2pm

Parliamentary Bureau Motions
2pm

Portfolio Questions

Portfolio: Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands

Bill Kidd (S6O-02292)

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions have taken place with Forestry and Land Scotland regarding the upcoming 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships.

Official Report available for S6O-02292

Roz McCall (S6O-02293)

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to boost the Scottish salmon industry.

Official Report available for S6O-02293

Ariane Burgess (S6O-02294)

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the letter from the Scottish Creel Fishermen's Federation, offering to assist with progressing fisheries management issues, including Highly Protected Marine Areas.

Official Report available for S6O-02294

Jackie Dunbar (S6O-02295)

To ask the Scottish Government how many farmers and crofters it has supported this year through the Single Application Form.

Official Report available for S6O-02295

Paul Sweeney (S6O-02296)

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding its cross-government co-ordination on island connectivity, what discussions the rural affairs secretary has had with ministerial colleagues regarding any impact of the continued delay of vessels 801 and 802 on island communities.

Official Report available for S6O-02296

Liam Kerr (S6O-02297)

To ask the Scottish Government what actions it is taking to mitigate any negative effects of commercial forestry on farming.

Official Report available for S6O-02297

Richard Leonard (S6O-02298)

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether agricultural support is delivering value for money.

Official Report available for S6O-02298

Marie McNair (S6O-02299)

[Not Lodged]

Portfolio: NHS Recovery, Health and Social Care

Edward Mountain (S6O-02300)

To ask the Scottish Government how many mothers from Moray it anticipates will give birth at Raigmore each year until the new service at Dr Gray's is up and running, in light of its decision in December 2022 not to continue with model 4.

Official Report available for S6O-02300

Claire Baker (S6O-02301)

To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting the continuation of the independent contractor model in general practice.

Official Report available for S6O-02301

Jim Fairlie (S6O-02302)

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what it is doing to tackle any challenges faced by NHS dentistry.

Official Report available for S6O-02302

Meghan Gallacher (S6O-02303)

[Not Lodged]

Stephanie Callaghan (S6O-02304)

To ask the Scottish Government whether it can provide an update on any recent engagement with health and social care ministers from the other UK administrations regarding a coordinated approach to dentistry.

Official Report available for S6O-02304

Collette Stevenson (S6O-02305)

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met with NHS Lanarkshire and what was discussed.

Official Report available for S6O-02305

Katy Clark (S6O-02306)

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will initiate an independent review into the use of surgical mesh products within NHS Scotland.

Official Report available for S6O-02306

Willie Rennie (S6O-02307)

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what action it will take to reverse the reported decline of NHS dentistry.

Official Report available for S6O-02307
Scottish Government Debate: Let's Talk Education – The National Discussion

Jenny Gilruth (S6M-09213)

That the Parliament welcomes the publication of All Learners in Scotland Matter: Our National Discussion on Education; acknowledges the significant levels of engagement that the National Discussion generated, with events and discussions taking place in every part of Scotland, led by schools, community groups and third sector organisations, and reaching more than 38,000 people; thanks the independent academic facilitators, Prof Carol Campbell and Prof Alma Harris, for overseeing this work; supports the guiding values of the report to ensure that all learners in Scotland experience an education system that is ambitious, inclusive and supportive; recognises the diversity of all learners and endorses the vision, which will safeguard the learning and the life chances of all children and young people in Scotland, and agrees to work with the Scottish Government and COSLA to turn this vision into a reality for Scotland’s children and young people, and the educators, parents and carers who support them.

Further details available for S6M-09213

Stephen Kerr (S6M-09213.3)

As an amendment to motion S6M-09213 in the name of Jenny Gilruth (Let's Talk Education – The National Discussion), leave out from “, Prof” to end and insert “and all those who participated; notes the report’s conclusion that 'there is an overwhelming appetite for change' and urges the Scottish Government to view this as a call for urgent steps to ensure real reform; further notes the concerns raised in the national discussion over the lack of support and respect given to teachers and pupil support assistants, as well as the issues experienced by teachers, pupils, parents and carers in relation to young people with additional support needs and the need to ensure a better approach to play-based learning and early years; believes that a new deal for teachers would address issues in professional development and teacher recruitment; further believes that debates should be held on the level to which teachers and school leaders should be able to be more autonomous in their decision making, the presumption against specialist schooling for young people with additional support needs and the age at which children start formal schooling, and acknowledges the frustration, cynicism and anger at previous unmet promises of reform and the resultant doubts expressed in the report over whether genuine reform would take place.”

