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BUSINESS BULLETIN 24/1999

Thursday 24 June 1999


Business Bulletin No. 24/1999 (Revised 1.30 pm)

Section A - Daily Business List

Section B - Business Programme

Section E - Written questions lodged on 23 June 1999

Section F - Motions and Amendments
 
Section I - Progress of Parliamentary business

Announcements

Supplement to Business Bulletin No. 24/1999




BUSINESS BULLETIN 24/1999 (Revised 1:30 pm)

Thursday 24 June 1999

Section A –  Daily Business List



2.30 pm Question Time—

1. Michael Russel: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to
bring forward proposals for a review of the structure and function of the
Scottish Arts Council. (S1O-82)

2. Fergus Ewing: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to
introduce measures to assist smaller business premises in relation to the
impact of the non-domestic rates revaluation to take effect from 1 April
2000. (S1O-75)

3. Mike Watson: To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to
strengthen its relationship with the voluntary sector in Scotland.
(S1O-108)

4. Bruce Crawford: To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to
ensure that the funding of area tourist boards operates on a sustainable
basis for the next financial year. (S1O-72)

5. Maureen Macmillan: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make a
statement on devolving responsibilities to schools as part of an overall
drive to push up school standards. (S1O-103)

6. Hugh Henry: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make a
statement on how it intends to improve the standard of early years
provision in Scotland. (S1O-110)

7. Fiona Hyslop: To ask the Scottish Executive what action it intends to
take to assist people with disabilities living in existing public sector
housing. (S1O-78)

8. Richard Lochhead: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has plans to
introduce a distinct scheme to promote safety improvements in the Scottish
fleet in view of the termination of the Fishing Vessel (Safety
Improvements) (Grants) Scheme 1995 (S.I.1995/1609), and given the special
circumstances of the Scottish fishing industry. (S1O-66)

9. Des McNulty: To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to fulfil
its commitment to develop a national cultural strategy. (S1O-113)

10. Trish Godman: To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to
promote sport and other physical activities in schools. (S1O-100)

11. Tricia Marwick: To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to
tackle the level of teenage pregnancies in Scotland. (S1O-74)

12. Mr Kenny MacAskill : To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends
to extend the commitment in respect of the Skye Bridge to freeze tolls at
their current level to other bridges and transport infrastructure schemes,
in particular to the Forth, Tay and Erskine bridges. (S1O-79)

13. Elaine Smith : Withdrawn

14. Nicola Sturgeon: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans
to change the current method of target setting in schools. (S1O-80)

15. Marilyn Livingstone: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will
publish figures regarding the numbers of Scottish students exempt from the
payment of any tuition fees. (S1O-117)

16. Mr Kenneth Gibson: To ask the Scottish Executive when it intends to
establish a power of general competence for local government in Scotland.
(S1O-68)

17. Mr Lloyd Quinan: To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it intends
to implement to alleviate fuel poverty among people with disabilities.
(S1O-96)

18. Mary Scanlon: To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it intends to
take to reduce dental decay in children under the age of 14. (S1O-111)

19. David Mundell: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans
to alter the operational boundaries of Dumfries & Galloway Police Force or
Dumfries & Galloway Fire Brigade. (S1O-89)

20. Roseanna Cunningham: To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has
within the Scottish criminal justice system to address the issue of
domestic violence. (S1O-98)

21. Mr John McAllion: To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to
review the criteria used for distributing government grants to local
authorities in Scotland. (S1O-101)

22. Brian Adam: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make a
statement on the total cost of abolishing Skye bridge tolls with immediate
effect. (S1O-83)

23. Allan Wilson: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make a
statement on improving standards in Scottish schools. (S1O-107)

24. Mr Brian Monteith: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to 
include Jordanhill School in its plans to return all directly funded
schools to local authority control. (S1O-122)

25. Cathie Craigie: To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to
promote the involvement of local citizens in the democratic renewal of
communities across Scotland. (S1O-114)

26. Karen Whitefield: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to
make a statement on improving the quality of bus services in Scotland.
(S1O-120)

