2pm

Time for Reflection: Rev Aaron Moffat-Jackman, Rector of St. Saviour's Scottish Episcopal Church, Bridge of Allan and St. Modoc's Scottish Episcopal Church, Doune
Parliamentary Bureau Motions
Topical Questions

Edward Mountain (S6T-02138)

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to address the reported growing concerns over the shortfall of psychiatrists employed by the NHS to deliver psychiatric care.

Official Report available for S6T-02138

Carol Mochan (S6T-02142)

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the reported view of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine that its winter planning is "not doing enough" to support A&E departments as they approach their busiest time of year.

Official Report available for S6T-02142
Scottish Government Debate: Challenge Poverty Week

John Swinney (S6M-14820)

That the Parliament agrees in this Challenge Poverty Week that the UK Government must reverse the introduction of means testing for the Winter Fuel Payment.

Further details available for S6M-14820

Russell Findlay (S6M-14820.1)

As an amendment to motion S6M-14820 in the name of John Swinney (Challenge Poverty Week), leave out from “must” to end and insert “and the Scottish Government must both reverse the introduction of means testing for the Winter Fuel Payment; notes that the Scottish National Party administration has failed to reduce poverty during its 17 years in power; recognises that the best way to tackle poverty is to provide high-quality healthcare and educational and employment opportunities for people across Scotland, with appropriate levels of housing, and condemns the Scottish Government’s failure to achieve any of these objectives.”

Further details available for S6M-14820.1

Anas Sarwar (S6M-14820.3)

As an amendment to motion S6M-14820 in the name of John Swinney (Challenge Poverty Week), leave out from "agrees" to end and insert "regrets that poverty levels in Scotland are still far too high, with 30,000 more children in Scotland living in poverty compared with 2007; recognises the need to support vulnerable people through the cost of living crisis and over winter with energy bills; welcomes, therefore, the announcement by the UK Government to extend the Household Support Fund, which will deliver an estimated £41 million in Barnett consequential funding, and calls on the Scottish Government to use this funding to deliver a package of support to help low-income pensioners and households by re-establishing the Fuel Insecurity Fund; considers that reducing poverty in the long term will require action across all of the themes of Challenge Poverty Week, as supported by hundreds of anti-poverty charities and third sector organisations across Scotland, and believes that this will require progress in all of the areas of policy that have been devolved to the Scottish Parliament, including ending the housing and homelessness emergency, improving health and education outcomes, making transport more accessible, supporting people into work and creating good, well-paid jobs in all parts of the country."

Further details available for S6M-14820.3
Committee Announcements
Business Motions

Jamie Hepburn on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau (S6M-14842)

That the Parliament agrees to the following revisions to the programme of business for Thursday 10 October 2024—
delete
2.30 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions
2.30 pm Portfolio Questions: Education and Skills
and insert
2.00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions
2.00 pm Portfolio Questions: Education and Skills
followed by Ministerial Statement: Scotland’s Prison Population
followed by Ministerial Statement: Prosecution Guidance on Public Safety and Prison Population
delete
5.00 pm Decision Time
and insert
5.30 pm Decision Time

Further details available for S6M-14842
Parliamentary Bureau Motions
5pm

Decision Time
Members' Business — S6M-13569 Clare Haughey: Raising Awareness of Liver Disease

Clare Haughey (S6M-13569)

That the Parliament understands that, in the UK, there are more than 10,000 deaths due to liver disease each year, and that there has been a four-fold increase in death rates over the last 50 years; further understands that liver disease is closely linked to health inequalities, with key risk factors such as obesity, alcohol misuse and viral hepatitis most prevalent in the most marginalised and disadvantaged communities, including those in the Rutherglen constituency; understands that, while 90% of liver disease is preventable, mortality rates for chronic liver disease are now 5.5 times higher in the most deprived areas compared to the most affluent; notes the belief that greater focus on prevention and earlier detection of liver disease is essential to save lives, including through public health policies to reduce the health harms of alcohol and unhealthy food and drinks that are high in fat, salt and sugar, and pays tribute to the British Liver Trust for all of its work in raising awareness of liver disease, including through its Love Your Liver roadshow.

Further details available for S6M-13569

Committee business

The committee will meet at 8:45am at TG.60-CR3 The Fleming Room and will be broadcast on www.scottishparliament.tv.

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 4 in private.

