and Home Affairs)
Act of Sederunt (Fees of Sheriff Officers) 1999 (SSI 1999/150) (26 November 1999) (Justice and Home Affairs)
The Local Statutory Provisions (Postponement from Repeal) (Scotland) Order 1999 (SSI 1999/156) (26 November 1999) (Local Government)
The Local Statutory Provisions (Exemption from Repeal) (Scotland) Order 1999 (SSI 1999/157) (26 November 1999) (Local Government)
Subject to annulment until 9 February 2000
The Contaminants in Food Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 1999 (SSI 1999/171) (14 December 1999)
The Building Standards and Procedure Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 1999 (SSI 1999/173) (14 December 1999)
Subject to annulment until 11 February 2000
The Breeding of Dogs (Licensing Records) (Scotland) Regulations 1999 (SSI 1999/176) (16 December 1999)
The Sale of Dogs (Identification Tag) (Scotland) Regulations 1999 (SSI 1999/177) (16 December 1999)
The Beef Bones (Scotland) Regulations 1999 (SSI 1999/186) (16 December 1999)
Subject to annulment until 12 February 2000
The Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) (Scotland) Regulations 1999 (SSI 1999/187) (17 December 1999)
Subject to annulment until 13 February 2000
The Scotland Act 1998 (Agency Arrangements) (Specification) (No.2) Order 1999 (SI 1999/3320) (22 December 1999)
The Shetland Islands Regulated Fishery (Scotland) Order 1999 (SSI 1999/194) (23 December 1999)
The National Health Service (Scotland) (Injury Benefits) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 1999 (SSI 1999/195) (23 December 1999)
The Invergarry-Kyle of Lochalsh Trunk Road (A87) Extension (Skye Bridge Crossing) Toll Order (Variation) Order 1999 (SSI 1999/196) (24 December 1999)
Committee Business
Dates indicate when the next meeting is due to take place on the relevant subject.
Audit See Section A
Education, Culture and Sport See Section A
Enterprise and Lifelong Learning 12 January
Equal Opportunities 18 January
European 17 January
Finance 18 January
Health and Community Care 12 January
Justice and Home Affairs See Section A
Local Government 12 January
Procedures 18 January
Public Petitions 18 January
Rural Affairs 18 January
Social Inclusion, Housing and Voluntary Sector 12 January
Standards 12 January
Subordinate Legislation See Section A
Transport and Environment 19 January
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Section A - Daily Business List
Section B - Business Programme
Section C - Agendas of Committee Meetings
Section D - Oral questions selected for answer on 13 January 2000
Section E - Written questions lodged on 10 January 2000
Section F - Motions and Amendments
Section H - New Documents
Section J - Progress of Parliamentary business
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Section A – Daily Business List
Meetings of Committees
All meetings take place in Committee Chambers, Edinburgh unless otherwise indicated.
Education, Culture and Sport Committee
1st Meeting, 2000
The Committee will meet at 9.30 am in Committee Room 2
1. Choice of Deputy Convener: The Committee will choose a Deputy Convener.
2. Update on Committee business: The Committee will be updated on business in its current work programme.
3. Report from Scottish Football Association: The Committee will consider a report on ticket sale arrangements for Euro 2000 fixture – Hampden Park, 13 November 1999.
4. Hampden Park - Statement by Minister for Children and Education to Parliament, 16th December 1999: The Committee will consider any further action to be taken.
5. Appointment of Adviser for Special Educational Needs Inquiry: The Committee will consider appointment arrangements for an adviser.
6. National Arts Companies Inquiry: The Committee will review the evidence submitted and consider the content of its report.
Justice and Home Affairs Committee
1st Meeting, 2000
The Committee will meet at 9.30 am in Committee Room 1
1. Deputy Convener: The Committee will choose a deputy convener.
2. Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Bill: The Convener to move, That the Justice and Home Affairs Committee consider the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Bill at Stage 2 in the following order: Parts 1 to 4, Parts 6 and 7, Part 5; and that each schedule is considered immediately after the section that introduces it.
