2. Future business programme (PB/S4/15/105) 3. Procedural motions Approval of Scottish Statutory Instruments

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AG/S4/15/20

PARLIAMENTARY BUREAU

AGENDA FOR MEETING ON TUESDAY 9 JUNE 2015

9.00 am: Room Q1.03

1.

Minutes

(a) Draft minutes of 2 June 2015

(b) Matters arising

(attached)

2.

Future business programme

(PB/S4/15/105)

3.

Procedural motions

Approval of Scottish Statutory Instruments

(PB/S4/15/106)

4.

Legislation: referral of Bills at Stage 1



Interests of Members of the Scottish Parliament

(Amendment) Bill



Transplantation (Authorisation of Removal of Organs

etc.) (Scotland) Bill

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Health (Tobacco, Nicotine etc. and Care)(Scotland)

Bill

(PB/S4/15/107)

(PB/S4/15/108)

(PB/S4/15/109)

5.

Legislation: establishment of a Bill Committee

Pentland Hills Regional Park Boundary Bill

(PB/S4/15/110)

6.

Planned evacuation of the parliamentary campus

(PB/S4/15/111)

7.

Publication scheme – consideration of any exempt

papers

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PARLIAMENTARY BUREAU

POSSIBLE MOTIONS FOR MEMBERS’ BUSINESS

1. Bureau Members will be aware that under Rule 5.6.1(c) the Bureau has a duty to

ensure that there is a period of time available for Members’ Business at each meeting

of the Parliament.

2. Motions submitted for Members’ Business are shown below.

S4M-12679# John Scott: Hear to Help’s Community-based Support—That the Parliament recognises what it considers the life-changing work of Action on Hearing Loss Scotland’s Hear to Help volunteers in providing community-based support such as re-tubing, cleaning and maintaining NHS hearing aids and supply of hearing aid batteries to more than 1,200 people with hearing loss in the NHS Ayrshire and Arran area every year, including residents of 38 care homes, nursing homes and sheltered housing complexes who are housebound or have mobility difficulties; understands that the charity had a central role in the development, consultation and piloting of the Ayrshire and Arran Sensory Locality Plan to deliver the See Hear strategy in the region, and believes that this model of best practice of person-centred local partnership working between statutory and third sector agencies could enable vital charitable services to gain access to sustainable funding and be replicated across Scotland, including in the NHS Tayside, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and NHS Borders areas, where Hear to Help supports an additional 4,000 people with hearing loss.

S4M-12708# Christine Grahame: The Value of Hay Lodge—That the Parliament commends Hay Lodge Community Hospital in Peebles, with its 23-bed ward supporting acute hospital services and providing services to meet local health needs such as acute medical care for older people and also terminal care, convalescent care, respite care and rehabilitation both to inpatients and on a day-care basis; notes that it also provides consultant-led clinics for medical, surgical, orthopaedic, ophthalmology, gynaecology and obstetric services; notes that, in a recent health services survey conducted across Tweeddale by Christine Grahame MSP, 86% rated it very highly; notes that NHS Borders has confirmed that there are no plans to close any of its community hospitals; thanks all the staff and volunteers for their good work there, and commends community hospitals throughout Scotland for their commitment to their communities in delivering health services that are local and accessible.

S4M-12759# David Torrance: Congratulations to Kinghorn Lifeboat Station on its 50th Anniversary—That the Parliament congratulates Kinghorn Lifeboat Station on its 50th anniversary; understands that the Kinghorn station covers an area from Elie to North Berwick and all the way to the Forth bridges; understands that, since its establishment in 1965, the station has provided crucial services and launched over 1,000 times to save lives at sea and along the coastline; recognises that, in order to raise money for the Royal National Lifeboat Institute (RNLI), Kinghorn Lifeboat Station regularly organises fundraisers, which include an annual Halloween-themed event with spooky walks and refreshments as well as the Kinghorn Loony Dook to welcome the New Year; further recognises that, in 2015, 80 people took part in the dook, raising a total of £620; welcomes the close links between the lifeboat station and the community, which it believes contributes to the great success of these events; understands that, because of this cooperation, a golden theme in celebration of the anniversary and the lifeboat station’s long-standing services on the Firth of Forth has been included in many events organised by community groups, such as the Children’s Gala Parade, Kinghorn in Bloom and the Kinghorn Historical Society, and wishes everyone involved the best of luck for these events as well as all future endeavours.

