Scottish Parliament Committee News
Issue 119,
Audit Committee
The Committee last week
considered arrangements for its forthcoming Inquiry into parliamentary scrutiny of the financial consequences of proposed
legislation.
The Committee also took
evidence in private from the senior management of Scottish Enterprise on the
AGS Report on Scottish Enterprise. It then agreed to write to Scottish Enterprise
seeking further clarification on a number of issues and to consider a draft
report at a future meeting.
Also in private, the
Committee considered a draft report on its Inquiry into the AGS report entitled
Supporting
Prescribing in General Practice: A Progress Report and arrangements for
its publication. Finally, the Committee
considered arrangements for its Inquiry into the report by the AGS entitled Overview
of the National Health Service in Scotland and agreed to invite
Accountable Officers from Borders and Ayrshire and Arran Health Boards to give
evidence on the report, following the evidence session with Lothian Health
Board.
Communities Committee
The Communities Committee looked
likely to be lively last week, with the Association of Chief Police Officers in
Shop-workers’
union, USDAW, however, came out in strong support of the legislation. In written evidence submitted to the
Committee the union highlighted a number of appalling incidents where shop
workers had been threatened and even attacked by gangs of people hanging around
outside shops. USDAW also maintained
that many of their members feel that the police had insufficient powers to deal
with people congregating outside shops perpetrating antisocial behaviour.
Education Committee
Last week’s meeting
saw consideration of a draft stage one report on the Education
(Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Bill and agreed its
general principles.
It also took evidence on
the Local Government in
Enterprise & Culture Committee
Members met in
Campbeltown where they continued their Inquiry into Renewable Energy.
European
and External Relations Committee
The Committee heard evidence
last week on the Repatriation of
European Regional Development Funds and the UK Government
Finance Committee
The Committee took
evidence on the financial memoranda of the Antisocial
Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Bill and the Local
Governance (Scotland) Bill. A draft report on the investigation
into Scottish Water was taken in
private.
Health
Committee
At last
Tuesday’s meeting, the Health Committee considered a Sewel Motion on the
Justice 1 Committee
The main item at
last week’s meeting was a private discussion of the Criminal
Procedure (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill.
Justice 2 Committee
Members
considered petitions on a number of
issues, including couping and resourcing for young people. They also considered their approach to their
report on the Antisocial
Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Bill.
Local Government and
Transport Committee
The Committee took evidence from Network Rail on the rail industry in
Public
Petitions Committee
The Petitions
Committee met on Wednesday to consider six new petitions, including one from a
group of school students from Dunfermline West who had collected signatures
regarding the lenient sentencing of
those accused of assaults on young people. Sarah Ner, Raylene Ford and
Keith Thomas (all teenagers) gave a well received presentation on their
petition.
Representatives from
USDAW presented a petition in support of Karen Whitefield
There was also a petition
on funding for talented athletes in
minority sports, which was led
by a group of archers.
The Committee also gave
further consideration to 6 current petitions.
Subordinate Legislation Committee
At Tuesday’s meeting,
the Committee scrutinised delegated powers in the Local
Governance (Scotland) Bill. They also considered a number of
Instruments subject to annulment as well as a draft letter to the convener of
the Equal Opportunities Committee on mainstreaming
equality in the work of the Parliament
Other Committee
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Environment and Rural Development Committee
Equal Opportunities Committee
Procedures Committee
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