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Title    : Scottish Parliament: Business Bulletin 51/1999
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BUSINESS BULLETIN 51/1999 

Thursday 9 September 1999 

 

 Section A – Daily Business List
 
 Section D – Oral questions selected for answer on 9 September 1999
 
 Section E – New written questions lodged on 6 September 

 Section F – Motions and Amendments
 
 Section G - Bills, amendments to Bills and proposals for members’ Bills


 Section H – New Documents
  
 Section J – Progress of Parliamentary business 
 

 
 

BUSINESS BULLETIN 51/1999

Thursday 9 September 1999 

Section A – Daily Business List

 
   
   

9.30 am Motion by Donald Dewar—

S1M-127 Donald Dewar: Programme for Government—That the Parliament
endorses the contents of Making It Work Together: A Programme for
Government

 

The Presiding Officer has selected the following amendment—

*S1M-127.1 Mr Alex Salmond: Programme for Government—As an amendment to
motion (S1M-127) in the name of Donald Dewar, leave out all from "endorses"
to end and insert: "condemns the use of valuable Parliamentary time and
public resources for yet another public relations re-launch of the
floundering coalition, calls upon the Scottish Executive to bring forward a
programme of substance rather than spin, and instructs the Scottish
Executive to take steps to access and use all of Scotland’s resources to
tackle poverty, lack of opportunity and unemployment, and to raise the
ambitions of all of Scotland’s peoples


12.20 pm Business Motion—

S1M-132 Mr Tom McCabe on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau: Business
Motion—That the Parliament agrees—

(a) the following amendment to the programme of business agreed on 1
September—

 

Thursday 9 September 1999

after "Motion to Approve SSIs (to be taken without debate)" insert – 

followed by Motion to Approve the Designation of the lead Committee for the
Public Finance and Accountability Bill (to be taken without debate)

(b) the following programme of business—

 

Wednesday 15 September 1999

2.30 pm Debate on an Executive Motion on the Food Standards Agency

followed by, no earlier than 4.30 pm Motion on the Nomination and
Appointment of the Auditor General for Scotland 

followed by Motion on the Designation of Lead Committees for SSIs (to be
taken without debate)

5.00 pm Decision Time

followed by Members' Business Debate on the subject of S1M-86 Alasdair
Morgan: Wigtown, Scotland’s National Book Town

 

Thursday 16 September 1999

9.30 am Non-Executive Business: Debate on a Motion by the Scottish
Conservative and Unionist Party on the subject of Transport

followed by, no later than 12.20 pm Business Motion

2.30 pm Question Time

3.00 pm Open Question Time

followed by, no later than 3.15 pm Ministerial Statement on the Water
Industry

followed by 

Debate on an Executive Motion on Homelessness

5.00 pm Decision Time

followed by Members' Business Debate on the Subject of S1M-98 Tavish Scott:
Crisis in Salmon Farming

 

Wednesday 22 September 1999

2.30 pm Debate on an Executive Motion on Tourism

5.00 pm Decision Time

followed by Members' Business

 

Thursday 23 September 1999

9.30 am Debate on Executive Motion on a Manufacturing and Industrial
Strategy for Scotland

followed by, no later than 12.20 pm Business Motion

2.30 pm Question Time

3.00 pm Open Question Time

followed by, no later than 3.15 pm Debate on an Executive Motion on the
Voluntary Sector

5.00 pm Decision Time 

followed by Members' Business 

and (c), the following dates by which other committees should make any
recommendations on instruments or draft instruments to the lead
committee—

i. The Rural Affairs Committee and the European Committee to report to the
Transport and Environment Committee on The Environmental Impact Assessment
(Forestry) (Scotland) Regulations 1999 (SSI 1999/43) by 29 September 1999

ii. The Rural Affairs Committee and the European Committee to report to the
Health and Community Care Committee on The Food (Animals and Animal
Products from Belgium) (Emergency Control) (No. 2) (Scotland) Order 1999
(SSI 1999/32) by 29 September 1999

iii. The Rural Affairs Committee and the European Committee to report to
the Health and Community Care Committee on The Animal Feedingstuffs from
Belgium (Control) (No. 2) (Scotland) Regulations 1999 (SSI 1999/33) by 29
September 1999

iv. The European Committee to report to the Health and Community Care
Committee on The Spreadable Fats (Marketing Standards) (Scotland)
Regulations 1999 (SSI 1999/34) by 29 September 1999