27. Mr Michael McMahon: To ask the Scottish Executive how many disabled
students in Scotland it intends will benefit from the extension of the
non-means tested Disabled Students Allowance to full time students.
(S1O-124)

28. Scott Barrie: To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it intends to
take to reduce child poverty in Scotland. (S1O-106)

29. Mr Duncan Hamilton: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to
affirm its commitment to a maximum working week of 56 hours for junior
doctors in Scotland. (S1O-87)

30. Bristow Muldoon: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make a
statement on the New Community Schools initiative and its plans to enhance
the current programme. (S1O-112

      
3.00 pm Open Question Time—

1. Mr John Swinney: To ask the Scottish Executive to outline its plans for
economic development and employment creation in Scotland. (S1O-91)

2. David McLetchie: To ask the Scottish Executive what failures of
educational provision by local authorities the creation of a statutory duty
on them to raise standards in the proposed Education Bill is intended to
redress. (S1O-86)

3. Mr Murray Tosh: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to give
an indicative timetable for the completion of the Scottish Strategic Roads
Review and for reporting its findings to the Parliament. (S1O-93)

followed by, no 
later than 3.15 pm Statement by the Minister for Finance on Financial
Issues

followed by Motion by Henry McLeish: Economy of Scotland—

S1M-68 Henry McLeish: That the Parliament notes that unemployment in
Scotland is falling and is low by historical and international standards,
and that employment is increasing, and looks forward to the Executive
building on Scotland’s economic success by investing in jobs and skills,
promoting a stable and competitive environment for enterprise and
encouraging the growth of new businesses.

S1M-68.1 Mr John Swinney: As an amendment to the motion S1M-68 in the name
of Henry McLeish leave out from "is falling" to end and insert—

"remains a grave and ongoing economic and social problem which is not
addressed by a partial representation of statistics; and calls on the
Executive to develop an economic strategy that has long term sustainable
growth in the economy and jobs as its focus and addresses the need to—

(a) recognise small businesses as the engine of growth in the economy and
the labour market and tackles the need to improve entrepreneurship and
business start-up, survival and expansion with particular emphasis on
reducing business rates;

(b) develop cohesive economic development structures through greater
synergy between agencies involved in economic development, inward
investment, exporting and tourism and to gain maximum benefit from
Scotland’s external representation;

(c) produce compelling evidence that the New Deal is delivering long-term
structural change in the labour market that will be sustained when the New
Deal programme has concluded, and

(d) generate competitive advantage for companies in Scotland."


S1M-68.2 Mr David Davidson: As an amendment to the motion S1M-68 in the
name of Henry McLeish leave out from first "in" to end and insert—

"is increasing in parts of Scotland, and calls upon the Scottish Executive
not to increase the tax regulatory burden on business in the interest of
expanding employment".


5.00 pm Decision Time


BUSINESS BULLETIN 24/1999

Thursday 24 June 1999


Section A – Daily Business List


Thursday 24 June

9.30 am Motion by Mr Alex Salmond: Privatisation of Public Services—

S1M-67 Mr Alex Salmond: That the Parliament condemns the privatisation of
health, education, transport and other public services through the Private
Finance Initiative (PFI) and Public-Private Partnership (PPP) schemes;
notes the mounting body of evidence that PFI and PPP, introduced by the
Conservative Government and continued by the Labour Government, are an
inefficient and expensive method of funding vital public services which
also undermine the pay and conditions of public service staff; calls upon
the Scottish Ministers to disclose the annual expenditure commitments
associated with each public project involving private finance, and the rate
of return that private partners receive for the capital that they commit;
urges the Scottish Ministers to examine alternatives to such private
financing, and calls on the Scottish Ministers to bring forward proposals
to introduce Scottish Public Service Trusts.

followed by Business Motion—

S1M-71 Mr Tom McCabe on behalf on the Parliamentary Bureau: That the
Parliament agrees the following programme of business—


Friday 2 July 

9.30 am Question Time

10.00 am Open Question Time

followed by, no

later than 10.15 Statement by the Minister for Communities and debate on
the McIntosh Committee report

followed by, Motion to establish an Independent Committee of Inquiry on
Student Finance 

followed by, Motion on Appointments to Committees (to be taken without
debate)

followed by, Motion on the Register of Members’ Interests (to be taken
without debate)

12.30 pm Decision Time

followed by Members’ Business—

Debate on the subject of motion SM1-58 in the name of David Davidson on the
fish processing industry

To be concluded no later than 30 minutes after the commencement of the
debate without any question being put.



