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Business Bulletin No. 162/2002

Section C : Agendas of Committee Meetings

Transport and the Environment Committee

13 November 2002

31^st Meeting, 2002

The Committee will meet at 9.15 am in Committee Room 2

1. Declaration of Interests: The convenor will invite the new member of the Committee to declare any relevant interests.

2. Items in private: The Committee will consider whether to take agenda items 3 and 10 in private.

3. Rail Inquiry: The Committee will consider contract arrangements for its adviser on the Rail inquiry.

4. Budget process 2003-2004 (in private): The Committee will consider a draft report on the budget process 2003-2004 at stage 2.

5. Building (Scotland) Bill (in private): The Committee will consider possible lines of questioning for the Deputy Minister for Social Justice.

At approximately 10 am

6. Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the Bill at Stage 2 (Day 1).

7. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instruments-

The Local Authorities' Traffic Orders (Exemptions for Disabled Persons) (Scotland) Regulations 2002, (SSI 2002,450)

The Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2002, (SSI 2002,451).

Not before 11 am

8. Building (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence as part of its consideration of the Bill as Stage 1 from-

Hugh Henry, Deputy Minister for Social Justice

Lorimer Mackenzie, Building Bill Team, Building Standards

Paul Stollard, Technical Standards and Review, Building Standards.

9. Cairngorms National Park: The Committee will consider a paper from the Convener.

10. Building (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the possible contents of its Stage 1 report on the Bill.

Health and Community Care Committee

13 November 2002

29^th Meeting, 2002

The Committee will meet at 9.30 am in the Chamber, Assembly Hall, the Mound, Edinburgh

1. Items in private: The Committee will consider whether to take items 4 and 5 in private.

2. Inquiry into GM crops: The Committee will take evidence from the following:

Anthony Jackson - Munlochy GM Vigil

Linda Martin - Munlochy GM Vigil

Dr Paul Rylott - Head of Bioscience UK; Market Development, EuMEA: Bayer Cropscience

Dr Eric Debruyne - Team Leader, Regulatory Toxicology, Herbicides and Biotechnology, Bayer Cropscience.

3. Hepatitis C: The Committee will consider future action in relation to the Preliminary Report of the Expert Group on Financial and Other Support.

4. Budget process 2003-4: The Committee will consider a draft Stage 2 Report.

5. Mental Health (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider a draft Stage 1 Report.

Rural Development Committee

13 November 2002

28^th Meeting, 2002

The Committee will meet at 9.30 am in Committee Room 4

1. Inquiry into Integrated Rural Development (in private): The Committee will consider a draft report.

Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Committee

13 November 2002

29^th Meeting, 2002

The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in The Hub, Castlehill, Edinburgh

1. Inquiry into tourism: The Committee will take evidence from-

Michael Cawley, Ryanair (Commercial Director), Ian Reid, British Airways (General Manager Scotland), and Mike Cooper, easyjet (Business Development Director)

David Field, BAA Scottish Airports (Business Development Director, Scottish Airports), Bob Macleod, Highlands & Islands Airport Ltd (Managing Director), Tom Wilson, Glasgow Prestwick International Airport (Managing Director).

2. Inquiry into tourism: The Convener will update the Committee on the British Tourist Authority restructuring plans.

3. Inquiry into tourism (in private): The Committee will consider the key issues for its draft report.

Social Justice Committee

13 November 2002

20^th Meeting, 2002

The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in Committee Room 1

1. Homelessness etc. (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the general principles of the Bill at Stage 1 from-

Panel Session One

Shelter:

Gavin Corbett, Head of Campaigns

Grainia Long, Parliamentary and Policy Officer

The Big Issue in Scotland Ltd:

Kathleen Caskie, Director of Public Affairs

Stephen Strang, Grand Central Union Member

Scottish Council for Single Homeless (SCSH):

Robert Aldridge, Director

Alice Ann Jackson, Convener

Panel Session Two

Hamish Allan Centre:

Ian Robertson, Chief Housing Officer

Edinburgh Cyrenians:

Des Ryan, Director

The Calman Trust:

Isobel Grigor, Agent.

Justice 2 Committee

13 November 2002

41^st Meeting, 2002

The Committee will meet at 10.30 am in Committee Room 3

1. Mental Health (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider whether to report on this Bill.

2. Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider whether any further evidence is required.

3. Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the Bill at Stage 2 (Day 1).

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