S4M-12837# Roderick Campbell: Scottish Oceans Institute's Work on Seal Deaths and Population Decline—That the Parliament notes what it considers to be the impressive work of the Scottish Oceans

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together the people, interdisciplinary skills and supporting scientific services necessary to deliver world class research in marine sciences‖; praises what it believes to be the assiduous work into marine mammal research, particularly in relation to unexplained seal deaths and harbour seal decline; notes that recent publications have posited a new theory suggesting that grey seal predation is the cause of ―corkscrew deaths‖ but that no definitive answer has yet been found to explain why seal numbers on Scotland’s coasts are declining so rapidly; commends the efforts of the staff and students at the SOI for their ongoing work; notes proposals for a brand new building to accommodate the institute, and looks forward to further publications that may help to halt, and reverse, seal population decline.

S4M-12875# Siobhan McMahon: Deaf Awareness Week 2015—That the Parliament welcomes Deaf Awareness Week, which takes place between 4 and 10 May 2015; recognises what it considers the importance for everyone to receive deaf awareness training and learn about the communication needs of the 850,000 people across Scotland who are deaf or have hearing loss, including 13,000 British Sign Language users and people who rely on lipreading or electronic note-takers during conversations at meetings, social events, work or in public service, leisure, retail or business environments, and congratulates charities such as Action on Hearing Loss Scotland’s specialist On the Move service on what it sees as the effective work that they do in raising deaf awareness and achieving a 63% success rate in supporting 206 young people who are deaf or hard of hearing, including 48 in the Central Scotland region, into positive education, training or employment destinations.

S4M-12909# John Scott: Benefits for Survivors of Police Officers Killed on Duty—That the Parliament welcomes the announcement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the 2015 budget that the UK Government will ensure that all widows, widowers and civil partners of police officers and firefighters who are killed on duty will no longer lose their survivor benefits if they remarry, cohabit or form a civil partnership; understands that this practice ended for survivors under the post-2006 New Police Pension Scheme but created an inequality for those on previous schemes; notes the extension of survivor benefits and the reinstatement of lost benefits in these circumstances announced by the Northern Ireland Department of Justice in June 2014; commends the Police Federation, the Scottish Police Federation, Care of Police Survivors and other organisations for their campaigning on what it considers this important issue affecting people in Ayr and across the country, and notes calls for the Scottish Government to ensure that these changes are implemented in Scotland.

S4M-12916# Gil Paterson: 30th Anniversary of the Scottish Cot Death Trust—That the Parliament acknowledges that 2015 marks the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Scottish Cot Death Trust; understands that the aims of the trust have remained consistent during this time; notes that it is committed to funding medical research in the hope of finding an answer to why babies and young children die, reducing the number of deaths by promoting the "reduce the risk" message and supporting people who have experienced such a tragedy; believes that it carries out vitally important work, not only by raising public awareness and through the use of multiagency professionals, but also in its support for parents, sometimes for years, who have lost a healthy child without explanation; understands that the trust works in partnership with NHS boards to provide the Next Infant Support Programme for bereaved parents in Clydebank and Milngavie and across Scotland who go on to have further children; believes that the trust offers apnoea monitors as well as a bespoke support service throughout pregnancy and for the first year after birth; notes that it has worked with the Scottish Government in producing the leaflet, Reduce the Risk, which highlights safe sleeping positions and the associated factors that are considered to raise the risk of sudden unexpected infant death; further notes that the leaflet provides information such as the view that, in the first six months of life, the safest place for the babies to sleep is in their own cot in the parental bedroom; understands that ways to reduce risk include avoiding sleeping on a sofa or chair with a baby, not smoking during pregnancy or around a baby after birth, avoiding sharing a bed with a baby if either parent is excessively tired, is a smoker, has drunk alcohol or has taken any medication that might cause drowsiness and avoiding letting a baby sleep on a surface that is neither firm nor flat, including infant swings, beanbags, bouncer chairs and infant car seats; understands that, although such

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seats can be fitted onto a pram chassis, they are not suitable places for infants to sleep; commends the trust on ensuring that these points are the main thrust of its 30th anniversary message to all parents, and wishes it every success in promoting this.

