Parliamentary Bureau Motions
The next item of business is consideration of two Parliamentary Bureau motions. I ask Bruce Crawford to move motion S4M-00165, on the establishment of committees, and motion S4M-00178, on committee membership.
Motions moved,
That the Parliament shall establish committees of the Parliament as follows:
Name of Committee: Equal Opportunities
Remit: Set out in Rule 6.9
Number of members: 7
Convenership: The Convener will be a member of the Scottish Labour Party and the Deputy Convener will be a member of the Scottish National Party.
Name of Committee: European and External Relations
Remit: Set out in Rule 6.8
Number of members: 7
Convenership: The Convener will be a member of the Scottish National Party and the Deputy Convener will be a member of the Scottish Labour Party.
Name of Committee: Finance
Remit: Set out in Rule 6.6
Number of members: 7
Convenership: The Convener will be a member of the Scottish National Party and the Deputy Convener will be a member of the Scottish National Party.
Name of Committee: Public Audit
Remit: Set out in Rule 6.7
Number of members: 9
Convenership: The Convener will be a member of the Scottish Labour Party and the Deputy Convener will be a member of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.
Name of Committee: Public Petitions
Remit: Set out in Rule 6.10
Number of members: 7
Convenership: The Convener will be a member of the Scottish Labour Party and the Deputy Convener will be a member of the Scottish National Party.
Name of Committee: Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments
Remit: Set out in Rule 6.4
Number of members: 7
Convenership: The Convener will be a member of the Scottish National Party and the Deputy Convener will be a member of the Scottish Labour Party.
Name of Committee: Subordinate Legislation
Remit: Set out in Rule 6.11
Number of members: 7
Convenership: The Convener will be a member of the Scottish National Party and the Deputy Convener will be a member of the Scottish National Party.
Name of Committee: Economy, Energy and Tourism
Remit: To consider and report on the Scottish economy, enterprise, energy, tourism and renewables and all other matters within the responsibility of the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth apart from those covered by the remit of the Local Government and Regeneration Committee and matters relating to the Cities Strategy falling within the responsibility of the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy
Number of members: 9
Convenership: The Convener will be a member of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party and the Deputy Convener will be a member of the Scottish National Party
Duration: For the whole session of the Parliament.
Name of Committee: Education and Culture
Remit: To consider and report on further and higher education, lifelong learning, schools, pre-school care, skills and other matters falling within the responsibility of the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning and matters relating to culture and the arts falling within the responsibility of the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs
Number of members: 9
Convenership: The Convener will be a member of the Scottish National Party and the Deputy Convener will be a member of the Scottish Labour Party
Duration: For the whole session of the Parliament.
Name of Committee: Health and Sport
Remit: To consider and report on health policy, the NHS in Scotland, anti poverty measures, equalities, sport and other matters falling within the responsibility of the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy apart from those covered by the remit of the Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee
Number of members: 9
Convenership: The Convener will be a member of the Scottish Labour Party and the Deputy Convener will be a member of the Scottish National Party
Duration: For the whole session of the Parliament.
Name of Committee: Infrastructure and Capital Investment
Remit: To consider and report on infrastructure, capital investment, transport, housing, and other matters falling within the responsibility of the Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure and Capital Investment apart from those covered by the remit of the Local Government and Regeneration Committee
Number of members: 7
Convenership: The Convener will be a member of the Scottish National Party and the Deputy Convener will be a member of the Scottish National Party
Duration: For the whole session of the Parliament.
Name of Committee: Justice
Remit: To consider and report on a) the administration of criminal and civil justice, community safety and other matters falling within the responsibility of the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and b) the functions of the Lord Advocate other than as head of the systems of criminal prosecution and investigation of deaths in Scotland
Number of members: 9
Convenership: The Convener will be a member of the Scottish National Party and the Deputy Convener will be a member of the Scottish Labour Party
Duration: For the whole session of the Parliament.
Name of Committee: Local Government and Regeneration
Remit: To consider and report on a) the financing and delivery of local government and local services, and b) planning, and c) matters relating to regeneration falling within the responsibility of the Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure and Capital Investment
Number of members: 7
Convenership: The Convener will be a member of the Scottish National Party and the Deputy Convener will be a member of the Scottish National Party
Duration: For the whole session of the Parliament.
Name of Committee: Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment
Remit: To consider and report on agriculture, fisheries, rural development, climate change, the environment and other matters falling within the responsibility of the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs & the Environment
Number of members: 9
Convenership: The Convener will be a member of the Scottish National Party and the Deputy Convener will be a member of the Scottish National Party
Duration: For the whole session of the Parliament.
That the Parliament agrees the membership of committees of the Parliament as follows:
Equal Opportunities Committee
Membership: Clare Adamson, Claudia Beamish, John Finnie, Siobhan McMahon, Stuart McMillan, Margaret Mitchell, Dennis Robertson
European and External Relations Committee
Membership: Helen Eadie, Annabelle Ewing, Bill Kidd, Hanzala Malik, Jamie McGrigor, Christina McKelvie, Aileen McLeod
Finance Committee
Membership: Kenneth Gibson, Alex Johnstone, Derek Mackay, John Mason, Margaret McCulloch, John Pentland, Paul Wheelhouse
Public Audit Committee
Membership: George Adam, Colin Beattie, Willie Coffey, Murdo Fraser, Hugh Henry, Mark McDonald, Tavish Scott, Drew Smith, Humza Yousaf
Public Petitions Committee
Membership: Neil Bibby, Richard Lyle, Nanette Milne, David Stewart, Bill Walker, Sandra White, John Wilson
Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
Membership: Margaret Burgess, Bob Doris, Helen Eadie, Margaret McDougall, Nanette Milne, Dave Thompson, Paul Wheelhouse
Subordinate Legislation Committee
Membership: Chic Brodie, Nigel Don, James Dornan, Kezia Dugdale, Mike MacKenzie, John Scott, Drew Smith
Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee
Membership: Chic Brodie, Gavin Brown, Rhoda Grant, Patrick Harvie, Angus MacDonald, Mike MacKenzie, Stuart McMillan, Anne McTaggart, John Wilson
Education and Culture Committee
Membership: Clare Adamson, Claire Baker, Marco Biagi, Jenny Marra, Stewart Maxwell, Joan McAlpine, Liam McArthur, Liz Smith, Jean Urquhart
Health and Sport Committee
Membership: Bob Doris, Jim Eadie, Mary Fee, Richard Lyle, Fiona McLeod, Duncan McNeil, Gil Paterson, Mary Scanlon, Richard Simpson
Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee
Membership: Jackson Carlaw, Malcolm Chisholm, Neil Findlay, Jamie Hepburn, Adam Ingram, Gordon MacDonald, Maureen Watt
Justice Committee
Membership: Roderick Campbell, John Finnie, Christine Grahame, Colin Keir, James Kelly, John Lamont, Alison McInnes, Graeme Pearson, Humza Yousaf
Local Government and Regeneration Committee
Membership: Ruth Davidson, Kezia Dugdale, Joe FitzPatrick, Mark Griffin, Kevin Stewart, David Torrance, Bill Walker
Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee
Membership: Graeme Dey, Annabelle Ewing, Alex Fergusson, Rob Gibson, Jim Hume, Jenny Marra, Mark McDonald, Aileen McLeod, Elaine Murray—[Bruce Crawford.]
The questions on the motions will be put at decision time.