2. National Care Service (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 2 from—

Eddie Follan, Chief Officer, Health and Social Care, COSLA
Councillor Paul Kelly, Spokesperson for Health and Social Care, COSLA
Louise Long, Chief Executive, Inverclyde Council, Society of Local Authority Chief Executives and Senior Managers (Solace Scotland)

and then from—

Danny Boyle, Senior Parliamentary and Policy Officer, BEMIS
Rachel Cackett, Chief Executive Officer, Coalition of Care and Support Providers in Scotland (CCPS)
Rob Gowans, Policy and Public Affairs Manager, Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE)
Karen Hedge, Deputy Chief Executive, Scottish Care

and then from—

Fiona Collie, Head of Public Affairs and Communications, Carers Scotland
Dr Jim Elder-Woodward OBE, Co-Convener, Inclusion Scotland
Frank McKillop, Director of Governance and Policy, Enable Scotland
Adam Stachura, Associate Director for Policy, Communications and External Affairs, Age Scotland

3. National Care Service (Scotland) Bill (in private): The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 2.

4. Pre-budget scrutiny 2025-26: The Committee will consider a draft report.

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Alex Bruce on 85229 or at [email protected]

The committee will meet at 9:00am at TG.40-CR1 The Burns Room and will be broadcast on www.scottishparliament.tv.

1. Pre-budget scrutiny 2025-26: Managing Scotland's Public Finances: A Strategic Approach: The Committee will take evidence from—

Shona Robison, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government, Scottish Government
Jennie Barugh, Director of Fiscal Sustainability, Scottish Government
Richard McCallum, Director of Public Spending, Scottish Government
Lucy O'Carroll, Director of Tax, Scottish Government

2. National Performance Framework: Inquiry into proposed National Outcomes: The Committee will take evidence from—

Kate Forbes, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Gaelic, Scottish Government
Keith McDonald, Unit Head, Strategy Division, Scottish Government
Katie Allison, Analytical Unit Head, Central Analysis Division, Scottish Government

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Joanne McNaughton, at [email protected].

The committee will meet at 9:00am at T4.40-CR2 The Fairfax Somerville Room and will be broadcast on www.scottishparliament.tv.

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 6, 7 and 8 in private.

2. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on the Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes (Amendment) Order 2024 from—

Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Scottish Government
Matthew Eastwood, Head of EV Infrastructure, Low Carbon Economy Directorate, Transport Scotland
Micheila West, Solicitor, Scottish Government

3. Subordinate legislation: Fiona Hyslop (Cabinet Secretary for Transport) to move—S6M-14319— That the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee recommends that the Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes (Amendment) Order 2024 [draft] be approved.

4. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instruments— Local Services Franchises (Traffic Commissioner Notices and Panels) (Scotland) Regulations 2024Bus Services Improvement Partnerships (Multi-operator Travel Cards) (Scotland) Regulations 2024Public Service Vehicles (Registration of Local Services) (Bus Services Improvement Partnerships Service Standards Decisions) (Appeals) (Scotland) Regulations 2024

5. Environmental Standards Scotland Investigation – Climate Change Delivery Improvement Report: The Committee will take evidence from—

Silke Isbrand, Policy Manager, Environment and Economy Team, Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA)
George Tarvit, Director, Sustainable Scotland Network
Mark Roberts, Chief Executive Officer, Environmental Standards Scotland
Jamie McGrandles, Head of Investigations, Standards and Compliance, Environmental Standards Scotland
Clare Wharmby, SCIS Programme Director, Scottish Climate Intelligence Service

and then from—

Gillian Martin, Acting Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Energy, Scottish Government
Philip Raines, Deputy Director, Domestic Climate Change, Scottish Government
Andrew Mortimer, Statistician (Climate Change Statistics and Modelling), Scottish Government

6. Environmental Standards Scotland Investigation – Climate Change Delivery Improvement Report: The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.

7. Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill (UK Parliament legislation): The Committee will consider a draft report on legislative consent memorandum LCM-S6-47.

8. Adviser on environmental standards and regulation: The Committee will consider the adviser contract.

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Peter McGrath on 85232 or at [email protected]

The committee will meet at 9:45am at T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room and will be broadcast on www.scottishparliament.tv.

1. Housing (Scotland) Bill (in private): The Committee will consider a draft Stage 1 report.

2. Decision on taking business in private: Not before 10.15amThe Committee will decide whether to take item 4 in private.

3. Pre-Budget Scrutiny: The Committee will take evidence as part of its Pre-Budget Scrutiny from—

Cllr Katie Hagmann, Resources Spokesperson, COSLA
Jonathan Belford, Vice Chair, CIPFA Directors of Finance and Chief Financial Officer, Aberdeen City Council
Paul Manning, Member, SOLACE and Chief Executive, South Lanarkshire Council
Jamie Robertson, Chair, CIPFA Directors of Finance, and Chief Finance Officer, East Dunbartonshire Council

and then from—

Shona Robison, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government, Scottish Government
Ellen Leaver, Acting Director for Local Government, Scottish Government
Ian Storrie, Head of Local Government Finance, Scottish Government

4. Pre-Budget Scrutiny: The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Euan Donald on 85212 or at [email protected]

The committee will meet at 10:00am at T1.40-CR5 The Smith Room and will be broadcast on www.scottishparliament.tv.

1. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure: The Committee will consider the following—Winter Heating Assistance (Pension Age) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 (SSI 2024/Draft)Funeral Expense Assistance (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2024 (SSI 2024/Draft)Free-Range Egg Marketing Standards (Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 (SSI 2024/Draft)

2. Instruments subject to negative procedure: The Committee will consider the following—Upper Tribunal for Scotland (Bus Registration Appeals Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2024 (SSI 2024/249)Wildlife Management (Consequential Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 (SSI 2024/268)

3. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure: The Committee will consider the following— Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024 (Commencement No. 2 and Saving Provision) Regulations 2024 (SSI 2024/267 (C.22))

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Greg Black at [email protected]

The committee will meet at 10:30am at T1.60-CR4 The Clerk Maxwell Room and will be broadcast on www.scottishparliament.tv.

1. Declaration of interests: Elena Whitham will be invited to declare any relevant interests.

2. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 11 in private.

3. Human Rights (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence from—

Shirley-Anne Somerville, Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Scottish Government
Kavita Chetty, Deputy Director, Human Rights and Mainstreaming, Scottish Government
Trevor Owen, Head of Human Rights Strategy and Legislation Unit, Scottish Government

4. Subordinate legislation: Not before 11:30The Committee will take evidence on the following negative Scottish Statutory Instruments:Sheriff Court Fees Order 2024 (SSI 2024/235)Sheriff Appeal Court Fees Order 2024 (SSI 2024/236)High Court of Justiciary Fees Order 2024 (SSI 2024/237)Court of Session etc. Fees Order 2024 (SSI 2024/238)Justice of the Peace Court Fees (Scotland) Order 2024 (SSI 2024/239)Adults with Incapacity (Public Guardian’s Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 (SSI 2024/240)from—

Siobhian Brown, Minister for Victims and Community Safety, Scottish Government
Walter Drummond-Murray, Head of Civil Courts and Inquiries, Justice Directorate, Scottish Government
Emma Thomson, Solicitor, Legal Directorate, Courts, Tribunals, Inquiries and Access to Justice, Scottish Government

5. Subordinate legislation: Maggie Chapman to move—S6M-14789—That the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee recommends that the Sheriff Court Fees Order 2024 (SSI 2024/235) be annulled.

6. Subordinate legislation: Maggie Chapman to move—S6M-14790—That the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee recommends that the Sheriff Appeal Court Fees Order 2024 (SSI 2024/236) be annulled.

7. Subordinate legislation: Maggie Chapman to move—S6M-14791—That the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee recommends that the High Court of Justiciary Fees Order 2024 (SSI 2024/237) be annulled.

8. Subordinate legislation: Maggie Chapman to move—S6M-14792—That the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee recommends that the Court of Session etc. Fees Order 2024 (SSI 2024/238) be annulled.

9. Subordinate legislation: Maggie Chapman to move—S6M-14793—That the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee recommends that the Justice of the Peace Court Fees (Scotland) Order 2024 (SSI 2024/239) be annulled.

10. Subordinate legislation: Maggie Chapman to move—S6M-14794—That the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee recommends that the Adults with Incapacity (Public Guardian’s Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 (SSI 2024/240) be annulled.

11. Human Rights (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the evidence it heard under agenda item 3.

12. Work programme (in private): The Committee will consider its work programme.

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Katrina Venters on 86244 or at [email protected]

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Tuesday 08 October 2024

Business Bulletin

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Time for Reflection: Rev Aaron Moffat-Jackman, Rector of St. Saviour's Scottish Episcopal Church, Bridge of Allan and St. Modoc's Scottish Episcopal Church, Doune

Parliamentary Bureau Motions

Topical Questions

Edward Mountain (S6T-02138)

Carol Mochan (S6T-02142)

Scottish Government Debate: Challenge Poverty Week

John Swinney (S6M-14820)

Russell Findlay (S6M-14820.1)

Anas Sarwar (S6M-14820.3)

Committee Announcements

Business Motions

Jamie Hepburn on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau (S6M-14842)

Parliamentary Bureau Motions

Decision Time

Members' Business — S6M-13569 Clare Haughey: Raising Awareness of Liver Disease

Clare Haughey (S6M-13569)

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Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

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