Meetings of Committees
All meetings take place in the Scottish Parliament, unless otherwise specified.
Devolution (Further Powers) Committee
2nd Meeting, 2015
The Committee will meet at 9.30 am in the Mary Fairfax Somerville Room (CR2)
1. Declaration of interests: Duncan McNeil will be invited to declare any relevant interests.
2. Choice of Deputy Convener: The Committee will choose a new Deputy Convener.
3. Evidence from civic Scotland organisations on the Smith Agreement. The Committee will then take evidence from—
Peter Kelly, Director, Poverty Alliance;
Dave Moxham, Deputy General Secretary, Scottish Trades Union Congress;
Lucy McTernan, Deputy Chief Executive, Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations;
Satwat Rehman, Director, One Parent Families Scotland;
Bill Scott, Director of Policy, Inclusion Scotland;
Mary Taylor, Chief Executive, Scottish Federation of Housing Associations.
Equal Opportunities Committee
1st Meeting, 2015
The Committee will meet at 9.30 am in the James Clerk Maxwell Room (CR4)
1. Declaration of interests: Jayne Baxter will be invited to declare any relevant interests.
2. Age and social isolation - witness expenses: The Committee will be invited to delegate to the Convener responsibility for arranging for the SPCB to pay, under Rule 12.4.3, any expenses of witnesses in the inquiry.
European and External Relations Committee
1st Meeting, 2015
The Committee will meet at 9.30 am in the Robert Burns Room (CR1)
1. Declaration of interests: Anne McTaggart will be invited to declare any relevant interests.
2. Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) – European Commission The Committee will take evidence, in a video conference, from—
Hiddo Houben, Deputy Chief Negotiator for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, European Commission.
Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
1st Meeting, 2015
The Committee will meet at 9.30 am in the David Livingstone Room (CR6)
1. Declaration of interests: Patricia Ferguson and Gil Paterson will be invited to declare any relevant interests.
2. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether its consideration of its work programme and the written evidence received on its inquiry into elected conveners should be taken in private at future meetings.
3. Cross-Party Group: The Committee will consider the membership of the Cross-Party Group on Video Games Technology.
4. Inquiry into lobbying (in private): The Committee will consider a draft report.
Meeting of the Parliament
11.40 am Parliamentary Bureau Motions
11.40 am General Questions
1. Paul Martin: [Not Lodged]
2. George Adam: To ask the Scottish Government what impact the recent fan zone at St Mirren Park will have on its policy on banning alcohol at football matches. (S4O-03902)
3. Kenneth Gibson: To ask the Scottish Government whether it will review the impact of employment tribunal fees prior to their proposed devolution. (S4O-03903)
4. James Dornan: To ask the Scottish Government when it last met representatives of COSLA and what issues where discussed. (S4O-03904)
5. Hugh Henry: To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to protect people who serve the public from abuse or violence at work. (S4O-03905)
6. Jenny Marra: To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to assist business start-ups. (S4O-03906)
7. Angus MacDonald: To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding the Committee on Toxicity’s investigation into the use of organophosphate products by farmers and crofters in the 1980s and 90s. (S4O-03907)
8. Jackie Baillie: [Not Lodged]
9. Colin Keir: To ask the Scottish Government what improvements will be made to commuter rail services into Edinburgh as a result of the awarding of the franchise to Abellio, which is due to take effect from April 2015. (S4O-03909)
10. Annabel Goldie: To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to alleviate the planned disruption to Glasgow-Edinburgh rail services in summer 2015. (S4O-03910)
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-02518)
2. Ruth Davidson: To ask the First Minister when she will next meet the Secretary of State for Scotland. (S4F-02515)
3. Willie Rennie: To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet. (S4F-02516)
4. Jim Eadie: To ask the First Minister what steps the Scottish Government is taking to support NHS frontline services. (S4F-02522)
5. Jackie Baillie: To ask the First Minister for what reason the Scottish Government’s budget underspends have increased over the last few years when its budgets have been reduced. (S4F-02525)
6. Liz Smith: To ask the First Minister what discussions the Scottish Government has had with the UK Government in light of the recent terrorist attacks in France. (S4F-02517)
followed by Members’ Business
Debate on the subject of—
S4M-11325 John Mason: Equal Pay—That the Parliament notes the recent report from the Resolution Foundation, which suggests that a record five million people in the UK are stuck in low-paid jobs, including in Glasgow Shettleston; believes that the statutory UK national minimum wage of £6.50 per hour is too low to counterbalance the ever increasing cost of living; understands that the living wage of £7.65 is only a voluntary scheme and is not statutory, therefore does not ensure equal pay protection to all workers in the public, private or voluntary sectors, and notes the belief that the only way to ensure that genuine pay equality is achieved would be to make the living wage a statutory scheme for all employers.
2.30 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions
followed by Election to the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body
followed by Scottish Government Debate: Commending the People who Keep Scotland Safe in Emergencies
S4M-12060 Michael Matheson: Commending the People who Keep Scotland Safe in Emergencies—That the Parliament applauds the excellent work undertaken by all of the brave and dedicated men and women of Scotland’s emergency services, both blue light and voluntary, who meet significant challenges on a daily basis to help keep communities safe and respond where and whenever there is need; acknowledges that Scotland has been reminded of this again through the events over the festive period, and commits to support all of the emergency services in the years ahead.
The Presiding Officer has selected the following amendments
S4M-12060.2 Hugh Henry: Commending the People who Keep Scotland Safe in Emergencies—As an amendment to motion S4M-12060 in the name of Michael Matheson (Commending the People who Keep Scotland Safe in Emergencies), insert at end “; welcomes the cross-party support for the efforts of the emergency services but also recognises the challenges and pressures that they face and therefore commits to doing everything that it can to provide the necessary resources to enable them to do their jobs effectively; to that end, agrees to hold an inquiry into the resilience of the emergency services, including voluntary, to allow frontline staff and volunteers to have their voices heard and to explore the resources required to allow them to do their jobs effectively, and further agrees that the Justice Committee and the Health and Sport Committee should lead in relation to their respective remits”.
S4M-12060.1 Jackson Carlaw: Commending the People who Keep Scotland Safe in Emergencies—As an amendment to motion S4M-12060 in the name of Michael Matheson (Commending the People who Keep Scotland Safe in Emergencies), leave out first “services” and insert “and other services, together with those elsewhere in the UK,”.
followed by Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body Debate: Re-appointment of a Member of the Standards Commission for Scotland
S4M-12062 Liz Smith on behalf of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body: Reappointment of a Member of the Standards Commission for Scotland—That the Parliament agrees to the reappointment of Mrs Julia Ward as a Member of the Standards Commission for Scotland under Schedule 7 of the Scottish Parliamentary Commission and Commissioners etc. Act 2010.
followed by Legislative Consent Motion: Modern Slavery Bill – UK Legislation
S4M-11999 Michael Matheson: Modern Slavery Bill – UK Legislation—That the Parliament agrees that the relevant provisions of the Modern Slavery Bill, introduced in the House of Commons on 10 June 2014, relating to enforcement powers in relation to ships and the Anti-Slavery Commissioner, so far as these matters fall within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament or alter the functions of the Scottish Ministers, should be considered by the UK Parliament.
followed by Business Motions
followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions
5.00 pm Decision Time
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