Scottish Parliament Committee News
Issue 112,
Audit Committee
The Committee considered a
paper on its consideration of joint
reports by the Accounts Commission and the Auditor General for
The Committee also took
evidence on its Inquiry into the AGS Report on the Scottish Further Education Funding Council.
Lastly, the Committee
considered and agreed a proposed submission to the Conveners’ Group
seeking approval for members of the
Audit Committee to undertake visits to the Public Accounts Committee of the
House of Commons, the Audit Committee of the National Assembly of Wales and the
Public Accounts Committee of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Communities Committee
The Committee heard evidence
from Deputy Communities Minister, Mary Mulligan, on the planning and compulsory purchase scheme. This is
Education Committee
At its last meeting, the
Committee took evidence on the principles of the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (
Environment and Rural Development Committee
The Committee has
agreed its approach to mainstreaming
equalities into its work. It also,
at its meeting last week, heard evidence on the Nature Conservation (
Equal Opportunities Committee
Last week, members
took further evidence on civil
partnerships.
Finance Committee
The Finance Committee
met on Monday and Tuesday last week. On
Monday members were in Motherwell Civic Centre as part of the Scottish
Parliament’s agenda of widening access to the parliamentary process. The Committee considered the Budget process 2004-05 and took
evidence from Deputy Minister for Finance & Public Services, Tavish Scott, as well as Richard Dennis and Richard Wilkins
of the Finance and Central Services dept, Scottish Executive.
On Tuesday, the Committee
was back in
Members also considered
the Criminal Procedure (Amendment)
(Scotland) Bill and took evidence on the Bill's Financial Memorandum
from Wilma Dickson, Head of Criminal Procedures Division, Tom Fyffe, Bill Team
Member and Sharon Grant Community Justice Services, all Scottish
Executive.
Health
Committee
The Committee
considered Subordinate Legislation,
looking at negative instruments on
the NHS (Travelling Expenses and Remission Charges), the Collagen and
Gelatine (Intra-Community Trade)
Justice 1 Committee
Justice 1 took
evidence via video link on the European Commission’s green paper on alternative dispute resolution. The Committee also considered a note from the
Scottish Executive on European
regulation on parental responsibility.
Justice 2 Committee
Justice 2 began
its work on the Antisocial Behaviour
etc. (Scotland) Bill by considering its approach to the Bill and
agreeing on witnesses to be called. It
was also agreed that the Committee would hold a seminar early next year to plan
its proposed Inquiry into youth justice. Finally the Committee agreed its draft report
into the Vulnerable Witnesses (
Local Government and
Transport Committee
The Committee took evidence on the
condition of
Public
Petitions Committee
A somewhat bizarre meeting
last week. Advice from the
Parliament’s lawyers on the issue of the education of children at Dungavel stated that it is a matter for the Home
Office. This prompted SSP and the SNP to table a motion to ignore the advice and
demand the closure of the centre anyway.
Labour members tabled a motion to accept the advice.
In the end, a compromise
motion was agreed to. The Committee will
now send the advice to the Home Office, outlining their concerns and asking for
a response.
Subordinate Legislation Committee
The Committee considered the
delegated powers provisions in the Nature
Conservation (
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