Parliamentary News Release

Monday 28 June 2004

Full listings: week beginning 28 June 2004

This weekly news release provides the media with an ‘at a glance guide’ to the week ahead in the Scottish Parliament.
It includes both Main Chamber and Committee business, and is issued to the media every Friday afternoon. Media should contact the Parliament’s Media Relations Office (number below) if they wish to receive listings by email and/or in ‘Word’ format.
All proceedings in the Main Chamber, Committee Rooms 1 and 2, and committee meetings outwith Edinburgh can be viewed live via webcast at www.scottishparliamentlive.com .

COMMITTEE INQUIRIES

Justice 2 Committee: Youth Justice Inquiry

The Committee is looking at the effectiveness of ‘multi-agency’ working, identifying and assessing the impact of gaps in service provision. Closing date for written evidence 13 August 2004

Committee Business

MONDAY 28 JUNE 2004

Waverley Railway (Scotland) Bill Committee: 10.45 am in Committee Room 4 (in private)

TUESDAY 29 JUNE 2004

Audit Committee: 9.15 am in the Chamber, Assembly Hall, The Mound

Main item: 3

Item 3 - Management of the Holyrood building project: The Committee will receive a briefing from the Auditor General for Scotland and take evidence from—Mr Paul Grice, Clerk/Chief Executive, Scottish Parliament and Mr Dave Ferguson, Audit Adviser, Scottish Parliament.

Public Petitions Committee: 9.30 am in Committee Room 1

Main items: 1, 2 & 3

Item 1 - New Petitions: The Committee will consider a number of new petitions including—
PE747 Standardise school holidays across all local authorities in Scotland throughout the year. John Macleod will make a brief statement in support of his petition. (in Gaelic)
PE757 Inquiry into the management and structure of Scottish Football.

Item 2 - Current Petitions: The Committee will further consider a number of current petitions including—
PE709 Inquiry into the health aspects of Gulf War Syndrome. The Committee will consider possible forms of action.

Item 3 - Proposed Petitions: The Committee will consider the admissibility of a number of proposed petitions including—Proposed petition by Mr Stuart Usher, Co-ordinator, Scotland Against Crooked Lawyers, calling for the disbandment of the Justice 1 Committee and the creation of a new committee.

Subordinate Legislation Committee: 10.15 am in Committee Room 3

Standards Committee: 11.00 am in Committee Room 2

Main items: 2 & 3

Item 2 - Replacing the Members’ Interests Order: The Committee will consider a paper on election expenses and a draft consultation paper.

Item 3 - Complaint against Kenny MacAskill MSP and Tricia Marwick MSP: The Committee will announce its decision at Stage 3 on a report from the Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commissioner.

Health Committee: 2.00 pm in Committee Room 1

Main items: 3 & 4

Item 3 - Petitions: The Committee will consider a number of petitions including—
PE 609 by Mrs Grainne Smith on Eating Disorders (Treatment);
PE 643 by Dorothy-Grace Elder on Hospital Closure Consultation; and

Item 4 (Not before 3.10 pm) - Prohibition of Smoking in Regulated Areas (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence from—
Panel 1
Dr Nancy Miller, Assistant Commissioner, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Bureau of Tobacco Control.
Panel 2
Tom McCabe MSP, Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care; Dr Mac Armstrong, Chief Medical Officer and Amber Galbraith, Principal Procurator Fiscal Depute, Crown Office.
Panel 3
Stewart Maxwell MSP; David Cullum, Non-Executive Bills Unit and Catherine Scott, Directorate of Legal Services.

Justice 2 Committee: 2.00 pm in Committee Room 3

Local Government and Transport Committee: 2.00 pm in Committee Room 2

Main items: 2 & 3

Item 2 - Inquiry into issues arising from the Transport (Scotland) Act 2001: The Committee will take evidence from—Jamie Ross, Head of Transport Division 2, Scottish Executive; Tom Macdonald, Head of Bus Policy Branch, Transport Division 2, Scottish Executive; Councillor Alison Magee, Transport Spokesperson, COSLA;
Leslie Millar, Transport Manager, Angus Council, COSLA; James Fowlie, Policy Manager, COSLA and Iain Sherriff, Head of Transportation, Dundee City Council, SCOTS.