S4M-12955# John Mason: Reducing Low Pay, Not Benefits—That the Parliament notes the recent report by the Industrial Communities Alliance, Whose Recovery?, which investigated the effect of economic growth on industrial communities such as Shettleston in Glasgow; agrees with the report's assertion that reducing welfare benefits is detrimental to economic growth in post-industrial areas, and notes the views that reducing unemployment and low pay is the best way to reduce the claimant count and that more must be done to make sure that post-industrial communities benefit equally from any economic recovery.

S4M-12963# Christina McKelvie: Do the Human Right Thing: Keep the Human Rights Act—That the Parliament welcomes the launch of the Amnesty International campaign, Do the Human Right Thing: Keep the Human Rights Act; understands that this campaign aims to raise awareness of the importance of the Human Rights Act 1998 and the threats that it faces from some politicians, who would like to scrap it; considers that the Human Rights Act is a fundamental safeguard to the freedom of every citizen, including those resident in the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse parliamentary constituency, as well as any visitor to this country; believes that it has given people the power to challenge decisions made by public authorities and has also led to positive policy changes, and hopes that this campaign will help to raise awareness of what it considers this important issue.

S4M-12979# David Torrance: Fife Society for the Blind Celebrates 150th Anniversary—That that the Parliament congratulates Fife Society for the Blind on its 150th anniversary; recognises that the society was founded in 1865 and has supported generations of people in Fife who are blind or partially sighted in pursuing an independent life; notes that the society’s 5,000 registered clients now enjoy a wide range of services provided by a sight support team, an access technology team and an optician, who offers appointments in a friendly environment with state-of-the-art equipment; considers that an ageing population - 80% of eye conditions occur in people over 60 - a rise in medical conditions, most notably diabetes and stroke, as well as poor life choices highlight an increased need for the society’s work; welcomes that the society engages heavily in taking advantage of new technologies, including the use of tablets and smart phones, and introducing blind and partially sighted people to these gadgets, which allows everyone, despite age or eye condition, to access the internet, emails, newspapers, books and to communicate with friends and family; further understands that, to celebrate its anniversary, the society has organised, among other activities, two events in Kirkcaldy, one at the museum titled "From Braille to iPads" and the other "In Conversation with Barbara Dickson (with a little music)" to be held at the Old Kirk; considers that the Fife Society for the Blind has not only played a remarkable role in the cultural and social life of Fife over the past century and a half, but also made an incredible difference to the lives of many blind and partially sighted people, and wishes the society the best of luck in all its future endeavours.

S4M-13062# Jean Urquhart: Polish Language Learning—That the Parliament welcomes the 1+2 approach to language learning in primary schools; congratulates those local authorities, including Highland Council, that have already appointed 1+2 Development Officers to realise the ambition of having two languages besides English taught in all primary schools; welcomes the offer of assistance in developing Scotland’s Polish language teaching from the Consul General of the Republic of Poland in Edinburgh; understands that Polish is, after English, the language most commonly spoken at home by Scottish school pupils; believes that Polish language teaching in some schools would give pupils the opportunity to learn from each other and promote integration, and commends the efforts of campaigners and educators working to expand the availability of Polish language teaching and qualifications in Scotland.