 

2.30 pm Question Time

 

1. Duncan McNeil: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make a
statement on support for local community involvement in regeneration
through Citizens’ juries. (S1O-279)

 

2. Elaine Smith: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make a
statement on the progress being made towards a national childcare strategy.
(S1O-250)

 

3. Maureen Macmillan: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make a
statement on how it intends to keep victims informed of the progress of
cases against offenders. (S1O-261)

 

4. Ms Irene Oldfather: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will
outline its proposals for action to prevent young Scots from becoming
addicted to tobacco. (S1O-281)

 

5. Paul Martin: To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Minister for
Health during her visit to Stobhill Hospital will meet with the Medical
Staff Association to discuss their concerns in connection with revised site
proposals to build an Ambulatory Care and Diagnostic Unit on the grounds of
Stobhill Hospital. (S1O-295)

 

6. Bristow Muldoon: To ask the Scottish Executive what the current policy
is on the use of land-raise for the disposal of domestic and non-domestic
waste. (S1O-286)

 

7. Karen Whitefield: To ask the Scottish Executive what measures are in
place to promote dental health in Scotland. (S1O-259)

 

8. Alasdair Morgan: To ask the Scottish Executive what action it intends to
take to assist the tourism sector in areas of rural Scotland such as
Dumfries and Galloway and the Highlands and Islands in the light of the
decreases in visitor numbers. (S1O-264)

 

9. Ms Patricia Ferguson: To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost would
be of electrifying the Glasgow to Edinburgh rail line. (S1O-275)

 

10. Karen Gillon: To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made
on restoring the European beef market for Scottish producers. (S1O-274)

 

11. Mr Kenny MacAskill: To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to
develop the electrification of Scotland’s railways. (S1O-252)

 

12. Dennis Canavan: To ask the Scottish Executive when the First Minister
expects to meet the Secretary of State for Scotland and what subjects he
expects to discuss. (S1O-247)

 

13. Mary Scanlon: To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to
enable acute hospital and primary care trusts to meet the aspiration for
Joint Investment Funds set out in the ‘ Designed to Care’ White Paper.
(S1O-255)

 

14. Janis Hughes: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make a
statement on whether it intends to promote its relationship with the
voluntary sector in Scotland. (S1O-276)

 

15. Ms Sandra White: To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking
to ensure the retention of the Paediatric Cardiac Surgery service at
Yorkhill Hospital. (S1O-296)

 

16. Nicola Sturgeon: To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking
to help bring about a settlement in the dispute over teachers’ pay and
conditions. (S1O-267)

 

17. Fiona McLeod: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make a
detailed statement on the current financial situation at Hampden Stadium
and the Scottish Football Museum and on the implications for the future
operation for the National Stadium and Museum. (S1O-294)

 

18. Brian Adam: To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to improve
the railway network in Scotland. (S1O-248)

 

19. Christine Grahame: To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has
taken place in relation to the Borders printed circuit board manufacturer
Signum Circuit’s request for Regional Selective Assistance which would
allow it to expand its operations in Selkirk. (S1O-254)

 

20. Phil Gallie: To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it will take to
put an end to the situation whereby minor technical discrepancies prevent
court proceedings in cases where there is evidence of an individual’s
wrongdoing. (S1O-272)

 

21. Mr Kenneth Gibson: To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to
use its planning powers to introduce a national moratorium on the erection
of mobile telecommunication masts on school grounds and within densely
populated areas such as multi-storey flats in line with the policy of
"prudent avoidance" as recommended by Friends of the Earth. (S1O-268)

 

22. Fergus Ewing: To ask the Scottish Executive what specific measures it
will introduce to assist small business in Scotland and whether it will
work closely with the Enterprise and Life Long Learning Committee to
develop a package of measures to promote small business in Scotland.
(S1O-289)

 

23. Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: To ask the Scottish Executive how many
miles of dual carriageway in Scotland lack central reservation safety
barriers and whether it will install such barriers with a view to reducing
accidents and loss of life. (S1O-253)

 

24. Fiona Hyslop: To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to
improve the position of homeowners in Scotland. (S1O-260)

 

25. Hugh Henry: To ask the Scottish Executive how many crimes were
committed in Scotland by those released on bail, and how many of these were
crimes of violence, for each of the last five years. (S1O-293)

