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Communities Committee
The Committee discussed the
leak of its report on the Antisocial
Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Bill and took Stage 1 evidence on the Fire Sprinklers
in Residential Premises (Scotland) Bill.
Education Committee
Stage 2 of the Education
(Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Bill continued.
Enterprise & Culture Committee
Equal Opportunities Committee
The Committee heard
from its Disability Reporter and
considered a report from its Gender
Reporter. It agreed to write to the
Minister for Communities in relation to the display of pornographic images in retail outlets. Finally, the
Committee considered an issues paper on its disability inquiry.
Finance Committee
Tuesday’s
meeting considered a paper by the Budget Adviser and
The Committee also
considered its draft report on the Fire Sprinklers
in Residential Premises (Scotland) Bill and the draft report of its
investigation into Scottish Water.
These two items were taken in private.
Justice 1 Committee
The Committee
took evidence from Deputy Justice Minister, Hugh Henry and the Scottish Prison
Service on the implications of the Northern Ireland Bill which makes
provision for the transfer of some
prisoners from
Justice 2 Committee
Members took
evidence on the
Local Government and
Transport Committee
The draft Stage 1 report on the Local Governance
(Scotland) Bill was discussed.
Last week’s
meeting agreed to adopt the recommendations of the previous Standards Committee
on remuneration and sponsorship and
decided to consider further the Committee’s other recommendations. The Committee
also endorsed the Standards Commissioner’s draft Information Strategy, agreed a submission on standards for the Welsh Assembly and considered a paper
on procedures for dealing with
correspondence outlining complaints against Members.
Subordinate Legislation Committee
The Committee considered the
responses from the Scottish Executive to further points raised on the Tenements
(Scotland) Bill, the Debt
Arrangement Scheme (
The
Committee also considered the Primary
Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2004 (Modification of Enactments) Order 2004,
the Road Traffic (NHS Charges)
Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2004 and the Sea Fishing (Restriction on Days at Sea) (Scotland) Amendment Order
2004.
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