Scottish Parliament Business: Thursday 21 November 2019
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In Plenary
11:40am: Parliamentary Bureau Motions
11:40am: General Questions
12:00pm: First Minister’s Questions
12:45pm: Members’ Business – Annie Wells: World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day
2:30pm: Parliamentary Bureau Motions
2:30pm: Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body Questions
2:45pm: Portfolio Questions
Scottish Government Debate: TV Licences for over 75s
Business Motions
Parliamentary Bureau Motions
5:00pm: Decision Time
In Committee
Social Security Committee (9:00am, Sir Alexander Fleming)
Benefit Take-up
Witnesses: Judith Paterson, Head of Advice and Rights (Scotland), Child Poverty Action Group; Richard Gass, Chair, Rights Advice Scotland and David Wallace, Chief Executive, Social Security Scotland
Subordinate legislation – Consideration of the following negative instrument
- The Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 2019 (SSI 2019/325)
Equalities and Human Rights Committee (10:15am, Adam Smith Room)
Race equality in Scotland
Witnesses: Danny Boyle, Parliamentary Policy Officer, BEMIS; Jatin Haria, Executive Director, Coalition for Racial Equality & Rights; John Wilkes, Head of Scotland, Equality and Human Rights Commission; Kaliani Lyle, Former Independent Race Equality Framework Adviser, Scottish Government and Parveen Khan, Race Equality Mainstream Officer, CEMVO