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Scotland; believes that, despite this, sex workers enjoy few of the protections offered to others and are subjected to deeply harmful social stigma and that. as a result, sex workers in the Highlands and Islands and elsewhere are exposed to unacceptable risks; notes the advice of the World Health Organization and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS in recommending that countries move toward full decriminalisation of sex work as part of their response to HIV/AIDS and other STIs; understands that this is supported by organisations that represent sex workers, including SCOT-PEP and Sex Worker Open University in Scotland; notes that a decriminalisation model, which is similar to that requested by these organisations, has been in place in New Zealand since 2003; considers that this policy has helped secure sex workers’ rights and reduced harm, and notes the view that decriminalisation warrants the most serious consideration in the ongoing public and political debate on Scotland’s approach to sex work. S4M-13123# Nanette Milne: New Campaign, Is it Coeliac Disease?—That the Parliament welcomes Coeliac UK's new campaign, Is it coeliac disease?, which focuses on finding the estimated 40,000 people in Scotland, and 500,000 across the UK, with undiagnosed coeliac disease; understands that around 5,000 people in the NHS Grampian area are living with the condition; is concerned that, of the estimated one in 100 people in Scotland with it, only around one quarter are believed to be diagnosed; understands that the time between the onset of symptoms and a clinical diagnosis can be a staggering 13 years; notes that the condition is treatable by switching to a lifelong gluten-free diet; acknowledges however that, if it is not treated, it can lead to serious health problems, with symptoms including stomach cramps, nausea, vomiting, regular bouts of diarrhoea, constipation, bloating, ongoing fatigue, anaemia, weight loss and constant mouth ulcers and can further lead to osteoporosis and small bowel cancer; believes that too many people have been living in the dark with the condition for too long a period, and notes the view that the Scottish Government and the NHS should help charities such as Coeliac UK in aiming to raise awareness among the public and the medical profession about the symptoms of coeliac disease so that as many as possible get the diagnosis that they need.

S4M-13193# Angus MacDonald: European Commission’s Review of the Directives that Protect Nature—That the Parliament notes with concern the European Commission’s review of both the birds and habitats directives; believes that these directives help protect nature and that weakening them in any way might pose a threat to Scotland’s wildlife; further believes that, for three decades, they have protected special places and their wildlife, including the eelgrass beds of the Firth of Forth, golden eagles in the Hebrides, Highland wildcats and freshwater pearl mussels in the River Spey; congratulates the over 100 NGOs from across the UK, including RSPB Scotland and the Scottish Wildlife Trust, on what it sees as their unity; notes what it understands are the expressions of widespread public concern, and further notes the view that the UK Government should send a clear message to the commission to state that these directives are essential for the preservation of wildlife in Scotland, are vital for tourism, protect the country's natural capital and have helped establish a level playing field across Europe by setting the important minimum environmental standards that it considers are the bedrock of the EU single market. S4M-13208# Murdo Fraser: Regulation of Charity Fundraisers—That the Parliament welcomes a review into the charity fundraising code of conduct by the Institute of Fundraising following the tragic death of Olive Cooke; considers that the majority of charity street workers and telephone fundraisers are a credit to their industry and conduct themselves in a courteous and highly professional manner; believes that their work is hugely beneficial to the good causes that they represent; believes that the British people are extremely generous, with more than 28.4 million people giving to charity in 2011-12, half of all UK adults; notes the view that charities must be careful not to employ methods that could deter people from donating; recognises concerns that a minority of street and telephone fundraisers, including in towns across Mid-Scotland and Fife, use overly persistent techniques, and notes the view expressed that the review needs to conclude with additional protections for older and more vulnerable members of society. S4M-13228# Clare Adamson: Child Safety Week 2015—That the Parliament recognises that 1 to 7 June has been designated Child Safety Week 2015 by the Child Accident Prevention Trust; notes that

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this year’s theme of Teatime Terrors aims to highlight the risks of accidents at this time of day, including drowning and bath water scalds, road accidents caused by heavy traffic on the way home from school and nursery and burns and scalds caused by kitchen appliances, putting accident prevention into the context of busy family life, and recognises what it considers the high importance of safety at home during such busy times and the work of organisations such as the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents in promoting safety awareness for Scotland’s children.