3. Abolition of Poindings and Warrant Sales Bill: The Committee will take evidence at Stage 1 on the general principles of the Bill from—
Peter Beaton, Head of Civil Justice and International Division, Justice Department, Scottish Executive;
Deirdrie Hutton, Chairman, Martyn Evans, Director, and Sarah O’Neill, Legal Advisory Officer, Scottish Consumer Council;
Hugh Love and Roderick McPherson, Past Presidents, Society of Messengers-at-Arms and Sheriff Officers.
4. Scottish Prisons: The Committee will take evidence on the future of the Scottish Prisons Service from—
Mrs Marjory Russell, Convener, Association of Visiting Committees for Scottish Penal Establishments;
Clive Fairweather, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland, Eric Fairbairn, Deputy Chief Inspector, Mike Crossan, Inspector, and Brian Henaghan, Staff Officer.
5. Petition: The Committee will consider how to conclude its inquiry into the issues raised by the petition PE14 by the Carbeth Hutters’ Association.
6. Future Business (in private): The Committee will consider its future business programme.
Subordinate Legislation Committee
1st Meeting, 2000
The Committee will meet at 11.15 am in Committee Room 3
1. Negative Instruments: The Committee will consider the following negative instruments—
The Contaminants in Food Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 1999 SSI 1999/171
The Building Standards and Procedure Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 1999 SSI 1999/173
The Breeding of Dogs (Licensing Records) (Scotland) Regulations 1999 SSI 1999/176
The Sale of Dogs (Identification Tag) (Scotland) Regulations 1999 SSI 1999/177
The Beef Bones (Scotland) Regulations 1999 SSI 1999/186
The Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) (Scotland) Regulations 1999 SSI 1999/187
2. Instruments Not Subject To Parliamentary Control: The Committee will consider the following instruments—
The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amensic Shellfish Poisoning) (West Coast) (No.2) Revocation (Scotland) Order 1999 SSI 1999/167
The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (West Coast) (No.3) Revocation (Scotland) Order 1999 SSI 1999/168
The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (West Coast) (No.3) Partial Revocation (Scotland) Order 1999 SSI 1999/169
The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (West Coast) (No.4) Partial Revocation (Scotland) Order 1999 SSI 1999/170
Audit Committee
1st Meeting, 2000
The Committee will meet at 2.00 pm in Committee Room 1
1. Draft Committee Report (in private): Consideration of draft Committee reports on Scottish Further Education Colleges, and the A74(M)/M74 Private Finance Initiative Project.
2. Future Work Programme: The Committee will consider its future work programme.
3. Agricultural Business Improvement Scheme: The Committee will consider correspondence between the Convener and the Convener of the Rural Affairs Committee.
4. Draft Written Agreements: Consideration of Minister for Finance’s response to draft written agreements on financial procedures between the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish Ministers.
5. Deputy Convener: The Committee will choose a Deputy Convener
BUSINESS BULLETIN 3 / 2000
Tuesday 11 January 2000
Section B – Business Programme
As agreed by the Parliament on 16 December 1999
Wednesday 12 January 2000
2.30 pm Time for Reflection
followed by Executive Debate on Children and Young People Looked after by Local Authorities
followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions
5.00 pm Decision Time
followed by Members' Business - debate on the subject of S1M-233 Mr Murray Tosh: Lothian and Borders Sheriff Court Review (for text of motion please see Section F of Business Bulletin for Monday 10 January 2000)
Thursday 13 January 2000
9.30 am Executive Debate on Housing
followed by Business Motion
followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions
2.30 pm Question Time
3.10 pm First Minister's Question Time
3.30 pm Continuation of Executive Debate on Housing
5.00 pm Decision Time
followed by Members' Business – debate on the subject of S1M-283 Mrs Margaret Smith: Social Workers and Violence (for text of motion see Section F of Business Bulletin for Monday 10 January 2000)
BUSINESS BULLETIN 3 / 2000
Tuesday 11 January 2000
Section C – Agendas of Committee Meetings
Standards Committee
12 January 2000
1st Meeting, 2000
The Committee will meet at 9.30 am in Committee Room 3
1. Choice of Deputy Convener: The Committee will choose a Deputy Convener.
2. Draft Code of Conduct for Members: The Committee will consider the draft Code of Conduct for Members in its entirety, and a covering draft Report.
Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Committee
12 January 2000
1st Meeting, 2000
The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in Committee Room 1
1. Tourism Review (in private): The Committee will consider The Scottish Executive’s report on a new strategy for Scottish tourism, formulate its views on the basis of the evidence received, and consider a response to the Minister responsible.
The Committee will take evidence from Mr Alasdair Morrison MSP, Deputy Minister, The Scottish Executive; and The Scottish Tourist Board.
Health and Community Care Committee
12 January 2000
1st Meeting, 2000
The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in The Chamber, Assembly Hall, The Mound
1. Deputy Convener: The Committee will choose a Deputy Convener
2. Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will discuss consideration of Stage 2 of the Bill
3. Letter from Scottish Executive - Health Board Allocations: The Committee will consider letter from the Scottish Executive Health Department outlining Health Board allocations for 2000-2001 and offering a briefing session on health financial allocations
4. Future Business: The Committee will consider future business
Local Government Committee
12 January 2000
1st Meeting, 2000
The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in The Hub
1. Representation of the People Bill: The Committee will consider the Memorandum from the Minister for Communities. (LG/00/1/1)
2. Choice of deputy Convener: The Committee will chose a deputy Convener.
3. Proposals for further visits to Councils: The Committee will consider report LG/00/1/2 by the Convener.
4. Reports from visits to Councils: The Committee will consider reports from visits to—
Highland Council: LG/00/1/3– Reporter, Donald Gorrie
East Renfrewshire: LG/00/1/4 – Reporter, Trish Godman
Aberdeen City Council: LG/00/1/5 – Reporter, Sylvia Jackson
5. Abolition of Poindings and Warrant Sales Bill: The Committee will take evidence from—
Glasgow City Council (Protective Services)
Braendam Link
Social Inclusion, Housing and Voluntary Sector Committee
12 January 2000
1st Meeting, 2000
The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in Committee Room 2
1. Election of Deputy Convener: The Committee will choose a Deputy Convener.
2. Abolition of Poindings and Warrant Sales Bill: The Committee will take evidence at Stage 1, on the general principles of the bill, from—
Paul Gray, Group Director, and other officials, Department of Social Security.
Susan McPhee and Loretta Gaffney, Citizens Advice Scotland.
3. Social inclusion work programme: The Committee will consider a report from Robert Brown MSP on proposed work in the area of social inclusion.
4. Update on Housing Stock Transfer: The Committee will review its consideration of the Executive’s housing stock transfer policy.
5. Future business: The Committee will consider its programme of future business.
BUSINESS BULLETIN 3 / 2000
Tuesday 11 January 2000
Section D – Oral questions selected for answer on 13 January 2000
First Minister's Question Time
1. Mr Alex Salmond: To ask the First Minister when he last met the Secretary of State for Scotland and what issues they discussed. (S1F-1)
2. David McLetchie: To ask the First Minister when he last met the Secretary of State for Scotland and what issues they discussed. (S1F-5)
3. Kay Ullrich: To ask the First Minister whether he will outline his plans to alleviate the current pressures experienced by the NHS. (S1F-15)
4. Mr Duncan McNeil: To ask the First Minister what steps have been taken by Scottish Ministers to support the bid to build up to six roll-on-roll-off ferries for the Ministry of Defence at BAE Systems’ Govan shipyard. (S1F-17)
5. Mr Jamie Stone: To ask the First Minister how much extra funding Scottish police authorities used in policing the millennium compared with the amount forecast. (S1F-13)
6. Phil Gallie: To ask the First Minister what specific discussions he has had with the Home Office and the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities on the issue of asylum seekers. (S1F-10)
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Tuesday 11 January 2000
Section E - Written questions lodged on 10 January 2000
S1W-3610 Mr Kenny MacAskill: To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-3010 by Lord Hardie on 21 December 1999, whether the Crown Office was advised by the Ministry of Defence as to whether all of the software defects in the Chinook FADEC system were removed by the time the FADEC system went into production.