 

26. Jamie McGrigor: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is satisfied
that adequate scientific resources are being applied to the outbreak of
Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning. (S1O-290)

 

27. Margaret Jamieson: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will
confirm that all pupils who have entered Primary 1 will remain in class
sizes of fewer than 30, at least until Primary 4. (S1O-270)

 

28. Johann Lamont: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make a
statement on its plans to promote the involvement of parents in the
education of their children. (S1O-288)

 

29. Lewis Macdonald: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make a
statement on the progress of the Scottish University for Industry.
(S1O-287)

 

30. Alex Fergusson: To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to
address the issues currently affecting the Scottish sheep farming industry.
(S1O-273)

 

 

3.00 pm Open Question Time

 

1. Mr Alex Salmond: To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to
question S1W-886 by Donald Dewar on 24 August 1999, what the current
position is in respect of the development of Concordats. (S1O-258)

 

2. David McLetchie: To ask the Scottish Executive how many times the First
Minister has met with the Prime Minister since 1 July 1999 to discuss
matters relating to the governance of Scotland and whether further regular
meetings between them have been scheduled. (S1O-263)

 

3. George Lyon: To ask the Scottish Executive what resources, in terms of
funding and expertise, are being made available to tackle the algae
responsible for amnesic shellfish poisoning (ASP), and to ascertain the
threat to public health represented by ASP, and what timescale it has set
for lifting the ban on scallop fishing currently in place on Scotland’s
north west coast. (S1O-262)

 

followed by, no later than 3.15 pm Continuation of debate on motion
S1M-127

 

4.30 pm Motion by Mr Tom McCabe—

S1M-131 Mr Tom McCabe on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau: Time for
Reflection—That the Parliament agrees that, further to the decision on
motion S1M–1 on Prayers, the provision of a Time for Reflection should be
as outlined below—

Time for Reflection will be held in the Chamber in a meeting of the
Parliament normally as the first item of business each week;

Time for Reflection will be held in public and will be addressed both to
Members and to the Scottish people;

Time for Reflection will last for a maximum of four minutes;

Time for Reflection will follow a pattern based on the balance of beliefs
in Scotland; invitations to address the Parliament in leading Time for
Reflection will be issued by the Presiding Officer on advice from the
Parliamentary Bureau;

Time for Reflection will be recorded in the Official Report

The Presiding Officer has selected the following amendment—

*S1M-131.1 Phil Gallie: Time for Reflection—As an amendment to motion
(S1M-131) in the name of Mr Tom McCabe on behalf of the Parliamentary
Bureau, leave out from ‘the balance’ to "Bureau" and insert "the
traditional Christian culture and faith of Scotland"

followed by Motion by Des McNulty—

S1M-96 Des McNulty: Membership of the Commonwealth Parliamentary
Association—That the Parliament agrees—

(a) to apply for admission to membership of the Commonwealth Parliamentary
Association, such membership to be effective immediately on approval of the
application by the General Assembly of Commonwealth Parliamentary
Association;

(b) to abide by the provisions of the Constitution of the Commonwealth
Parliamentary Association; (c) the required membership fee be paid to the
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association; and 

(d) that this motion be communicated to the Secretariat of the Commonwealth
Parliamentary Association immediately following agreement

To be taken without debate

 

followed by Motion by Mr Tom McCabe—

*S1M-134 Mr Tom McCabe on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau: Approval of
SSIs—That the Parliament agrees that the following Orders be approved—

The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning)
(West Coast) (Scotland) Order 1999 (SSI 1999/26) and,

The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning)
(Orkney) (Scotland) Order 1999 (SSI 1999/27)

To be taken without debate

followed by 

5.00 pm Decision Time

followed by Members’ Business—

Debate on the subject of—

S1M-116 Mr Nick Johnston: Unemployment in Clackmannanshire and West
Fife—That the Parliament calls the Scottish Ministers’ attention to the
problems of social and economic deprivation caused by escalating
unemployment in Clackmannanshire and West Fife

 
 

 
 

BUSINESS BULLETIN 51/1999

Thursday 9 September 1999 

Section D –  Oral questions selected for answer on 16 September 1999

 
   
Question Time

 

1. Mr Andrew Welsh: To ask the Scottish Executive which services and staff
posts have been withdrawn from or reduced in Stracathro hospital over the
past five years and what steps are being taken to ensure the future of
Stracathro hospital and the services it provides. (S1O-297)

