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
19 May 2015
16th Meeting, 2015
The Committee will meet at 9.45 am in the James Clerk Maxwell Room (CR4)
1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 3 in private.
2. Mental Health (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the Bill at Stage 2 (Day 1).
3. Fertility Treatment: The Committee will consider its approach.
Proposed future business
At its next meeting, on 26 May, the Committee expects to consider the Mental Health (Scotland) bill and oral evidence on Carers (Scotland) Bill.
Education and Culture Committee
19 May 2015
12th Meeting, 2015
The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in the Robert Burns Room (CR1)
1. Attainment (sensory impairment): The Committee will take evidence from—
Marie Kelly, Education Senior Manager, East Renfrewshire Council;
David Watt, Senior Education Officer, Education Scotland;
Brian Shannan, Educational Audiologist, Fife Sensory Support Service, Fife Council;
Eileen Burns, Headteacher, Hamilton School for the Deaf;
Richard Hellewell, Chief Executive, Royal Blind.
Proposed future business
At its next meeting, on 26 May, the Committee will take evidence on its inquiry on attainment of pupils with a sensory impairment from the Scottish Government.
Justice Committee
19 May 2015
16th Meeting, 2015
The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in the David Livingstone Room (CR6)
1. Decisions on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 4 and 5 in private.
2. Petition PE1567: The Committee will consider a petition by Donna O’Halloran on investigating unascertained deaths, suicides and fatal accidents in Scotland.
3. Inquiries into Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths etc. (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—
James Wolffe QC, Dean, Faculty of Advocates;
Tom Marshall, President, Society of Solicitor Advocates;
and then from—
Sheriff Gordon Liddle, Vice-President, and Sheriff Nikola Stewart, Sheriffs’ Association;
and then from—
The Rt Hon Lord Gill, Lord President and Lord Justice General;
Eric McQueen, Chief Executive, Scottish Court Service.
4. Community Justice (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider its call for written evidence on the Bill at Stage 1.
5. Apologies (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider witnesses for its scrutiny of the Bill at Stage 1.
Proposed future business
At its next meeting, on 26 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 take evidence on the Prisoners (Control of Release) (Scotland) Bill at Stage 2.
Welfare Reform Committee
19 May 2015
9th Meeting, 2015
The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in the Mary Fairfax Somerville Room (CR2)
1. Bedroom tax mitigation follow up: The Committee will take evidence from—
Scott Wilson, previous ‘Your Say’ witness;
Alan Wyllie, National Spokesperson, No2BedroomTax Campaign;
Hanna McCulloch, Policy and Parliamentary Officer, Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) in Scotland;
Jeremy Hewer, Policy Advisor, Scottish Federation of Housing Associations;
Susan Donald, Benefits Manager, Aberdeenshire Council;
Lorna Campbell, Service Manager Revenues and Benefits, Dumfries and Galloway Council;
Cliff Dryburgh, Benefits Manager, City of Edinburgh Council;
Annette Finnan, Head of Area Services, Housing and Technical Resources, South Lanarkshire Council.
2. Women and welfare: The Committee will take evidence from—
Professor Diane Elson, Chair, UK Women’s Budget Group;
Dr Helen Graham, Research Fellow, Employment Research Institute, Edinburgh Napier University;
Morag Gillespie, Senior Research Fellow, Glasgow Caledonian University;
Howard Reed, Director, Landman Economics.
Proposed future business
At its next meeting, on 2 June, the Committee expects to continue to take oral evidence on its Women and Welfare inquiry.
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
19 May 2015
17th Meeting, 2015
The Committee will meet at 11.30 am in the Adam Smith Room (CR5)
1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 5 in private.
2. Instruments subject to negative procedure: The Committee will consider the following—
Town and Country Planning (Hazardous Substances) (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (SSI 2015/181);
Town and Country Planning (Hazardous Substances Inquiry Session Procedure) (Scotland) Rules 2015 (SSI 2015/182);
Scottish Tax Tribunals (Time Limits and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2015 (SSI 2015/184);
Less Favoured Area Support Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2015 (SSI 2015/185);
Carbon Accounting Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2015 (SSI 2015/189).
3. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure: The Committee will consider the following—
Scottish Tax Tribunals (Conduct and Fitness Assessment Tribunal) Rules 2015 (SSI 2015/187);
Forth Road Bridge Act 2013 (Commencement) Order 2015 (SSI 2015/190 (C.30)).
4. Annual report: The Committee will consider a draft annual report for the parliamentary year from 11 May 2014 to 10 May 2015.
5. Inquiries into Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths etc. (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider further the delegated powers provisions in this Bill at Stage 1.
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