Wednesday 1 September 

2.30 pm Business Motion

followed by Executive Business

5.00 pm Decision Time

followed by Members’ Business



Thursday 2 September 

9.30 am Executive Business

2.30 pm Question Time

3.00 pm Open Question Time

followed by, no Executive Business

later than 3.15

5.00 pm Decision Time

followed by Members’ Business


2.30 pm Question Time—


1. Michael Russell: To ask the Scottish Executivewhether it intends to
bring forward proposals for a review of the structure and function of the
Scottish Arts Council. (S1O-82)

2. Fergus Ewing: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to
introduce measures to assist smaller business premises in relation to the
impact of the non-domestic rates revaluation to take effect from 1 April
2000. (S1O-75)

3. Mike Watson: To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to
strengthen its relationship with the voluntary sector in Scotland.
(S1O-108)

4. Bruce Crawford: To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to
ensure that the funding of area tourist boards operates on a sustainable
basis for the next financial year. (S1O-72)

5. Maureen Macmillan: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make a
statement on devolving responsibilities to schools as part of an overall
drive to push up school standards. (S1O-103)

6. Hugh Henry: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make a
statement on how it intends to improve the standard of early years
provision in Scotland. (S1O-110)

7. Fiona Hyslop: To ask the Scottish Executive what action it intends to
take to assist people with disabilities living in existing public sector
housing. (S1O-78)

8. Richard Lochhead: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has plans to
introduce a distinct scheme to promote safety improvements in the Scottish
fleet in view of the termination of the Fishing Vessel (Safety
Improvements) (Grants) Scheme 1995 (S.I.1995/1609), and given the special
circumstances of the Scottish fishing industry. (S1O-66)

9. Des McNulty: To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to fulfil
its commitment to develop a national cultural strategy. (S1O-113)

10. Trish Godman: To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to
promote sport and other physical activities in schools. (S1O-100)

11. Tricia Marwick: To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to
tackle the level of teenage pregnancies in Scotland. (S1O-74)

12. Mr Kennt MacAskill : To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends
to extend the commitment in respect of the Skye Bridge to freeze tolls at
their current level to other bridges and transport infrastructure schemes,
in particular to the Forth, Tay and Erskine bridges. (S1O-79)

13. Elaine Smith: Withdrawn

14. Nicola Sturgeon: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans
to change the current method of target setting in schools. (S1O-80)

15. Marilyn Livingstone: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will
publish figures regarding the numbers of Scottish students exempt from the
payment of any tuition fees. (S1O-117)

16. Mr Kenneth Gibson: To ask the Scottish Executive when it intends to
establish a power of general competence for local government in Scotland.
(S1O-68)

17. Mr Lloyd Quinan: To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it intends
to implement to alleviate fuel poverty among people with disabilities.
(S1O-96)

18. Mary Scanlon: To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it intends to
take to reduce dental decay in children under the age of 14. (S1O-111)

19. David Mundell: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans
to alter the operational boundaries of Dumfries & Galloway Police Force or
Dumfries & Galloway Fire Brigade. (S1O-89)

20. Roseanna Cunningham: To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has
within the Scottish criminal justice system to address the issue of
domestic violence. (S1O-98)

21. Mr John McAllion: To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to
review the criteria used for distributing government grants to local
authorities in Scotland. (S1O-101)

22. Brian Adam: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make a
statement on the total cost of abolishing Skye bridge tolls with immediate
effect. (S1O-83)

