Committees

Committees play a central part in the work of the Parliament - taking evidence from witnesses, scrutinising legislation and conducting inquiries. Most committees meet weekly or fortnightly, usually on Tuesdays or on Wednesday mornings, in one of the Scottish Parliament's committee rooms - or in locations around Scotland.

The full list of current committees can be viewed below.

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Current committees

•  Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee

  Current Business	Last Meeting	Next Meeting
  Committee Work Programme	-	-
  Inquiry into the Scottish Government's Renewables Targets	-	Wednesday 16 May 2012
  Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Bill	-	-

•  Education and Culture Committee

  Current Business	Last Meeting	Next Meeting
  National Library of Scotland Bill	Tuesday 06 March 2012	-
  Work Programme	Tuesday 21 February 2012	-
  Inquiry into the educational attainment of looked after children	Tuesday 22 November 2011	-
  Correspondence Received	-	-

•  Equal Opportunities Committee

  Current Business	Last Meeting	Next Meeting
  Where Gypsy/Travellers live	Tuesday 20 March 2012	-
  Gypsy/Travellers and care	Tuesday 15 May 2012	-
  Subordinate Legislation	Tuesday 01 May 2012	-
  Other correspondence	Tuesday 10 January 2012	-
  Getting Involved	-	-
  Petitions	Tuesday 17 April 2012	-
  Future Business	Tuesday 21 February 2012	-
  Having and Keeping a Home: steps to preventing homelessness among young people	Tuesday 06 March 2012	-

•  European and External Relations Committee

  Current Business	Last Meeting	Next Meeting
  Draft Budget 2012-13 and Spending Review 2011 Scrutiny	-	-
  Committee of the Regions Inquiry	-	-
  Brussels Bulletin	Tuesday 28 June 2011	-
  Horizon 2020 Inquiry	-	-

•  Finance Committee

  Current Business	Last Meeting	Next Meeting
  Increasing sustainable economic growth	-	-
  Fiscal sustainability: Demographic change and ageing population	-	-
  Scrutiny of Financial Memoranda	-	-
  Fiscal sustainability	-	-
  Early intervention	-	-
  'Scottish taxes'	-	-
  Data collection	-	-

•  Health and Sport Committee

  Current Business	Last Meeting	Next Meeting
  Inquiry into integration of health and social care	Tuesday 01 May 2012	-
  NHS Boards Budget Scrutiny	Tuesday 01 May 2012	-
  Correspondence received by the Health and Sport Committee	-	-
  Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Bill	-	-
  Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Bill	-	-

•  Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee

  Current Business	Last Meeting	Next Meeting
  Work Programme	Wednesday 09 May 2012	-
  Scottish passenger rail franchise 2014	Wednesday 09 May 2012	-

•  Justice Committee

  Current Business	Last Meeting	Next Meeting
  Public Petitions	Tuesday 10 January 2012	-
  Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Bill	Tuesday 01 May 2012	-
  Scottish Civil Justice Council and Criminal Legal Assistance Bill	-	-
  Committee Work Programme	Tuesday 08 May 2012	-
  Female Offenders	Tuesday 20 December 2011	-
  Criminal Cases (Punishment and Review) (Scotland) Bill	Tuesday 15 May 2012	-
  Committee Correspondence	-	-

•  Local Government and Regeneration Committee

  Current Business	Last Meeting	Next Meeting
  Work Programme	Wednesday 05 October 2011	-
  Local Government Finance (Unoccupied Properties etc.) (Scotland) Bill	-	-
  Public Sector Reform and Local Government in Scotland	-	-

•  Public Audit Committee

  Current Business	Last Meeting	Next Meeting
  Correspondence received by the Public Audit Committee	-	-
  Section 23 Report - Cardiology services	-	-
  Section 23 report - Commonwealth Games 2014 Progress report 2: Planning for the delivery of the XXth Games	Wednesday 28 March 2012	-
  Section 23 report - Overview of Scotland's criminal justice system	Wednesday 09 May 2012	-
  Section 23 report - Commissioning social care	Wednesday 09 May 2012	Wednesday 25 April 2012

•  Public Petitions Committee

  Current Business	Last Meeting	Next Meeting
  Current petitions being considered by the Public Petitions Committee	Tuesday 20 March 2012	-

•  Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee

  Current Business	Last Meeting	Next Meeting
  Correspondence Received	-	-
  Work Programme	-	-
  Common Fisheries Policy (CFP)	-	-
  Scottish Spending Review 2011 and Draft Budget 2012-13	-	-
  Long Leases (Scotland) Bill	-	-
  Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)	-	-
  Waste (Scotland) Regulations 2012 [draft]	-	-
  Agricultural Holdings (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill	-	-

•  Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee

  Current Business	Last Meeting	Next Meeting
  Review of Cross-Party Groups	-	-
  Review of Section 7 of Code of Conduct	-	-
  Inquiry into reform of parliamentary business - remodelling the parliamentary week	-	-
  Work Programme	-	-
  Correspondence	-	-

•  Subordinate Legislation Committee

  Current Business	Last Meeting	Next Meeting
  Scottish Statutory Instrument Tracker Report	Tuesday 22 May 2012	-

•  Welfare Reform Committee

  Current Business	Last Meeting	Next Meeting
  Welfare Reform Committee - Launch of Committee's Work	-	-
  Welfare Reform - The Committee wants to hear from you	-	-
  Work programme	-	-
  Welfare Reform (Further Provision) (Scotland) Bill	-	-