What's On

The committee will meet at 8:30am at TG.40-CR1 The Burns Room and will be broadcast on www.scottishparliament.tv.

1. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instruments— Town and Country Planning (Fees for Appeals) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 (SSI 2025/124)Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 (SSI 2025/125)Town and Country Planning (Fees for Local Reviews) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 (SSI 2025/126)

2. Housing (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the Bill at Stage 2 (Day 4).

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Jenny Mouncer on 85051 or at [email protected]

The committee will meet at 9:15am 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 3 and 4 in private.

2. Plans for future of Grangemouth (Project Willow study): The Committee will take evidence on hydrogen aspects of the study from—

• Lewis Elder, Commercial Operations and Policy Director, Statera Energy Limited
• Bill Ireland, Chief Executive Officer, Logan Energy Limited
• Mark Bradley, Hydrogen Director, ScottishPower
• David Amos, Managing Director, PlusZero
• Tim Dumenil, Head of Business Development, Hydrogen , Storegga

and then from—

• Professor Stuart Haszeldine , Professor of Carbon Capture and Storage, School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh
• Nic Braley, General Manager, Acorn Project
• Professor Hannah Chalmers, Personal Chair of Sustainable Energy Systems, School of Engineering, Institute for Energy Systems, University of Edinburgh
• Professor Mercedes Maroto-Valer, Director UK Industrial Decarbonisation Research an Innovation Centre (IDRIC), Heriot-Watt University

3. Plans for future of Grangemouth (Project Willow study): The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.

4. Annual report: The Committee will consider a draft annual report for the parliamentary year from 13 May 2024 to 12 May 2025.

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Peter McGrath on 85232 or 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. Civil Legal Aid Inquiry: The Committee will take evidence from—

• Kevin Kane, Chief Executive, Shared Parenting Scotland
• Fiona McPhail, Lecturer in Social Justice, University of Glasgow
• Dr Marsha Scott, Chief Executive, Scottish Women's Aid
• Sabir Zazai, Chief Executive, Scottish Refugee Council

and then from—

• Professor Katie Boyle, Chair of Human Rights Law and Social Justice, School of Law, University of Strathclyde
• Dr Ben Christman, Legal Director, Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland
• Megan Farr, Policy Officer, Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland

2. Civil Legal Aid Inquiry (in private): The Committee will consider the evidence it heard under agenda item 1.

3. British Sign Language Inquiry (in private): The Committee will further consider its approach to the inquiry.

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Euan Donald on 85204 or at [email protected]

The committee will meet at 9:30am at T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room and will be broadcast on www.scottishparliament.tv.

1. The Scottish budget process in practice: The Committee will take evidence from—

• Shona Robison, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government, Scottish Government
• Alasdair Black, Deputy Director, Budget and Fiscal Coordination, Scottish Government
• Jamie MacDougall, Deputy Director, Spending and Pay Strategy, Scottish Government

2. Cost-effectiveness of Scottish public inquiries: The Committee will take evidence from—

• Professor Sandy Cameron CBE

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

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

The committee will meet at 9:45am at T1.40-CR5 The Smith 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, 8, 9, 10 and 11 in private.

2. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure: The Committee will consider the following—Restitution Fund (Scotland) Order 2025 (SSI 2025/Draft)Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland Amendment Regulations 2025 (SSI 2025/Draft)Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland (Designation of Scheme Administrator) Order 2025 (SSI 2025/Draft)Environmental Regulation (Enforcement Measures) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2025 (SSI 2025/Draft)

3. Instruments subject to negative procedure: The Committee will consider the following—Public Service Vehicles (Registration of Local Services) (Local Services Franchises Transitional Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 (SSI 2025/137)

4. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure: The Committee will consider the following—Act of Sederunt (Lands Valuation Appeal Court) 2025 (SSI 2025/140)Act of Sederunt (Registration Appeal Court) 2025 (SSI 2025/141)

5. Leases (Automatic Scotland etc.) (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence from—

• Siobhian Brown, Minister for Victims and Community Safety, Scottish Government
• Michael Paparakis, Policy and Bill Programme Manager, Private Law, Scottish Government
• Lori Pidgeon, Constitutional and Civil Law, Scottish Government

6. Scottish Parliament (Recall and Removal of Members) Bill: The Committee will consider the response from the Member-in-charge to points raised on the delegated powers provisions in this Bill at Stage 1.

7. Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the delegated powers provisions in this Bill after Stage 2.

8. Care Reform (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the Scottish Government's response to points raised on the delegated powers provisions in this Bill after Stage 2.

9. Planning and Infrastructure Bill (UK Parliament legislation): The Committee will consider correspondence regarding points raised with the UK and Scottish Government in relation to powers to make subordinate legislation within devolved competence in the Bill.

10. Quarterly report: The Committee will consider a draft report for the parliamentary quarter from 24 February to 12 May 2025.

11. Leases (Automatic Continuation etc.) (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 5.

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Greg Black on 86266 or at [email protected]

The committee will meet at 10:40am 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 5 in private.

2. Employment Rights Bill (UK Parliament legislation): The Committee will take evidence from—

• Lesley de Jaeger, Director of People and Culture, Cornerstone attending on behalf of, Coalition of Care and Support Providers in Scotland (CCPS)
• Karen Hedge, Deputy Chief Executive, Scottish Care
• Dave Moxham, Deputy General Secretary, Scottish Trades Union Congress

3. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instrument— Human Tissue (Supply of Information about Transplants) (Scotland) Regulations 2025

4. Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—

• Neil Gray, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Scottish Government
• Morven Davidson, Lawyer, Scottish Government
• Laura Zeballos, Deputy Director, Drugs Policy Division, Scottish Government

5. Employment Rights Bill (UK Parliament legislation): The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 2.

6. Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill (in private): The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 4.

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