 

2. Ms Sandra White: To ask the Scottish Executive, if it decides to abolish
the Scottish Joint Negotiating Committee, what mechanism it intends to use
to achieve the abolition. (S1O-306)

 

3. Alex Neil: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends making
representations to Her Majesty’s Government requesting an increase in the
Scottish Block. (S1O-302)

 

4. Scott Barrie: To ask the Scottish Executive how many miscalculations
have occurred in awards made by the Student Awards Agency for Scotland in
each of the last four academic sessions. (S1O-339)

 

5. Christine Grahame: To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer
to question S1W-1049 by Henry McLeish on 6 September, whether the
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), in providing assurances regarding
the grant award position at Viasystems, has at any time provided it with a
copy of the DTI report of the investigation into the closure of the
Viasystems plants in the Scottish Borders. (S1O-336)

 

6. Fiona Hyslop: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to double
the number of refuge places for women and their children fleeing domestic
violence in Scotland. (S1O-310)

 

7. Trish Godman: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will be possible
to launch the Scottish University for Industry in autumn 2000 as planned
given that no company has yet been set up and no chief executive or
directors have been appointed. (S1O-329)

 

8. Andrew Wilson: To ask the Scottish Executive what is the allocation
within the Scottish Departmental Expenditure limit for expenditure (outturn
estimated and planned) by the Secretary of State and Advocate General for
Scotland in 1998-1999 and 1999-2000, in cash terms. (S1O-301)

 

9. Mr Keith Raffan: To ask the Scottish Executive which Ministers have so
far met their counterparts from the Cabinet of the National Assembly for
Wales. (S1O-305)

 

10. Mary Scanlon: To ask the Scottish Executive how it intends to assist
Inverness College, which faces a deficit of £4 million, in providing high
quality further and higher education. (S1O-331)

 

11. Mr John Munro: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider
giving Hill Livestock Compensation Allowance payments to deer farmers.
(S1O-327)

 

12. David Mundell: To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it
will make to the Strategic Rail Authority regarding the issuing of
directions and guidance by it in respect of rail services to or from
stations in Scotland, including Lockerbie and Dumfries, where no services
to such stations both begin and end in Scotland. (S1O-315)

 

13. Michael Matheson: To ask the Scottish Executive what action is being
taken to improve services for those who suffer from terminal illness.
(S1O-300)

 

14. Tavish Scott: To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Tourism
Strategy to be published in January 2000 will address the problem of high
transport costs faced by the tourist industry in island areas. (S1O-308)

 

15. Colin Campbell: To ask the Scottish Executive whether all pupils in
Scotland with Records of Needs are receiving appropriate educational
provision. (S1O-322)

 

16. Mr Brian Monteith: To ask the Scottish Executive whether any Ministers
have plans to visit St Mary’s Episcopal Primary School, Dunblane before
the end of the year. (S1O-334)

 

17. Richard Lochhead: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has made
representations to her Majesty’s Government requesting that the Scottish
Executive lead European and international fisheries negotiations on behalf
of the United Kingdom. (S1O-317)

 

18. Irene McGugan: To ask the Scottish Executive what assurance can be
given that the proposed closure of wards 15 and 6 at Strathcathro Hospital,
Brechin will not prejudice the outcome of the acute services review
currently being undertaken by Tayside Health Board. (S1O-309)

 

19. Phil Gallie: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide a
breakdown of the total cost of the launch of Making it Work Together: A
Programme for Government on 6 September 1999. (S1O-314)

 

20. Mr Kenneth Gibson: To ask the Scottish Executive what action it intends
to take to ensure that Scottish local authorities are fully cognisant with
the terms of the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998.
(S1O-332)

 

21. Karen Whitefield: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make a
statement on the action it is taking to prevent heart disease in Scotland.
(S1O-323)

 

22. Shona Robison: To ask the Scottish Executive why £1 million has been
earmarked to support "People’s Juries" rather than existing local
community voluntary groups and whether it has any plans to increase funding
for such groups. (S1O-333)

 

23. Fergus Ewing: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it believes that it
would be of benefit to business in Scotland if it exercised the tax varying
power for the years 2000-2001 and 2001-2002. (S1O-335)

 