Item 3 - Petition PE568: The Committee will consider a paper on PE 568 by Douglas Gilroy on the provision of accessible taxis.

The Edinburgh Tram (Line Two) Bill Committee: 3.30 pm in Committee Room 4

Main items: 1, 2 & 3

Item 1 - Declaration of interests: Members will be invited to declare any relevant interests.

Item 2 - Choice of Convener: The Committee will choose a Convener.

Item 3 - Choice of Deputy Convener: The Committee will choose a Deputy Convener.

WEDNESDAY 30 JUNE 2004

Justice 1 Committee: 9.30 am in Committee Room 2

Main items: 1 & 3

Item 1 - Subordinate legislation: Allan Wilson MSP (Deputy Minister for Environment and Rural Development) to move the following motion—S2M–1455 Ross Finnie: The Scottish Outdoor Access Code: Proposed Code (SE/2004/101) — That the Justice 1 Committee recommends that the Scottish Outdoor Access Code: Proposed Code (SE/2004/101) be approved.

Item 3 - Alternatives to custody: Further to its decision on 10 December 2003 to agree a proposal for a comparative review of alternatives to custody, the Committee will consider an interim report on the review.

The Edinburgh Tram (Line One) Bill Committee: 9.30 am in Committee Room 4

Main items: 1, 2 & 3

Item 1 - Declaration of interests: Members will be invited to declare any relevant interests.

Item 2 - Choice of Convener: The Committee will choose a Convener.

Item 3 - Choice of Deputy Convener: The Committee will choose a Deputy Convener.

Education Committee: 9.45 am in the Chamber, Assembly Hall, The Mound

Main item: 2

Item 2 - Proposed Gaelic Language Bill: The Committee will consider possible visits and meetings in connection with the proposed Gaelic language bill.

Equal Opportunities Committee: 11.00 am in Committee Room 1

Main item: 2

Item 2 - Fairness for All: A New Commission for Equality and Human Rights: The Committee will hear evidence on the DTI White Paper from—Kay Hampton, Deputy Chair and Commissioner for Scotland, Commission for Racial Equality; and
Maureen Fraser, Director, Commission for Racial Equality Scotland.

Environment and Rural Development Committee: 11.30 am in Committee Room 3

Main item: 1

Item 1 - Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider a number of negative instruments including—the Inshore Fishing (Prohibition of Fishing and Fishing Methods) (Scotland) Order 2004, (SS1 2004/276) and the Environmental Protection (Restriction on Use of Lead Shot) (Scotland) Regulations 2004, (SSI 2004/289).

Main Chamber Business

WEDNESDAY 30 JUNE 2004

2.30 pm Time for Reflection – Cathy Ratcliff, Programmes Director, Mercy Corps Scotland

followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions

followed by Executive Debate on Celebration of Volunteering in Scotland

followed by Business Motion

followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions

5.00 pm Decision Time

followed by Members’ Business – Debate on the subject of S2M-1481 Keith Raffan: Urgent Need to Tackle Hepatitis C, Public Health Crisis (for text of motion see Section F of the Business Bulletin for Monday 21 June 2004)

THURSDAY 1 JULY

9.30 am Executive Debate on 21st Century Social Work

12 noon First Minister’s Question Time

2.00 pm Question Time—Environment and Rural Development; Health and Community Care; General Questions (for text of questions see Section D of the Business Bulletin for Thursday 24 June 2004)

3.00 pm Final Stage of Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine Railway and Linked Improvements Bill

followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions

5.00 pm Decision Time

followed by Members’ Business – Debate on the subject of S2M-1530 Frances Curran: Argyll and Clyde Clinical Review (for text of motion see Section F of the Business Bulletin for Thursday 24 June 2004)

BACKGROUND NOTES

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James Mackenzie: 0131 348 5605
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