S1W-3611 Mr Kenny MacAskill: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to introduce a sustainable life campaign in Scotland similar to the "Are You Doing Your Bit?" campaign run by the Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions and, if there is to be such a campaign, what level of funding it will receive.
S1W-3612 Brian Adam: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider classifying manic depression as a life-threatening illness.
S1W-3613 Christine Grahame: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will request Her Majesty's Government to obtain from the Department of Trade and Industry, North East of England, figures of the number of Borders workers formerly employed by Viasystems and employed by Viasystems North Tyneside over the past 17 months, and to obtain a breakdown of these figures on a month by month basis with these numbers categorised under the heads "managerial" and "non-managerial".
S1W-3614 Mr Jamie Stone: To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to investigate the possibility of introducing an early retirement scheme for farmers and crofters.
S1W-3615 Mr Jamie Stone: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will detail what action is being taken to tackle any welfare problems of caste ewes and whether it is considering (a) issuing legally binding notices to vets to give them powers to address any welfare problems and (b) enhancing existing animal welfare legislation to make neglect a more serious offence.
S1W-3616 Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: To ask the Scottish Executive how many prosecutions there have been for fraudulent housing benefit claims, and in which local authority areas.
S1W-3617 Mr Kenny MacAskill: To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-3269 by Jack McConnell on 27 December 1999, what amount or percentage of District Court activity was related to Road Traffic offences.
S1W-3618 Mr Kenny MacAskill: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will direct and advise the Strategic Rail Authority that the franchise for the East Coast line must include a contract to electrify the section from Edinburgh to Aberdeen within a reasonable time-scale.
S1W-3619 Mr Kenny MacAskill: To ask the Presiding Officer, further to the answer to question S1W-3268 by Sir David Steel on 27 December 1999, to specify the amount of power expected to be generated by solar panels in the Holyrood building and the approximate percentage of the domestic water supply to be provided by this method.
S1W-3620 Mr Kenny MacAskill: To ask the Presiding Officer, further to the answer to question S1W-3275 by Sir David Steel on 27 December 1999, to specify the percentage and amount of materials from the Holyrood site retained for possible future use and the percentage and amount of materials from the site that have been otherwise disposed of.
S1W-3621 David Mundell: To ask the Scottish Executive what weight it gives to the need to police the M74 and A75 when considering the allocation of resources to Dumfries and Galloway Police Force.
S1W-3622 David Mundell: To ask the Presiding Officer what use has been made of the videoconferencing facilities in Parliament buildings to date. R
S1W-3623 David Mundell: To ask the Presiding Officer what steps the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body has taken to promote the use of the videoconferencing facilities in the Parliament buildings. R
S1W-3624 David Mundell: To ask the Presiding Officer whether the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body has commissioned any study into the comparative costs of travel by members to meetings and use of videoconferencing facilities. R
S1W-3625 David Mundell: To ask the Scottish Executive what videoconferencing facilities are available to Ministers and officials. R
S1W-3626 David Mundell: To ask the Scottish Executive whether any guidelines on the use of videoconferencing facilities have been issued to Ministers and their officials and, if so, what these guidelines are. R
S1W-3627 David Mundell: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has commissioned any study into the comparative costs of travel by Ministers and officials to meetings and use of videoconferencing facilities. R
S1W-3628 David Mundell: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has entered into discussions with Her Majesty's Government, local authorities or other bodies with a view to achieving a co-ordinated approach to the use of videoconferencing facilities and, if so, what has been the outcome of those discussions. R
S1W-3629 Shona Robison: To ask the Scottish Executive when I will receive a reply to my letter dated 22 November to Jackie Baillie regarding Dundee Women’s Aid.
S1W-3630 Shona Robison: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to make a statement on the recent announcement by Professor David Nicholls of Dundee University that he and his team are to leave Scotland to continue his pioneering work into brain disorders in the United States.
S1W-3631 Shona Robison: To ask the Scottish Executive what is the average salary for a newly qualified scientist in Scotland and how this compares to the same in the United States.