24. George Lyon: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to follow
the Land Reform Policy Group’s recommendation that the Scottish Law
Commission be invited to review and revise the law of the foreshore and
seabed and, in light of the numerous and protracted disputes over the
ownership of the seabed around Scotland, what plans it has to review the
powers of the Crown Estate in Scotland. (S1O-307)

 

25. Brian Adam: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will quantify the
contingency funds within its budget are as yet uncommitted in the current
financial year. (S1O-312)

 

26. Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it
will take steps to build, within the next two years, safety barriers on all
dual carriageways where they do not currently exist. (S1O-303)

 

27. Donald Gorrie: To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to
improve the A8 and adjoining roads in the Coatbridge-Newhouse area.
(S1O-299)

 

28. Bruce Crawford: To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been
made on the establishment of a new road bridge crossing the river Forth
near Kincardine. (S1O-313)

 

29. Dennis Canavan: To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to
question S1W-28 by Donald Dewar on 2 July, whether it will now specify the
total number of Special Advisers or political appointees that it has
appointed and the total estimated annual cost of their employment.
(S1O-298)

 

30. Pauline McNeill: To ask the Scottish Executive when it will make a
decision on the future of cardiac surgery at Glasgow Royal Hospital for
Sick Children. (S1O-316)

 

Open Question Time

1. Mr Alex Salmond: To ask the Scottish Executive what are the details of
its higher education policy. (S1O-318)

 

2. David McLetchie: To ask the Scottish Executive how many times the First
Minister has met with the Secretary of State for Scotland since 1 July 1999
to discuss matters relating to the governance of Scotland and whether
further regular meetings between them have been scheduled. (S1O-319)

 

3. Bristow Muldoon: To ask the Scottish Executive what input it has had in
the redrawing of the Objective 2-status map for Scotland. (S1O-328)

 

 
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Thursday 9 September 1999 

Section E - Written questions lodged on 8 September 1999 

  
 
   
S1W-1421 David Mundell: To ask the Presiding Officer whether the Scottish
Parliamentary Corporate Body is aware that some residents of Dumfries and
Galloway are unable to receive live broadcasts of the Parliament on BBC2
Scotland and whether it will take this issue up with the BBC.

 

S1W-1422 Pauline McNeill: To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria will
be used to decide on the location of the centralised children’s cardiac
service

 

S1W-1423 Pauline McNeill: To ask the Scottish Executive whether there has
been any estimate of the impact on other services provided by Yorkhill NHS
Trust should children’s cardiac services be resited in Edinburgh.

 

S1W-1424 Ian Jenkins: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is aware of
the concern amongst traders and some community groups about the increased
numbers of charity shops working under preferential trading conditions in
the high streets of Scottish towns, and whether there is any research,
planned or in progress, into the longer term effects of this increase on
property prices, rates and rental levels and other aspects of town centre
trading and shopping.

 

S1W-1425 Brian Adam: To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it has taken
to resolve the Junior Hospital Doctors’ grievances over long hours,
working conditions and out of hours pay.

 

S1W-1427 Marilyn Livingstone: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has
received representations from the Millan Committee on the Review of the
Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 about the Mental Health (Public Safety
and Appeals) (Scotland) Bill.

 

S1W-1428 Colin Campbell: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is
satisfied with the provision of rural bus routes in Renfrewshire and
Inverclyde.

 

S1W-1429 Dorothy-Grace Elder: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will
ensure that no decision is taken on closing child cardiac operation
services at Glasgow’s Royal Hospital for Sick Children or at Edinburgh
Royal Hospital for Sick children until the Health and Community Care
Committee or the Parliament have debated the issue publicly.

 

S1W-1430 Mr Duncan Hamilton: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will
detail the number of referrals to the gulf veterans’ medical assessment
programme (MAP) since MAP was established and whether it will provide
details of any research into gulf war syndrome which it currently
sponsors.

 

S1W-1433 Mrs Margaret Smith: To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it
has to ensure that where genetically modified crops are used as ingredients
in the food and restaurant industries, products and menus are labelled
accordingly, so that consumers can make an informed choice.

 

S1W-1434 Mr Brian Monteith: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has
any plans for greater involvement of local police forces in the new
community schools.

 

S1W-1435 Mr Brian Monteith: To ask the Scottish Executive how many placing
requests have there been for primary and secondary schools since May 1997
and what proportion of the total number of places this represents.

