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.
Finance Committee
7 March 2012
8th Meeting, 2012
The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in Committee Room 5
1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 5 in private.
2. Using Our Buying Power to Benefit Scotland: The Committee will take evidence from—
Jim Cuthbert;
Margaret Cuthbert.
3. Growing Up in Scotland study: The Committee will take evidence from—
Paul Bradshaw, Research Director, ScotCen Social Research;
Donna Bell, Head of Early Years, Children and Families Directorate, Scottish Government;
Wendy van Rijswijk, Senior Research Officer, Children and Families Analytical Services Unit, Scottish Government.
4. Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Bill (in private): The Committee will consider a draft report on the Financial Memorandum of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Bill.
5. Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider its approach to the Financial Memorandum of the Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Bill.
Proposed future business
At its next meeting, on 14th March, the Committee expects to take evidence evidence from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth on the Budget (Scotland) Act 2011 Amendment Order 2012.
Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee
7 March 2012
5th Meeting, 2012
The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in Committee Room 4
1. Declaration of interests: Aileen McLeod will be invited to declare any relevant interests.
2. Choice of Deputy Convener: The Committee will choose a Deputy Convener.
3. Subordinate legislation and the Scottish Social Housing Charter: The Committee will take evidence on the Housing Support Grant (Scotland) Order 2012 [draft] and the Scottish Social Housing Charter from—
Keith Brown, Minister for Housing and Transport, William Fleming, Branch Head, Social Housing and Strategy Unit, Jamie Hamilton, Policy Analyst, Housing Supply Division, and Deborah Blair, Solicitor, Scottish Government.
4. Subordinate legislation: Keith Brown MSP to move—
S4M-02166—That the Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee recommends that the Housing Support Grant (Scotland) Order 2012 [draft] be approved.
5. Scottish Social Housing Charter: Keith Brown MSP to move—
S4M-02201—That the Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee recommends that the Scottish Social Housing Charter [draft] be approved.
6. Appointment of European Union Reporter: The Committee will appoint a member to serve as its European Union Reporter.
7. Broadband infrastructure in Scotland (in private): The Committee will consider a draft report.
8. Homelessness (in private): The Committee will consider a draft report.
Proposed future business
At its next meeting, on 14 March, the Committee will take evidence on Scotland’s next passenger rail franchise period.
Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee
7 March 2012
7th Meeting, 2012
The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in Committee Room 2
1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take future consideration of a draft Stage 1 Report on the Long Leases (Scotland) Bill and future evidence heard on the Common Agricultural Policy in private.
2. Long Leases (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence from—
Stewart Stevenson, Minister for Environment and Climate Change, Annalee Murphy, Solicitor, Legal Services Directorate, and Simon Stockwell, Bill Team Leader, Scottish Government.
3. Common Agricultural Policy: The Committee will take evidence from—
Jim Paice MP, Minister of State for Agriculture and Food, and Martin Nesbit, Director, EU, international, and Evidence Base, UK Government.
4. Long Leases (Scotland) Bill (in private): The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.
Proposed future business
At its next meeting, on 14 March, the Committee will take evidence on the Common Agricultural Policy from the Cabinet Secretary.
Local Government and Regeneration Committee
7 March 2012
6th Meeting, 2012
The Committee will meet at 10.15 am in Committee Room 1
1. Public services reform and local government: strand 1 – partnerships and outcomes: The Committee will take evidence from—
Dr Stephen Sinclair, Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy, Glasgow Caledonian University;
Professor Richard Kerley, Queen Margaret University;
and then from—
Joe Simpson, Principal Strategic Adviser, Local Government Association.
2. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on the Non-Domestic Rates (Levying) (Scotland) (No.2) Regulations 2012(SSI 2012/29) from—
Derek Mackay MSP, Minister for Local Government and Planning, Scottish Government;
Marianne Cook, Policy Manager, Local Government Finance Unit, Scottish Government;
Colin Brown, Senior Principal Legal Officer, Legal Services Directorate, Scottish Government.
3. Subordinate legislation: Margaret Mitchell to move—
S4M-02155—That the Local Government and Regeneration Committee recommends that the Non-Domestic Rates (Levying) (Scotland) (No.2) Regulations 2012(SSI 2012/29) be annulled.
4. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instruments—
Non-Domestic Rate (Scotland) Order 2012 (SSI 2012/27);
Non-Domestic Rates (Levying) (Scotland) Regulations 2012 (SSI 2012/28)
5. Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Bill (in private): The Committee will consider a draft report to the Justice Committee.
6. Public services reform and local government: strand 1 – partnerships and outcomes (in private): The Committee will consider the evidence received.
Proposed future business
At its next meeting, on 14 March, the Committee will continue to take evidence on strand 1 of its public services reform inquiry.
Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee
7 March 2012
8th Meeting, 2012
The Committee will meet at 11.30 am in Committee Room 6
1. Public Body Consent Motion - National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts: The Committee will consider a Public Body Consent Motion for the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts.
2. Inquiry into the Scottish Government’s renewable energy targets (in private): The Committee will consider its choice of witnesses, potential visits and the managment of the written evidence received for its inquiry.
Proposed future business
At its next meeting, on 14 March, the Committee expects to take oral evidence on its Renewables energy targets inquiry.
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