23. Allan Wilson: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make a
statement on improving standards in Scottish schools. (S1O-107)

24. Mr Brian Monteith: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to
include Jordanhill School in its plans to return all directly funded
schools to local authority control. (S1O-122)

25. Cathie Craigie: To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to
promote the involvement of local citizens in the democratic renewal of
communities across Scotland. (S1O-114)

26. Karen Whitefield: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to
make a statement on improving the quality of bus services in Scotland.
(S1O-120)

27. Mr Michael McMahon: To ask the Scottish Executive how many disabled
students in Scotland it intends will benefit from the extension of the
non-means tested Disabled Students Allowance to full time students.
(S1O-124)

28. Scott Barrie: To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it intends to
take to reduce child poverty in Scotland. (S1O-106)

29. Mr Duncan Hamilton: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to
affirm its commitment to a maximum working week of 56 hours for junior
doctors in Scotland. (S1O-87)

30. Bristow Muldoon: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make a
statement on the New Community Schools initiative and its plans to enhance
the current programme. (S1O-112)

3.00 pm Open Question Time—

1. Mr John Swinney: To ask the Scottish Executive to outline its plans for
economic development and employment creation in Scotland. (S1O-91)


2. David McLetchie: To ask the Scottish Executive what failures of
educational provision by local authorities the creation of a statutory duty
on them to raise standards in the proposed Education Bill is intended to
redress. (S1O-86)


3. Mr Murray Tosh: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to give
an indicative timetable for the completion of the Scottish Strategic Roads
Review and for reporting its findings to the Parliament. (S1O-93)

followed by, no 
later than 3.15 pm Ministerial Statement on Financial Issues

followed by Motion by Mr Henry McLeish: Economy of Scotland—

S1M-68 Henry McLeish: That the Parliament notes that unemployment in
Scotland is falling and is low by historical and international standards,
and that employment is increasing, and looks forward to the Executive
building on Scotland’s economic success by investing in jobs and skills,
promoting a stable and competitive environment for enterprise and
encouraging the growth of new businesses.

5.00 pm Decision Time




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Thursday 24 June 1999

Section B – Business Programme

As agreed by the Parliament on 17 June


Friday 2 July

9.30 am Question Time

10.00 am Open Question Time

followed by, no
later than 10.15 am Scottish Executive Business




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Thursday 24 June 1999

Section E –  Written questions lodged on 23 June 1999



S1W-158 Michael Matheson: To ask the Scottish Executive (a) to detail for
each Sheriffdom the number of individuals reported over the last three
years to the Procurator Fiscal’s service regarding contraventions of the
misuse of drugs legislation relating to the possession of cannabis or
cannabis resin; (b) to specify the number dealt with by summary complaint,
fixed penalty notice or warning letter over this period and (c) to specify
the guidelines for selecting which of these courses of action is to be
followed.

S1W-184 Mary Scanlon: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to
extend the list of communities it will visit in its fact finding mission on
poverty and deprivation, as announced by Ms Wendy Alexander in Scottish
Office press release 1094/99, to include remote rural areas.

S1W-185 Bruce Crawford: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will
consider ensuring that an ambulance service is based in Kinross on a
twenty-four hour cover basis.

S1W-186 Mr Kenny MacAskill: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will,
after 1 July, detail the total finance it is making available, directly or
indirectly, to the City of Edinburgh Rapid Transit Scheme (CERT), all past,
current and projected future expenditure on the scheme on an annual basis,
and the timetable for the approval, implementation, construction and
completion of the scheme.

S1W-187 Mr Kenny MacAskill: To ask the Scottish Executive what additional
funding or resources it intends to make available to East Lothian
Council’s education department to improve education and safety for pupils
and staff.

S1W-188 Mr Kenny MacAskill: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it
intends to carry out any investigation into the current management and
operation of East Lothian Council’s education department.

S1W-189 Paul Martin: To ask the Scottish Executive to confirm what measures
it plans to take to tackle damp housing in Scotland and in particular in
Glasgow Springburn.