 

S1W-1436 Mr Brian Monteith: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will
provide a breakdown of the schools’ excellence fund by project and amount
for the next three years.

 

S1W-1437 Andrew Wilson: To ask the Scottish Executive , further to the
answer to question S1W-960 by Mr Jack McConnell on 2 September, whether it
will give details of the capital costs and a breakdown of the £650,000 per
annum running costs for the Scottish Executive European Union office and
whether it will specify from which vote this funding will be allocated, in
each year from the office’s establishment onwards.

 

S1W-1438 Mrs Margaret Smith: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it
intends to revise planning law to remove the possibility of renewal of
outline planning permission outwith a specific time limit, for example a
ten year period.

 

S1W-1439 Mrs Margaret Smith: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it
intends to revise planning law to tighten up the definition of work on site
before renewal of outline consent can be granted.

 

S1W-1440 Mrs Margaret Smith: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it
intends to revise planning law to remove the loophole of duplicate planning
applications.

 

S1W-1441 Colin Campbell: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is
satisfied that the £5 million in administrative savings required of the
Argyll and Clyde Acute Hospitals Trust will not be injurious to the smooth
running of its hospitals.

 

 
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Section F - Motions and Amendments 

 
   
The full text of all outstanding motions and amendments will appear in the
Business Bulletin every Monday

Items or names marked with an asterisk (*) are new. Asterisks in the text
show the extent of alterations made

Motions which members wish to be considered for debate as Members’
Business in the Parliament are marked with a hash symbol (#)

 

*S1M-137 Mr Andrew Welsh: Motion Regarding Appointment of Auditor General
for Scotland—That the Parliament nominates Robert Black to Her Majesty
for appointment as Auditor General for Scotland.

 

*S1M-136 Mr Jamie Stone: Sheep Industry—That the Parliament acknowledges
the current crisis in the sheep industry in Caithness, Sutherland and
Easter Ross following this summer’s lamb sales in the constituency.

Supported by: Mr John Munro*, George Lyon*, Euan Robson*, Nora Radcliffe*,
Robert Brown*

 

*S1M-133# Dr Elaine Murray: Crisis in Scottish Agriculture—That the
Parliament notes the severe problems of Scottish agriculture, in particular
in the hill farming and pig sectors, and calls upon the Scottish Executive
to give urgent consideration to measures to alleviate the immediate
problems, while developing strategies to stabilise the industry in the
longer term.

 

S1M-125 East Timor (lodged on 7 September 1999) Winnie Ewing*, Jamie
McGrigor*, Dr Elaine Murray*, Nicola Sturgeon*, Mrs Margaret Smith*

 

S1M-119 East Timor (lodged on 3 September 1999) Winnie Ewing*, Christine
Grahame*, Nicola Sturgeon*

 

S1M-74 Amendment of Members' Allowances Scheme (lodged on 24 June 1999)
Jamie McGrigor*

 

S1M-66 Impact of tolls on Tourism (lodged on 22 June 1999) Mr Nick
Johnston*, Jamie McGrigor*

 

 
 

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Section G - Bills, amendments to Bills and proposals for members’ Bills

 
   
Proposals for Members’ Bills

 

Names marked with an asterisk (*) are new names of support. Proposals that
have attracted 11 supporters have the names shown in bold. The member who
lodged such a proposal has the right to introduce a Members’ Bill to give
effect to that proposal under rule 9.14.

 

Tommy Sheridan: Proposed Debtors (Amendment) Bill—Proposal for a Bill to
amend the Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987 to remove the rights of a creditor
(or an officer of court on his behalf) to apply for, and of a sheriff to
grant, authority for poindings or warrant sales (lodged 19 August). 

 

Supported by: Alex Neil, Michael Russell, Ms Margo MacDonald, Adam Ingram,
Fiona Hyslop, Andrew Wilson, Kenny MacAskill, Robin Harper, John McAllion,
Michael Matheson, Tricia Marwick, Brian Adam, Dr Winnie Ewing, Dennis
Canavan, Mike Watson, Mrs Kay Ullrich, Shona Robison, Ms Nicola Sturgeon,
Cathy Jamieson, Trish Godman*, Johann Lamont*

 

Mike Watson: Proposed Protection of Wild Mammals Bill—Proposal for a Bill
to make it an offence to hunt a wild mammal with a dog or to facilitate
hunting in certain ways. The Bill would provide exceptions for certain
activities directed at pest control and conservation of species, and would
allow the Executive to license such activities. It would also provide
exceptions, in certain cases, for the retrieval or rescue of animals. It
would enable courts of summary jurisdiction to disqualify, by order,
persons convicted of an offence from keeping a dog, and make breach of such
an order an offence (lodged 1 September).