Further details available for S6M-09213.3

Pam Duncan-Glancy (S6M-09213.1)

As an amendment to motion S6M-09213 in the name of Jenny Gilruth (Let's Talk Education – The National Discussion), insert at end "; recognises that the implementation of the existing Scottish Government commitment to increase non-contact time is necessary, and calls on the Scottish Government to reiterate this commitment and set out when it intends to fulfil it."

Further details available for S6M-09213.1
Urgent Question: Rachael Hamilton: To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to reduce the risk of wildfire in Scotland, in light of reports that an ongoing wildfire in Cannich is estimated to become the largest by area on record and that two firefighters were injured while responding to the blaze.
Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body Motion: Reimbursement of Members’ Expenses Scheme

Jackson Carlaw on behalf of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (S6M-09249)

That the Parliament, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 81(2), 81(5)(b) and 83(5) of the Scotland Act 1998, determines that the Reimbursement of Members’ Expenses Scheme, which was agreed to by resolution of the Parliament on 2 March 2021, be amended to—
(a) insert, in paragraph 1.2.4, after “considers appropriate.” and before “Such increases”—
“Any such uprating shall also be applied to the limit on the amount by which Members may vary their office cost and engagement provisions up or down subject to the overall agreed combined annual limit, as set out in paragraph 4.3.1 and 5.1.3.”
(b) insert, in the second sentence of paragraph 4.3.1 after “financial year,” and before “subject to”—
“or by such sum as determined following the uprating of the variation limit applied under paragraph 1.2.4,”
(c) insert, in the second sentence of paragraph 5.1.3 after “financial year,” and before “subject to”—
“or by such sum as determined following the uprating of the variation limit applied under paragraph 1.2.4,”.

Further details available for S6M-09249
Business Motions

George Adam on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau (S6M-09251)

That the Parliament agrees—
(a) the following programme of business—
Tuesday 6 June 2023
2.00 pm Time for Reflection
followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions
followed by Topical Questions (if selected)
followed by Scottish Government Debate: Active Travel Transformation
followed by Appointment of Board Members to Environmental Standards Scotland
followed by Committee Announcements
followed by Business Motions
followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions
5.00 pm Decision Time
followed by Members’ Business
Wednesday 7 June 2023
2.00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions
2.00 pm Portfolio Questions: Constitution, External Affairs and Culture; Justice and Home Affairs
followed by Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Business
followed by Business Motions
followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions
followed by Approval of SSIs (if required)
5.10 pm Decision Time
followed by Members’ Business
Thursday 8 June 2023
11.40 am Parliamentary Bureau Motions
11.40 am General Questions
12.00 pm First Minister's Questions
followed by Members’ Business
2.00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions
2.00 pm Portfolio Questions: Education and Skills
followed by Scottish Government Debate: Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill – UK Legislation
followed by Public Audit Committee Debate: New Vessels for the Clyde and the Hebrides – Arrangements to Deliver Vessels 801 and 802
followed by Business Motions
followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions
5.00 pm Decision Time
Tuesday 13 June 2023
2.00 pm Time for Reflection
followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions
followed by Topical Questions (if selected)
followed by Education, Children and Young People Committee Debate: College Regionalisation
followed by Committee Announcements
followed by Business Motions
followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions
5.00 pm Decision Time
followed by Members’ Business
Wednesday 14 June 2023
2.00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions
2.00 pm Portfolio Questions: Wellbeing Economy, Fair Work and Energy; Finance and Parliamentary Business
followed by Scottish Labour Party Business
followed by Business Motions
followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions
followed by Approval of SSIs (if required)
5.10 pm Decision Time
followed by Members’ Business
Thursday 15 June 2023
11.40 am Parliamentary Bureau Motions
11.40 am General Questions
12.00 pm First Minister's Questions
followed by Members’ Business
2.00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions
2.00 pm Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body Questions
2.15 pm Portfolio Questions: Net Zero and Just Transition
followed by Ministerial Statement: Provisional Outturn
followed by Debate on the Scottish Parliament's Gender Sensitive Audit
followed by Business Motions
followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions
5.00 pm Decision Time
(b) that, for the purposes of Portfolio Questions in the week beginning 5 June 2023, in rule 13.7.3, after the word “except” the words “to the extent to which the Presiding Officer considers that the questions are on the same or similar subject matter or” are inserted.

