Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations:

Martin Sime, Chief Executive

Lucy McTernan, Assistant Director

Isobel Lawson, Management Board Member

Philippa Bonella, Policy Officer.

Scottish Executive Officials:

Richard Grant, Head of Housing Division

Colin Affleck, Housing Policy Adviser

Paul Stollard, Building Standards Branch

Panel Session:

Abbeyfield Society for Scotland Ltd:

Rev Dr John W S Clark, Chair

Ian Bruce, Administrator

Scottish Women’s Aid:

Kate Arnot, National Worker (Refuge Development)

Lydia Okroj, National Worker (Permanent Housing)

University of Glasgow Accommodation Service:

Neil Campbell, Director of Residential Accommodation

Lesley MacInness, Accommodation Officer

Glasgow City Council:

Brian Kelly, Director of Environmental Protection Services.

(S1M-2424) Mr Jim Wallace: The Draft Small Claims (Scotland) Amendment Order 2001—That the Justice 2 Committee recommends that the draft Small Claims (Scotland) Amendment Order 2001 be approved;

(S1M-2425) Mr Jim Wallace: The Draft Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971 (Privative Jurisdiction and Summary Cause) Order 2001—That the Justice 2 Committee recommends that the draft Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971 (Privative Jurisdiction and Summary Cause) Order 2001 be approved.

Deputy Chief Constable Kenneth McInnes, Fife Constabulary, Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland (ACPOS) and Chief Superintendent Allan Shanks, President, Association of Scottish Police Superintendents (ASPS).

Ross Finnie MSP, Minister for Environment and Rural Development.

Lord Sutherland of Houndwood (Convener), Professor Bill Stevely (Convener of Universities Scotland Learning and Teaching Committee), David Caldwell (Director), Universities Scotland

Professor Lindsay Paterson

Tom Kelly (Chief Executive), John Burt (Principal of Angus College), Janet Lowe (Lauder College), Association of Scottish Colleges.

2.30 pm Time for Reflection – Father Michael Bagan, Parish Priest of St Margaret of Scotland Roman Catholic Church, Stirling

followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motion—

S1M-2441 Mr Tom McCabe on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau: That the Parliament agrees—

(a) as a revision to the Business Programme agreed on 8 November 2001:

Wednesday 14 November 2001

after the first Parliamentary Bureau Motions, delete

followed by Executive Debate on the Scottish Youth Parliament

and, insert

followed by Executive Debate on Renewing Mental Health Law

Thursday 15 November 2001

delete all and insert

9.30 am Executive Debate on Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Bill –
UK Legislation

followed by Executive Debate on its Vision for the Protection and
Promotion of Scotland’s Natural Heritage

followed by Business Motion

2.30 pm Question Time

3.10 pm First Minister's Question Time

3.30 pm Stage 1 Debate on the School Education (Amendment)
(Scotland) Bill

followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions

5.00 pm Decision Time

followed by Members' Business - debate on the subject of S1M-2260
Miss Annabel Goldie: Rural Economy

and, (b) that Stage 1 of the School Education (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill be completed by 16 November 2001.

followed by Debate on Renewing Mental Health Law —

S1M-2438 Susan Deacon: Renewing Mental Health Law—That the Parliament welcomes the publication of the Executive’s policy statement Renewing Mental Health Law; agrees that the statement provides a sound framework for new legislation which responds to the needs, rights and aspirations of people who use mental health services, while having regard to the public interest, and looks forward to the introduction of a Mental Health Bill, thus fulfilling the Programme for Government commitment to modernise mental health legislation in the light of the Millan Committee’s review of existing law.

The Presiding Officer has selected the following amendment

S1M-2438.1 Nicola Sturgeon: Renewing Mental Health Law—As an amendment to motion (S1M-2438) in the name of Susan Deacon, insert at end "and also supports the view expressed in the Millan Committee’s report that the aspirations underlying its recommendations for new mental health law will not be met unless services and facilities are adequate to meet the demands placed on them."

5.00 pm Decision Time

followed by debate on the subject of—

S1M-2243 Johann Lamont: Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy—That the Parliament notes the prevalence of the mainly inherited heart disease hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) which affects one in 500 of the population and is the number one cause of sudden death among under 25-year-olds; congratulates the Cardiomyopathy Association on its role in highlighting the condition and acknowledges the work of those involved in the association who have often suffered the loss of a family member because of HCM; further notes the Cardiomyopathy Association's campaign to secure screening by electrocardiogram and echo ultrasound of all first degree relatives of those who die as a result of this condition, and believes that the Scottish Executive, in partnership with the Health and Community Care Committee, the National Health Service and relevant groups working in this field, should consider how best those suffering from this condition might be identified and given access to the appropriate treatment.