S1W-3632 Shona Robison: To ask the Scottish Executive how many scientists it estimates have left Scotland to work elsewhere in each year since 1990.
S1W-3633 Shona Robison: To ask the Scottish Executive what level of financial support for medical research has been provided in Scotland in each year since 1990.
S1W-3634 Mr Murray Tosh: To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1O-803 by Sarah Boyack on 9 December 1999, whether the rail passenger transport scheme is the only fund controlled by the shadow strategic rail authority which can be used to fund investment in new railway infrastructure in Scotland, what resources are available from this scheme in 1999-2000, and what resources are available from this scheme in 1999-2000 for new railway infrastructure in Scotland.
S1W-3635 Mr Murray Tosh: To ask the Scottish Executive how it has responded to the request from Scottish Borders Council for an additional housing revenue account borrowing consent of £250,000.
S1W-3636 Mr Murray Tosh: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it maintains a central register of all waste-incineration facilities in Scotland, and of the quantities and categories of materials sent annually for incineration.
S1W-3637 Mr Murray Tosh: To ask the Scottish Executive when it last surveyed the availability of aggregates in Scotland, and when it expects to issue its findings.
S1W-3638 Mr Murray Tosh: To ask the Scottish Executive whether its review of the planning system will bring forward proposals to prevent or control the implementation of "begun developments" either in general where significant time periods have elapsed between development beginning and the implementation of subsequent phases of development, or in circumstances where either the adopted Structure and Local Plans have been amended materially in the interim, or where the relevant planning authority considers that the development proposal should now be subject to traffic, environmental impact or other assessments which were not required when the original consent was issued.
S1W-3639 Mr Jamie Stone: To ask the Scottish Executive what, if any, powers it has to take steps to underpin the future viability of Scotland’s network of locally run community radio stations and what action it plans to take in this respect
BUSINESS BULLETIN 3 / 2000
Tuesday 11 January 2000
Section F - Motions and Amendments
The full text of all outstanding motions and amendments will appear in the Business Bulletin every Monday.
Items marked with an asterisk (*) are new or have been altered. Asterisks in the text show the extent of alterations made.
Motions which members wish to be considered for debate as members’ business in the Parliament are marked with a hash symbol (#).
*S1M-406 Mr Sam Galbraith: Children and Young People Looked After by Local Authorities—That the Parliament endorses the important action being taken to improve the quality of care and support for every child and young person looked after by local authorities; supports strengthening key services for those young people through extra resources to develop more integrated approaches to their needs, new performance measures to highlight actual outcomes for each child, especially those leaving care, and research to evaluate how well those looked after at home are supported, and recognises the importance of ensuring that each and every child or young person looked after by local authorities can share fully in the benefits of education, health and social justice programmes.
*S1M-405 Ms Wendy Alexander: Representation of People Bill—That the Parliament endorses the principle of ensuring consistency of absent voting provisions for parliamentary and local elections in Scotland as set out in the Representation of People Bill and agrees that the relevant provision to achieve this end in the Bill should be considered by the UK Parliament.
*S1M-404 Nora Radcliffe: Sandra Gregory—That the Parliament supports the application by Sandra Gregory for a Royal Pardon from the King of Thailand on which a decision is expected shortly; notes that she was a first time offender and seriously ill when committing the crime which led to her arrest in Thailand; acknowledges that she is serving a disproportionately high sentence compared to that which she would have received from a British judge; notes that an application for a Royal Pardon is an integral part of the Thai judicial system; fears that the current refusal by Her Majesty’s Government to support her application may be interpreted by the Thai authorities as a lack of support; notes the groundswell of public and political support for her immediate release from HMP Cookham Wood; is concerned that it will be a further two years before she can re-apply for a Royal Pardon, and calls upon the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to support her application to the King of Thailand.