S1W-190 Alex Neil: To ask the Scottish Executive what actions it intends to
take after 1 July to end discrimination against single people in respect of
the services delivered within its own areas of responsibility.

S1W-191 Alex Neil: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to
publish details of the status of its evaluation of the proposed new Glasgow
South orbital road.

S1W-192 Alex Neil: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to
publish an updated forecast of population trends in Scotland over the next
thirty years.

S1W-193 Michael Russell: To ask the Presiding Officer whether provision
will be made for the inclusion of gaelic, in a meaningful and not token
way, in the opening ceremonies and events of 30 June and 1 July.

S1W-194 Alex Neil: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to
undertake a study into the impact on road traffic on the A77 and B764 roads
of the proposed extraction of timber from Whitelee Forest near Fenwick in
Ayrshire.

S1W-195 Alex Neil: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to
publish details of any representations it receives in respect of the role
of the voluntary sector in tackling social exclusion.

S1W-196 Alex Neil: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to seek
representation on the UK Oil and Gas Industry Task Force.

S1W-197 Alex Neil: To ask the Scottish Executive if it intends to review
the scope and availability of concessionary travel for elderly and retired
people.

S1W-198 Fiona McLeod: To ask the Presiding Officer what budgetary provision
has been made to allow the 73 partner libraries to provide open access to
the official publications of the Parliament.

S1W-199 Fergus Ewing: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to
increase the monetary limit of £750 applying to small claims actions in
Scotland

S1W-200 Fergus Ewing: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to
introduce measures to reduce the amount of police time spent waiting to
appear as witnesses in criminal trials.

S1W-201 Fergus Ewing: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to
increase staffing levels of the Procurator Fiscal service in order to
reduce the amount of time spent by police officers waiting to appear as
witnesses in criminal trials.

S1W-202 Fergus Ewing: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to
appoint permanent Sheriffs in order to reduce the amount of time spent by
police officers waiting to appear as witnesses in Scottish criminal
trials.

S1W-203 Mrs Lyndsay McIntosh: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it
intends to initiate a feasibility study before making a decision regarding
the preferred road route for the transport of felled timber from Whitelee
Forrest in East Ayrshire.

S1W-204 Fergus Ewing: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to
appoint an officer to promote the development of the Gaelic language and to
be responsible for liaison with interested organisations and co-ordination
of Gaelic issues within the Scottish Administration.

S1W-205 Alex Neil: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to make
a statement on its role in the New Deal for Communities.

S1W-206 Fergus Ewing: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide
an estimate of the financial contribution the West Highland Way makes to
the Scottish economy each year and the cost of necessary repairs to it.

S1W-207 Andrew Wilson: To ask the Presiding Officer what plans the Scottish
Parliamentary Corporate Body has to implement the recommendations of
paragraph 81 on page 172 of the Consultative Steering Group Report.

S1W-208 Fergus Ewing: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to
grant the Scottish Legal Aid Board and the Law Society of Scotland
competence to make interest payments on overdue accounts under the Scottish
Legal Aid schemes and whether it intends to authorise ex gratia payments
where legal aid or advice and assistance accounts are not settled within 30
days.

S1W-209 Alex Neil: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to
request the Raptor Working Group to include racing pigeons in the list of
protected species.

S1W-210 Fergus Ewing: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to
provide a list of the members of the Scottish Valuation and Rating
Committee, and whether it intends to appoint a representative from each of
the Federation of Small Businesses, the Forum of Private Business, and the
Chambers of Commerce to the Committee. 

S1W-211 Fergus Ewing: To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to
upgrade the A95.

S1W-212 Fergus Ewing: To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to
upgrade the remaining single track sections of the A830 Fort William to
Mallaig Road. 



BUSINESS BULLETIN 24/1999

Thursday 24 June 1999

Section F –  Motions and amendments 

       

The full text of all outstanding motions and amendments will appear in the
Business Bulletin every Monday.
 
Items marked with an asterisk* are new or have been altered. Asterisks in
the text show the extent of alterations made.


