Scottish Parliament Business: Tuesday 5 November 2019
3 min read
In Plenary
2:00pm: Time for Reflection
Parliamentary Bureau Motions
Topical Questions
Stage 1 Debate: UEFA European Championship (Scotland) Bill
Election to the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body
Committee Announcements
Business Motions
Parliamentary Bureau Motions
5:00pm: Decision Time
Member’s Business – Ross Greer - Save Loch Lomond
In Committee
Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee (9:30am, Robert Burns Room)
Climate change adaptation
Witnesses: Baroness Brown of Cambridge, Chair, Adaptation Committee, Chris Stark, Chief Executive, and Kathryn Brown, Head of Adaptation, Committee on Climate Change
Scottish Water investment plan
Witnesses: Douglas Millican, Chief Executive, and Professor Simon Parsons, Strategic Customer Services Planning Director, Scottish Water; Jo Dow, Chief Executive, Business Stream; David Satti, Assistant Director, Network Regulation, Water Industry Commission for Scotland; Peter Peacock, Chair, and Sam Ghibaldan, Director, Customer Forum for Water
Health and Sport Committee (9:30am, James Clerk Maxwell Room)
Primary Care Inquiry - Phase Two
Scott Heald, Associate Director (Data Management & Strategic Development), Information Services Division Scotland, NHS National Services Scotland; Lynne Huckerby, Director of Service Development, NHS24; Geoff Huggins, Director, NES Digital Service; Chaloner Chute, Chief Technology Officer, Digital Health and Care Institute; William Edwards, eHealth Director, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde; Jeane Freeman, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport, Aidan Grisewood, Deputy Director, Primary Care, Naureen Ahmad, Head of GP Contract and Implementation, and Phillip McLean, Patient Engagement/Health Inequalities Team Leader, Scottish Government
Economy, Energy and Fair Work Committee (9:45am, David Livingstone Room)
Consumer Scotland Bill – Consideration of the Bill at Stage 1
Witnesses: Fiona Richardson, Chief Officer, Trading Standards Scotland; Andrew Bartlett, Chief Executive Officer, Advice Direct Scotland Ltd; Graeme Paton, Vice-Chair, Society of Chief Officers of Trading Standards in Scotland (SCOTSS); Professor Iain Black, Professor in Marketing, University of Stirling; Sarah O’Neill, Sarah O'Neill Consulting; Sheila Scobie, Director, Nations, Competition and Markets Authority; James Walker, Chief Executive Officer, Resolver and Graham Wynn, Assistant Director for Consumer, Competition and Regulatory Affairs, British Retail Consortium.
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee (10:00am, Adam Smith Room)
Instruments subject to affirmative procedure – Consideration of the following
- Official Statistics (Scotland) Amendment Order 2019
- Public Services Reform (The Scottish Public Services Ombudsman) (Healthcare Whistleblowing) Order 2020
Instruments/Documents laid for approval – Consideration of the following
- Public Services Reform (The Scottish Public Services Ombudsman) (Healthcare Whistleblowing) Order 2020 - Statement of Principles
Instruments subject to negative procedure – Consideration of the following
- Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 2019
- Scottish Dental Practice Board Amendment Regulations 2019
Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure – Consideration of the following
- Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules 1996 Amendment) (Miscellaneous) 2019
- Homelessness etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2019
Scottish Elections (Reform) Bill - Consideration of the delegated powers provisions in this Bill at Stage 1