S1M-403# Out-of-Town Development at Girvan (lodged on 7 January 2000) Alasdair Morgan*, Robin Harper*
S1M-402# Dumfries and Galloway Standard's Millennium Jobs Crusade (lodged on 7 January 2000) Phil Gallie*, Christine Grahame*, Robin Harper*
S1M-401 Third World Debt (lodged on 6 January 2000) Alasdair Morgan*, Robin Harper*
S1M-400 Compensation for British Former Prisoners of the Japanese (lodged on 5 January 2000) Alasdair Morgan*, Robin Harper*
S1M-399 Dyslexia (lodged on 5 January 2000) Alasdair Morgan*, Robin Harper*
S1M-398# BBC 2 Scotland Reception (lodged on 5 January 2000) Christine Grahame*, Michael Russell*
S1M-397 Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Bill (Stage 2 order of consideration) (lodged on 22 December 1999) Alasdair Morgan*, Robin Harper*, Angus MacKay*
S1M-394 Prostate Cancer Screening (lodged on 16 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-393# Boharm School (lodged on 16 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-392 Agricultural Business Improvement Scheme (lodged on 16 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-389 Water and Sewerage Charges and Low Income Households (lodged on 15 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-387 Medical Use of Cannabinoids (lodged on 15 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-384 Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme (lodged on 15 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-380# Cross Examination During Sexual Crimes Trials (lodged on 14 December 1999) Maureen Macmillan*R, Robin Harper*
S1M-377# Malnutrition in Scotland: A Public Health Problem (lodged on 13 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-376 Agricultural Business Improvement Schemes (lodged on 13 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-375 Highlands and Islands (lodged on 13 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-374 Joint Working with Northern Ireland Assembly (lodged on 9 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-373# Meeting Tayside's Health Needs (lodged on 9 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-372# Dispersal of Civil Service Jobs to Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (lodged on 9 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-370 Integrated Detoxification and Rehabilitation Centre in North East (lodged on 8 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-368 Scottish Heart at Risk Testing (lodged on 8 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-367 Jobs Crisis in the Highlands and Islands (lodged on 8 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-366# Equality of Opportunity for People with Hearing Impairment (lodged on 8 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-363 Campaign for Scotland's Post Offices (lodged on 7 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-362# Deprivation in Aberdeen (lodged on 7 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-361# Rural Sub Post Offices (lodged on 7 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-360# Concessionary Fares for Pensioners (lodged on 7 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-359 Greengairs: Environmental Award (lodged on 7 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-357 Establishment of Committee on International Relations (lodged on 6 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-355# The Education of Children with Severe Low Incidence Disabilities (lodged on 3 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-351# Beauforts Dyke Disturbance (lodged on 2 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-348# National Concessionary Travel Scheme For Older People (lodged on 2 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-347 Nigel Tranter (lodged on 2 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-343 Northern Ireland Assembly (lodged on 1 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-342# Scots in the 2001 Census (lodged on 1 December 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-337 Support for Trade Unions in South America (lodged on 29 November 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-335# Teenage Pregnancy (lodged on 29 November 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-332 Objective 2 Funding (lodged on 26 November 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-323 Hepatitis C Inquiry (lodged on 24 November 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-322 Prudence in Scottish Parliamentary Spending (lodged on 24 November 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-318# Use of British Sign Language in the Scottish Parliament (lodged on 23 November 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-308# Funding of Agricultural Business Improvement Scheme (lodged on 19 November 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-304# Asylum and Immigration Act (lodged on 18 November 1999) Michael Russell*
S1M-300 National Air Traffic Control (lodged on 18 November 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-294# Closure of Penninghame Open Prison (lodged on 16 November 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-289 GM Foods (lodged on 17 November 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-284 Dangers of Fireworks (lodged on 15 November 1999) Maureen Macmillan*
S1M-283# Social Workers and Violence (lodged on 15 November 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-279# Crichton University (lodged on 11 November 1999) Robin Harper*
S1M-276 BBC Resources and BBC Worldwide (lodged on 11 November 1999) Robin Harper*
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Tuesday 11 January 2000
Section H - New Documents
Affirmative Instruments
The following instrument was laid in draft before the Parliament on 10 January 2000 for approval by resolution
The Census (Scotland) Order 2000
laid under Section 1(2) of the Census Act 1920 as read with Section 6(2) of the Statutory Instruments Act 1946 and articles 3 and 12 of the Scotland Act 1998 (Transitory and Transitional Provisions) (Statutory Instruments) Order 1999
European Documents
Members wishing to see a list of European documents received in the Parliament should contact the clerks to the European Committee (stephen.imrie@scottish.parliament.uk). Members are reminded that a complete set of all documents received is held by SPICe in G15, PHQ and copies can be made available on request.
