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 on the committee hub page.
Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee
21 January 2015
2nd Meeting, 2015
The Committee will meet at 9.15 am in the James Clerk Maxwell Room (CR4)
1. Economic Impact of the Creative Industries (in private): The Committee will consider a request to submit written evidence anonymously.
2. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 4 in private.
3. Economic Impact of the Creative Industries: The Committee will take evidence from—
Ewan Angus, Head of Commissioning, BBC Scotland;
Alan Clements, Director of Content, STV;
Ian MacKenzie, Development Manager, Channel 4;
Drew McFarlane, National Organiser for Scotland and Northern Ireland, Equity;
Jane Muirhead, National Director, Scotland, PACT;
and then from—
Ken Hay, Chief Executive, Centre for the Moving Image (CMI);
John Archer, Producer, Hopscotch Films & Chair of Independent Producers Scotland;
Arabella Page Croft, Producer, Black Camel Pictures;
Bob Last, Independent Producer;
Iain Smith, Producer, and Chair, British Film Commission.
4. Review of evidence heard The Committee will review the evidence heard at today’s meeting.
Proposed future business
At its next meeting, on 28 January, the Committee will continue to take evidence on its Economic Impact of the Creative Industries inquiry.
Finance Committee
21 January 2015
3rd 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 to take items 3 and 4 in private.
2. Further Fiscal Devolution: The Committee will take evidence from—
Colin Borland, Head of External Affairs, FSB Scotland;
Garry Clark, Head of Policy and Research, Scottish Chambers of Commerce;
Nicola Walker, Director of Devolution, Confederation of British Industry;
and then from—
Edward Troup, Second Permanent Secretary, and Sarah Walker, Deputy Director and Head of Devolution Team, HM Revenue and Customs.
3. Community Charge Debt (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider a draft Stage 1 report.
4. Proposed Contingent Liability: The Committee will consider its approach to a proposed contingent liability.
Proposed future business
At its next meeting, on 28 January, the Committee will continue to take evidence on its Further Fiscal Devolution inquiry. The Committee also expects to consider the subordinate legislation in relation to the devolved taxes.
Local Government and Regeneration Committee
21 January 2015
3rd Meeting, 2015
The Committee will meet at 9.30 am in the Sir Alexander Fleming Room (CR3)
1. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instrument—
Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (Scottish Public Authorities) Amendment Order 2014 (SSI 2014/354)
2. Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—
Dr James Cooper, Edinburgh Napier University;
and then from—
Kevin Woodburn, Edinburgh City Private Hire;
Les McVay, CityCabs;
Bill McIntosh, Scottish Taxi Federation;
and then from—
Audrey Watson, Managing Solicitor, West Lothian Licensing Board;
Douglas Campbell, Assistant Managing Solicitor (Licensing), Renfrewshire Council;
Tom Berney, Chair, Scottish Older Persons Assembly.
3. Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Bill (in private): The Committee will consider the evidence received.
4. Community Empowerment (Scotland) Bill (in private): The Committee will consider a draft Stage 1 report.
Public Audit Committee
21 January 2015
2nd Meeting, 2015
The Committee will meet at 9.30 am in the Mary Fairfax Somerville Room (CR2)
1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 3 in private.
2. Section 23 report - Community planning: Turning ambition into action: The Committee will take evidence on the Auditor General for Scotland’s report entitled Community planning: Turning ambition into action from—
Cllr Jenny Laing, Council Leader, Aberdeen City Council;
Chief Superintendent Adrian Watson, Local Police Commander, Aberdeen City Division, Police Scotland;
Susan Webb, Interim Director of Public Health, NHS Grampian;
Cllr David Parker, Council Leader, Scottish Borders Council;
Alistair McKinnon, Regional Director, South of Scotland, Scottish Enterprise;
John Raine, Chair, NHS Borders;
and then from—
Sarah Davidson, Director-General Communities, Scottish Government;
Cllr David O’Neill, President, COSLA;
Pat Watters, Chair, National Community Planning Group.
3. Section 23 report - Community planning: Turning ambition into action: The Committee will consider its approach to the Auditor General for Scotland report entitled "Community planning: Turning ambition into action" and take evidence from—
Caroline Gardner, Auditor General for Scotland;
Antony Clark, Assistant Director, Best Value, Scrutiny and Improvement, Audit Scotland.
Proposed future business
At its next meeting, held in Inverness on 2 February, the Committee expects to take evidence from NHS Highland on the Audit Scotland report entitled “The 2013/14 audit of NHS Highland: Financial management”.
Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee
21 January 2015
3rd Meeting, 2015
The Committee will meet at 9.30 am in the Adam Smith Room (CR5)
1. Scotland’s National Marine Plan (in private): The Committee will consider a draft report on the Scottish Government’s National Marine Plan.
2. Community Empowerment (Scotland) Bill (in private): The Committee will consider a draft stage 1 report on Part 4 of the Bill.
Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee
21 January 2015
2nd Meeting, 2015
The Committee will meet at 10.00 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. Housing Update: The Committee will take evidence from—
Margaret Burgess, Minister for Housing and Welfare, Bill Barron, Division Head, Housing Services and Regeneration, Caroline Dicks, Acting Unit Head of Housing Supply Division, and Barry Stalker, Team Leader, Private Rented Sector, Scottish Government.
3. Work programme: The Committee will consider its work programme.
Proposed future business
At its next meeting, on 4 February, the Committee expects to consider freight evidence.
Devolution (Further Powers) Committee
22 January 2015
3rd Meeting, 2015
The Committee will meet at 9.30 am in the David Livingstone Room (CR6)
1. Evidence from Scottish business organisations on the Smith Agreement. The Committee will take evidence from—
David Watt, Executive Director, Institute of Directors;
Ross Martin, Chief Executive, Scottish Council for Development and Industry;
Alan Watt, Chief Executive, Civil Engineering Contractors Association;
Stuart Patrick, Chief Executive, Glasgow Chamber of Commerce.
Proposed future business
The committee will publish details of its next meeting shortly.
European and External Relations Committee
22 January 2015
2nd Meeting, 2015
The Committee will meet at 10.15 am in the Robert Burns Room (CR1)
1. EU Strategy: The Committee will take evidence from—
Jacqueline Minor, Head of Representation in the United Kingdom, European Commission.
2. Brussels Bulletin: The Committee will consider the latest issue of the Brussels Bulletin.
Proposed future business
At its next meeting, on 5 February, the Committee will take evidence from the Deputy First Minister on Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP); will consider its approach for the second strand of Connecting Scotland inquiry and will consider the latest issue of the Brussels Bulletin.
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