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.
Health and Sport Committee
5 May 2015
14th Meeting, 2015
The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in the James Clerk Maxwell Room (CR4)
1. Carers (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence, in round-table format, on the Bill at Stage 1 from—
Andrew Strong, Policy and Information Manager, Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE);
Fiona Collie, Policy and Public Affairs Manager, Carers Scotland;
Heather Noller, Policy and Parliamentary Officer, Carers Trust Scotland;
Claire Cairns, Network Coordinator, The Coalition of Carers in Scotland;
Scott Read, Policy and Development Officer, Scottish Transitions Forum;
Suzanne Munday, Chief Executive, Minority Ethnic Carers of Older People Project (MECOPP);
Ben Hall, Communications Developer, Shared Care Scotland.
Proposed future business
At its next meeting, on 12 May, the Committee expects to consider oral evidence on Carers (Scotland) Bill amd its approach to its NHS boards budget scrutiny.
Justice Committee
5 May 2015
14th 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 5 in private.
2. Inquiries into Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths etc. (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—
Lord Cullen of Whitekirk;
and then from—
Julie Love, Chairperson, Death Abroad - You’re Not Alone;
Louise Taggart, Founder Member, Families Against Corporate Killers;
Flt Lt James Jones RAF (Rtd), Campaigner.
3. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instruments—
Firemen’s Pension Scheme (Amendment) (Scotland) Order 2015 (SSI 2015/140);
Firefighters’ Pension Schemes (Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (SSI 2015/141);
Police Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (SSI 2015/142);
Firefighters’ Compensation Scheme and Pension Scheme (Amendment) (Scotland) Order 2015 (SSI 2015/143);
Firemen’s Pension Scheme (Amendment No. 2) (Scotland) Order 2015 (SSI 2015/173);
Police Pensions (Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (SSI 2015/174).
4. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following instrument which is not subject to any parliamentary procedure—
Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules Amendment No. 2) (European Protection Orders) 2015 (SSI 2015/121).
5. Work programme: The Committee will consider its work programme.
Proposed future business
At its next meeting, on 12 May, the Committee expects to continue taking evidence on the Inquiries into Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths etc. (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1 and to consider subordinate legislation.
Welfare Reform Committee
5 May 2015
8th Meeting, 2015
The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in the Sir Alexander Fleming Room (CR3)
1. ‘Your Say’ evidence session on Personal Independence Payments: The Committee will take evidence from—
Alison Arnott;
Norman Gray;
Mairi MacGregor;
Moira Sinclair;
Lindsay Souter;
and then from—
Katie Ross, Income Maximisation Adviser, Orkney Citizens Advice Bureau.
2. Women and welfare debate: The Committee will consider whether it wishes to submit a request for a Chamber debate on women and welfare at a future meeting of the Parliament.
3. Annual report: The Committee will consider a draft annual report for the parliamentary year from 11 May 2014 to 10 May 2015.
Proposed future business
At its next meeting, on 19 May, the Committee expects to take oral evidence on its Women and Welfare inquiry. It also expects to take further evidence on the mitigation of the so called ‘bedroom tax’.
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
5 May 2015
15th Meeting, 2015
The Committee will meet at 1.00 pm in the Robert Burns Room (CR1)
1. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure: The Committee will consider the following—
Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Cash Searches: Constables in Scotland: Code of Practice) Order 2015 [draft];
Provision of Early Learning and Childcare (Specified Children) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2015 [draft].
2. Instruments subject to negative procedure: The Committee will consider the following—
Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 2011 (Authorisation of Cremation – Death Outwith Scotland) Regulations 2015 (SSI 2015/162);
Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 2011 (Application for Review) Regulations 2015 (SSI 2015/163);
Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 2011 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2015 (SSI 2015/164);
Certification of Death (Scotland) Act 2011 (Post-Mortem Examinations – Death Outwith United Kingdom) Regulations 2015 (SSI 2015/165);
Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965 (Prohibition on Disposal of a Body without Authorisation) Regulations 2015 (SSI 2015/166).
3. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure: The Committee will consider the following—
Act of Sederunt (Ordinary Cause Rules Amendment) (Proving the Tenor and Reduction) 2015 (SSI 2015/176);
Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (Commencement No. 12) Order 2015 (SSI 2015/177 (C.28));
Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2015 (SSI 2015/179 (C.29));
Registration of Births, Still-births, Deaths and Marriages (Prescription of Forms) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2015 (SSI 2015/180).
4. Education (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider its approach to the delegated powers provisions in this Bill at Stage 1.
Proposed future business
The Committee will next meet on 12 May.
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