*S1M-72 Miss Annabel Goldie: That the Parliament agrees the principle of
decentralisation of its activities, calls upon the Scottish Executive to
adopt the principle of decentralisation by dispersing Departments of the
Scottish Administration and any new operations it institutes throughout
Scotland, and further calls upon the Scottish Executive to make
representations to Her Majesty’s Government that the principle should be
applied by it when instituting any new operation in Scotland.
      
Supported by: Mr David Davidson, Mrs Lyndsay McIntosh, Mr Murray Tosh,
David Mundell, David McLetchie.
       


*S1M-70 Alex Neil: That the Parliament calls upon the Scottish Executive to
bring forward the planned upgrading of the A77 road between Fenwick and
Malletsheugh as a matter of urgency.
      
Supported by: Margaret Jamieson, Mrs Lyndsay McIntosh, Mrs Kay
Ullrich,Cathy Jamieson, Mr Kenny MacAskill, Michael Russell, Phil Gallie.
       
      

*S1M-68.1 Mr John Swinney: As an amendment to the motion (S1M-68) in the
name of Henry McLeish leave out from "is falling" to end and insert:--
      
"remains a grave and ongoing economic and social problem which is not
addressed by a partial representation of statistics; and calls on the
Executive to develop an economic strategy that has long term sustainable
growth in the economy and jobs as its focus and addresses the need to: 

a.  recognise small businesses as the engine of growth in the economy and
the labour market and tackles the need to improve entrepreneurship and
business start-up, survival and expansion with particular emphasis on
reducing business rates;    
b.  develop cohesive economic development structures through greater
synergy between agencies involved in economic development, inward
investment, exporting and tourism and to gain maximum benefit from
Scotland’s external representation;   
c.  produce compelling evidence that the New Deal is delivering long-term
structural change in the labour market that will be sustained when the New
Deal programme has concluded, and 
d.  generate competitive advantage for companies in Scotland." 
      
Supported by : Fergus Ewing, Mr Duncan Hamilton, Alex Neil, Ms Sandra
White.


 *S1M-56.1 Irene McGugan: As an amendment to the motion (S1M-56) in the
name of Mr John Munro leave out "appropriate" and insert "Audit".
      
Supported by: Mr Kenny MacAskill, Brian Adam, Micheal Russell, Fiona
McLeod, Mr Duncan Hamilton
       

*S1M-56.2 Irene McGugan: As an amendment to the motion (S1M-56) in the name
of Mr John Munro leave out all from "the award" to end and insert "all
aspects of the finance, construction and operation of the Skye Bridge,
including the relevant toll order and assignation statement".
      
Supported by Mr Kenny MacAskill, Brian Adam, Michael Russell, Fiona McLeod,
Mr Duncan Hamilton.
       
      
S1M-67 Roseanna Cunningham*
       
      
S1M-57 Roseanna Cunningham* 
       
      
S1M-54 Alex Fergusson*
       
      
S1M-33 Roseanna Cunningham*
       
      
S1M-32 Roseanna Cunningham*
       
      
S1M-18 Roseanna Cunningham*
       


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Thursday 24 June 1999

Section I –  Progress of Parliamentary business

       
Subordinate Legislation in Progress
       
Negative Instruments
      
(Date of laying)
      
Subject to annulment until 16 September—
      
The Scotland Act 1998 (Agency Arrangements) (Specification) Order 1999
(1999 No. 1512) (10 June)
       
      

Committee Business in Progress
       
(Dates for previous proceedings) (Dates for current proceedings)
(Provisional dates for future proceedings)
Note: A full agenda including details of location and timings, will be
published on the day of the meeting
       
Audit Committee: (23 June)
      
Audit and Finance Committees: First Joint Meeting (30 June)
      
Education, Culture and Sport Committee: First meeting (29 June)
      
Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Committee: (23 June)
      
Equal Opportunities Committee: (22 June) 
      
European Committee: (23 June)
      
Finance Committee: (22 June)
      
Health and Community Care Committee: First meeting (29 June)
      