Further details available for S6M-09251
Parliamentary Bureau Motions

George Adam on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau (S6M-09252)

That the Parliament agrees that the Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee be designated as the lead committee in consideration of the supplementary legislative consent memorandum on the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill.

Further details available for S6M-09252

George Adam on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau (S6M-09253)

That the Parliament agrees that the Economy and Fair Work Committee be designated as the lead committee in consideration of the legislative consent memorandum on the Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill.

Further details available for S6M-09253

George Adam on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau (S6M-09254)

That the Parliament agrees that the Economy and Fair Work Committee be designated as the lead committee in consideration of the legislative consent memorandum on the Electronic Trade Documents Bill.

Further details available for S6M-09254
Approval of SSIs (if required)
5:10pm

Decision Time
Members' Business — S6M-08199 Murdo Fraser: Dewars Centre in Perth

Murdo Fraser (S6M-08199)

That the Parliament notes the concerns raised by Scottish Curling that the potential closure of the Dewars Centre, in Perth, would be the death knell of a legacy of curling in Perthshire dating back decades; notes the belief that, if this proposal goes ahead, it would mean that the town and county with which curling is most closely associated has made a choice to de-prioritise the success of legends such as Rhona Howie, Eve Muirhead, David Murdoch and numerous others, all of whom have a strong connection between Perth and the Dewars Centre and their Olympic and World Championships successes; further notes that the Dewars Centre has a history of supporting grassroots curling, and the potential to enable critical growth and to play a central role in tackling isolation, reducing barriers to inequality, and ensuring that inclusion and a sense of community are at the heart of sport in Perth, and notes the calls for Live Active Leisure and Perth and Kinross Council to reach a decision that would enable the Dewars Centre to be retained.

Further details available for S6M-08199

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 7 in private.

2. Rural Affairs and Islands remit: The Committee will take evidence from—

Mairi Gougeon, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands, Scottish Government
George Burgess, Director of Agriculture and Rural Economy, Scottish Government
Annabel Turpie, Director of Marine Scotland, Scottish Government

3. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on the Animal By-Products and Animal Health (Miscellaneous Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 from—

Mairi Gougeon, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands, Scottish Government
Alastair Douglas, Head of Disease Control branch, Animal Health and Welfare Division, Scottish Government
Keith White, Solicitor, Scottish Government

4. Subordinate legislation: Mairi Gougeon, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands to move—S6M-08906—That the Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands Committee recommends that the Animal By-Products and Animal Health (Miscellaneous Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 be approved.

5. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instrument—Animal Health (Miscellaneous Fees) (Amendment and Revocation) (Scotland) Order 2023

6. Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—

Hugh Dignon, Head of Wildlife Management Unit, Scottish Government
Leia Fitzgerald, Team Leader, Wildlife Legislation Team, Scottish Government
Norman Munro, Solicitor, Scottish Government
Sam Turner, Team Leader, Wildlife Management Team, Scottish Government

7. Rural Affairs and Islands remit: The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier in the meeting.

8. Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier in the meeting.

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Emma Johnston at [email protected]

The committee will meet at 9:30am at T1.60-CR4 The Clerk Maxwell Room and will be broadcast on www.scottishparliament.tv.