 

Supported by: Tricia Marwick, Scott Barrie, Kate Maclean, Bristow Muldoon,
Adam Ingram, Tommy Sheridan, Mrs Kay Ullrich, Kenneth Macintosh, George
Reid, Ms Nicola Sturgeon, Janis Hughes, Malcolm Chisholm, Ms Patricia
Ferguson, Johann Lamont, Trish Godman, Christine Grahame, Andrew Wilson,
Kenneth Gibson, Michael Matheson, Duncan Hamilton, Elaine Smith, Robin
Harper, Cathy Jamieson, John Young, Irene McGugan*, Dennis Canavan*

 

Adam Ingram: Proposed Leasehold Casualties Bill—Proposal for a Bill to
provide for the extinction of leasehold casualties, to provide compensation
in certain cases, and to make void "irritancy provisions" in certain leases
of land (lodged 7 September)

 

Supported by: Michael Russell, Gil Paterson, Duncan Hamilton, Lloyd Quinan,
Tricia Marwick, Pauline McNeill, Mike Rumbles* 

 

 
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Section H - New Documents   

  
 
   
Committee Reports

 

The following report was printed on 8 September—

Health and Community Care Committee, 1st Report: Report on Subordinate
Legislation (SP Paper 3)

 

European Documents

Members wishing to see a list of European documents received in the
Parliament should contact the clerks to the European Committee
(stephen.imrie@scottish.parliament.uk). Members are reminded that a
complete set of all documents received is held by the Document Supply
Centre and copies can be made available on request.

 

 BUSINESS BULLETIN 51/1999 

Thursday 9 September 1999 

Section J - Progress of Parliamentary business 

  
 
   
For further information on the progress of Bills, subordinate legislation
and committees shown in this section, please contact either the relevant
Clerk or web site (see end of Section for addresses)

Bills in progress

Mental Health (Public Safety and Appeals) (Scotland) Bill
Stage 2: Committee of the Whole Parliament 


Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Bill Stage 1

 

Subordinate legislation in progress

Affirmative Instruments

For approval by 13 September—

The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning)
(West Coast) (Scotland) Order 1999 (SSI 1999/26) 

The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning)
(Orkney) (Scotland) Order 1999 (SSI 1999/27) 

 

For approval by 24 September—

The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning)
(Orkney) (No.2) (Scotland) Order 1999 (SSI 1999/42)


Negative Instruments

Subject to annulment until 16 September—

The Scotland Act 1998 (Agency Arrangements) (Specification) Order 1999 (SI
1999/1512) 

 

Subject to annulment until 9 October—

The Environmental Impact Assessment (Scotland) Regulations 1999 (SSI
1999/1)

The Plant Health (Amendment) (Scotland) Order 1999 (SSI 1999/22)

The Food (Animals and Animal Products from Belgium) (Emergency Control)
(No.2) (Scotland) Order 1999 (SSI 1999/32)

The Animal Feedingstuffs from Belgium (Control) (No.2) (Scotland)
Regulations 1999 (SSI 1999/33)

 

Subject to annulment until 13 October—

The Spreadable Fats (Marketing Standards) (Scotland) Regulations 1999 (SSI
1999/34)

The Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) (Scotland) Regulations 1999
(SSI 1999/43)

 

Committee business in progress

(Dates indicate when the next meeting is due to take place)

 

 

 

Audit Committee 14 September

Education, Culture and Sport Committee No date established

Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Committee 15 September

Equal Opportunities Committee 21 September

European Committee 14 September

Finance Committee 14 September

Health and Community Care Committee 22 September

Justice and Home Affairs Committee 14 September

Local Government Committee 15 September

Procedures Committee 21 September

Public Petitions Committee 21 September

Rural Affairs Committee 21 September

Social Inclusion, Housing & Voluntary Sector Committee 15 September

Standards Committee 15 September

Subordinate Legislation Committee 14 September

Transport and Environment Committee 22 September


Note: A full agenda including details of location and timings will be
published on the day of the meeting

 

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