Justice and Home Affairs Committee: First meeting (29 June)
      
Local Government Committee: First meeting (30 June)
      
Procedures Committee: (22 June) (29 June)
      
Public Petitions Committee: First meeting (29 June)
      
Rural Affairs Committee: (22 June) (29 June)
      
Social Inclusion, Housing and Voluntary Sector Committee: First Meeting (30
June)
      
Standards Committee: (22 June)(30 June)
      
Subordinate Legislation Committee: First Meeting (29 June)
      
Transport and Environment Committee: First Meeting (30 June)
       



BUSINESS BULLETIN 24/1999

Thursday 24 June 1999

Announcements

       
      
Amendment to forms for Parliamentary Questions and Motions

Members’ attention is drawn to an amendment to the forms for lodging
Parliamentary Questions and motions.
     
Now that members have lodged statements for the Register of Members’
Interests they are reminded that relevant interests must be declared in any
proceedings of the Parliament. Accordingly, when lodging Parliamentary
Questions and motions, members should complete the section of the form
which asks if the member has a registered interest which relates to the
question or motion. Members should give a brief description of the interest
in the box provided on the form.
       

Members’ Business

The Parliamentary Bureau has agreed that in future members will be asked by
the clerks, when they lodge notice of a motion, to indicate whether they
wish the motion to be debated during the periods allocated after Decision
Time for Members’ Business. If a member so indicates, the motion will
appear in the Business Bulletin with the symbol " # " after the motion
number. The Parliamentary Bureau will consider all motions of which notice
is lodged and recommend which of these motions will be debated during
Members’ Business. Members will be aware that debates taken during
Members’ Business are concluded without any question being put.


Titles in Motions
      
The Parliamentary Bureau has agreed that motions should appear in the
Business Bulletin with short titles indicating the subject matter of the
motion. From Friday 25 June, these titles will appear after the name of the
MSP lodging the motion. In Bulletins published on Tuesdays to Fridays, the
short title will also appear when additional names of support appear next
to motion numbers, or notices of amendments are listed. This should make it
easier to trace the original motion to which these entries relate.
       
      
Amendments
      
Amendments to motions S1M-67 and S1M-71 of which notice has been lodged by
4.30 pm on Wednesday 23 June will be considered for selection by the
Presiding Officer. Notices of amendments to motion S1M-68 should be lodged
with the Chamber Office by 12 noon on Thursday 24 June in order to be
considered for selection.
       



Supplement to Business Bulletin 24/1999 

Thursday 24 June 1999

Section A –  Daily Business List

       
9.30 am Motion by Mr Alex Salmond: Privatisation of Public Services—
      

S1M-67 Mr Alex Salmond: That the Parliament condemns the privatisation of
health, education, transport and other public services through the Private
Finance Initiative (PFI) and Public-Private Partnership (PPP) schemes;
notes the mounting body of evidence that PFI and PPP, introduced by the
Conservative Government and continued by the Labour Government, are an
inefficient and expensive method of funding vital public services which
also undermine the pay and conditions of public service staff; calls upon
the Scottish Ministers to disclose the annual expenditure commitments
associated with each public project involving private finance, and the rate
of return that private partners receive for the capital that they commit;
urges the Scottish Ministers to examine alternatives to such private
financing, and calls on the Scottish Ministers to bring forward proposals
to introduce Scottish Public Service Trusts.
 

The Presiding Officer has selected the following amendment—
      

S1M-67.1 Mr Jack McConnell: As an amendment to the motion (S1M-67) in the
name of Mr Alex Salmond leave out from "condemns" to end and insert
"supports the provision of high quality health, education, transport and
other public services; agrees that public/private partnerships will
continue to be one of the ways used to increase innovation and investment
in public services where this approach represents best value; calls on the
Executive to continue to work to improve the operation of public/private
partnerships and seek opportunities for new types of partnership and
flexible contracts which will allow assets, when appropriate, to revert to
public ownership, and recognises its use in delivering high quality public
services while protecting the interests of the community as indicated in
the Partnership for Scotland."


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