1. Just Transition for the Grangemouth area (in private): The Committee will consider a draft report.

2. Data Protection and Digital Information (No.2) Bill and Electronic Trade Documents Bill (UK Parliament legislation): The Committee will consider its approach to scrutiny the legislative consent memorandums lodged by Neil Gray, Cabinet Secretary for Wellbeing Economy, Fair Work and Energy (LCM(S6) 36) and (LCM(S6) 37).

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Anne Peat on or at [email protected]

The committee will meet at 9:30am at TG.40-CR1 The Burns Room and will be broadcast on www.scottishparliament.tv.

1. Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill : The Committee will consider a draft Stage 1 report.

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

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Pauline McIntyre on 0131 348 6225 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. Decisions on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 4 and 5 in private.

2. Consideration of continued petitions: The Committee will consider the following continued petitions— PE1864: Increase the ability of communities to influence planning decisions for onshore windfarms;PE1900: Access to prescribed medication for detainees in police custody;PE1906: Investigate options for removing and reducing the impact of the central Glasgow section of the M8;PE1953: Review Education Support staff roles;PE1958: Extend aftercare for previously looked after young people, and remove the continuing care age cap;PE1960: Formally recognise private hire cars and taxis as modes of public transport; andPE1961: Make it a specific offence to assault, threaten or abuse a private hire or taxi driver while at work.

3. Consideration of new petitions: The Committee will consider the following new petitions— PE2012: Remove need for follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) blood tests before prescribing Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT);PE2014: Revert to the appeals system used in 2022 for SQA exams; andPE2015: Extend the right to vote in Scottish local government and Scottish Parliament elections to all prisoners.

4. Decisions on publication of submission: The Committee will decide whether to accept an unsolicited submission on petition PE1979: Establish an independent inquiry and an independent national whistleblowing officer to investigate concerns about the alleged mishandling of child safeguarding enquiries by public bodies, and, if so, whether to publish the submission anonymously.

5. Decision on sharing private papers: The Committee will be invited to agree that any private briefing material prepared by SPICe for the Committee’s future consideration of petition PE1992 (Dual the A9 and improve road safety), and any confidential submissions received on the petition, be shared with Edward Mountain, reporter on the petition for the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee.

6. Public Participation Inquiry: The Committee will consider a draft report.

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Andrew Mylne on 0131 348 5254 or at [email protected]

The committee will meet at 10:00am at T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room and will be broadcast on www.scottishparliament.tv.

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 6 in private.

2. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on the International Organisations (Immunities and Privileges) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2023 [draft] from—

Angela Constance, Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs, Scottish Government
Walter Drummond-Murray, Head of Civil Courts Unit, Scottish Government
Conor Samson, Justice Cooperation Policy Manager , Scottish Government
Emma Thomson, Solicitor, Legal Directorate, Scottish Government

3. Subordinate legislation: Angela Constance (Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs) to move—S6M-08712—That the Criminal Justice Committee recommends that the International Organisations (Immunities and Privileges) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2023 [draft] be approved.

4. Tackling online child abuse, grooming and exploitation: The Committee will take evidence from—

Daljeet Dagon, Programme Manager, Barnardo's Scotland
Stuart Allardyce, Director, Stop it Now! Scotland, Lucy Faithfull Foundation
Wendy Hart, Deputy Director, Threat Leadership Child Sexual Abuse, National Crime Agency
Joanne Smith, Policy and Public Affairs Manager, NSPCC Scotland
Detective Superintendent Martin MacLean, Head of National Child Abuse Investigation Unit, Specialist Crime Division, Police Scotland
Alison Penman, Senior Manager, Dumfries and Galloway Council and Depute Chair, Child Protection Group, Social Work Scotland

5. Access to court transcripts: The Committee will consider correspondence from the Scottish Government and Rape Crisis Scotland.

6. Tackling online child abuse, grooming and exploitation: The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 4.

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Stephen Imrie on 0131 348 5973 or at [email protected]

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Wednesday 31 May 2023

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Scottish Government Debate: Let's Talk Education – The National Discussion

Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body Motion: Reimbursement of Members’ Expenses Scheme

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Members' Business — S6M-08199 Murdo Fraser: Dewars Centre in Perth

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