BUSINESS BULLETIN 3 / 2000
Tuesday 11 January 2000
Section J - Progress of Parliamentary business
For further information on the progress of Bills, subordinate legislation and committees shown in this section, please contact either the relevant clerk or web site (end of Section for addresses)
Bills in Progress
Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Bill
Stage 1 (debate, meeting of the Parliament) 15 December
Abolition of Poindings and Warrant Sales Bill
Stage 1 (evidence, Justice & Home Affairs Committee) 11 January Stage 1(evidence, Local Government Committee; Social
Inclusion, Housing & Voluntary Sector Committee) 12 January
Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Bill
Stage 1 (debate, meeting of the Parliament) 9 December
Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Bill
Bill passed 1 December
Subordinate legislation in progress
(date of laying) (Lead Committee)
Affirmative Instruments
For approval
The Census (Scotland) Order 2000
Negative Instruments
Subject to annulment until 16 January 2000
The Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) (Scotland) Amendment (No.2) Order 1999 (SSI 1999/140) (17 November 1999) (Local Government)
Subject to annulment until 24 January 2000
The Non-Domestic Rating and Contributions (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1999 (SSI 1999/153) (25 November 1999) (Local Government)
Subject to annulment until 25 January 2000
Act of Sederunt (Fees of Solicitors in the Sheriff Court) (Amendment) 1999 (SSI 1999/149) (26 November 1999) (Justice and Home Affairs)
Act of Sederunt (Fees of Sheriff Officers) 1999 (SSI 1999/150) (26 November 1999) (Justice and Home Affairs)
The Local Statutory Provisions (Postponement from Repeal) (Scotland) Order 1999 (SSI 1999/156) (26 November 1999) (Local Government)
The Local Statutory Provisions (Exemption from Repeal) (Scotland) Order 1999 (SSI 1999/157) (26 November 1999) (Local Government)
Subject to annulment until 9 February 2000
The Contaminants in Food Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 1999 (SSI 1999/171) (14 December 1999)
The Building Standards and Procedure Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 1999 (SSI 1999/173) (14 December 1999)
Subject to annulment until 11 February 2000
The Breeding of Dogs (Licensing Records) (Scotland) Regulations 1999 (SSI 1999/176) (16 December 1999)
The Sale of Dogs (Identification Tag) (Scotland) Regulations 1999 (SSI 1999/177) (16 December 1999)
The Beef Bones (Scotland) Regulations 1999 (SSI 1999/186) (16 December 1999)
Subject to annulment until 12 February 2000
The Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) (Scotland) Regulations 1999 (SSI 1999/187) (17 December 1999)
Subject to annulment until 13 February 2000
The Scotland Act 1998 (Agency Arrangements) (Specification) (No.2) Order 1999 (SI 1999/3320) (22 December 1999)
The Shetland Islands Regulated Fishery (Scotland) Order 1999 (SSI 1999/194) (23 December 1999)
The National Health Service (Scotland) (Injury Benefits) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 1999 (SSI 1999/195) (23 December 1999)
The Invergarry-Kyle of Lochalsh Trunk Road (A87) Extension (Skye Bridge Crossing) Toll Order (Variation) Order 1999 (SSI 1999/196) (24 December 1999)
Committee Business
Dates indicate when the next meeting is due to take place on the relevant subject.
Audit See Section A
Education, Culture and Sport See Section A
Enterprise and Lifelong Learning 12 January
Equal Opportunities 18 January
European 17 January
Finance 18 January
Health and Community Care 12 January
Justice and Home Affairs See Section A
Local Government 12 January
Procedures 18 January
Public Petitions 18 January
Rural Affairs 18 January
Social Inclusion, Housing and Voluntary Sector 12 January
Standards 12 January
Subordinate Legislation See Section A
Transport and Environment 19 January
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