S4M-13243# Patricia Ferguson: Congratulations to Joanne Martin of Possilpark—That the Parliament congratulates Joanne Martin of Possilpark in the parliamentary constituency of Maryhill and Springburn on securing a place to study medicine at the University of Aberdeen; notes that Joanne is a former pupil of Springburn Academy; understands that Joanne’s initial applications to medical schools at Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Dundee universities were all rejected although she had the qualifications required; further understands that Joanne then expanded her CV and experience by teaching health and hygiene in Ghana for three months and by taking an Open University course; believes that medicine and veterinary science have the lowest number of entrants from so-called deprived areas; considers that young people from such areas face more challenges in life and are unlikely to have the same extra-curricular activities and opportunities available to them and that they are also unlikely to have networks of professional contacts to provide mentoring and support; notes calls for the Scottish Government to do all that it can to ensure that universities take these factors into account when processing applications, and commends Joanne for her courage and determination, strengths that it believes will stand her in good stead as she pursues her chosen course of study.

S4M-13293# Claire Baker: Promoting Responsible Off-road Motorbike and Quad Bike Ownership— That the Parliament understands that there is increasing popularity and affordability of off-road motorbikes and quad bikes; is concerned at reports from communities across Scotland, including Mid-Scotland and Fife, of antisocial behaviour on off-road motorbikes and quad bikes, which causes noise pollution, can be threatening to pedestrians and too often causes distress in public parks and public footpaths; also notes reports of damage to farm land, leading to financial loss for farmers, as well as damage to coastal and woodland paths resulting in repair costs for local authorities and others; notes the local police initiative to tackle antisocial behaviour in Fife, Operation Ducati; notes the view that that consideration should be given to any additional tools for Police Scotland to address such antisocial behaviour; acknowledges that the responsible use of quad bikes and off-road motorcycles is a legitimate recreational activity that is enjoyed by many people both as individuals and through off-road motorcycle clubs; believes in the importance of education to encourage responsible off-road activity and raise awareness among owners; notes encouragement for owners to register bikes through the DVLA's voluntary registration scheme and, given the increasing popularity of off-road activity, notes the view that mandatory registration should be considered for introduction across the UK.

S4M-13309# Ruth Davidson: Remembering Srebrenica—That the Parliament remembers the massacre of more than 8,000 men and boys in Srebrenica in 1995; recognises that the International Court of Justice declared it to be an act of genocide, the last recorded on Europe’s shores; acknowledges the Scottish contribution to the aid effort in Bosnia, the identification of victims and the rebuilding of the country; welcomes the work of the Scottish board of Srebrenica UK to inform and educate people of the events of 20 years ago; thanks the First Minister for agreeing to participate in a special service of remembrance at St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh on 10 July 2015, and offers the hand of friendship to the Bosnian diaspora in Glasgow and across Scotland.

S4M-13321# Iain Gray: 100th Anniversary of Britain’s Worst Railway Disaster at Quintinshill—That the Parliament notes the recent marking of the 100th anniversary of Britain’s worst rail disaster, at Quintinshill near Gretna Green on 22 May 1915, when a train from Larbert carrying 470 recruits from the 7th Battalion, Royal Scots Guards, bound for embarkation to Gallipoli, crashed into a local passenger train and was then hit by an express train heading for Glasgow, sparking a devastating blaze in which 226 people died and 246 more were injured, many from the communities of Leith, Portobello and

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went on to fight in World War I; notes what it considers the highly successful commemorative events held in Gretna, and Rosebank Cemetery, attended by the First Minister, the Secretary of State for Scotland, the Princess Royal and descendants of the families affected by the disaster; congratulates and thanks all of those involved in organising the events, including John Edwards and Colonel Robert Watson (Royal Scots), and commits to continue the memory of those young soldiers’ sacrifice.

S4M-13323# Elaine Murray: Effect of Enforced Road Closures on Local Festivals—That the Parliament appreciates the contribution made by common ridings, ridings of the marches and galas to the economy and wellbeing of local communities across Dumfriesshire and the south of Scotland; notes that some have existed for several centuries whereas others were initiated in the early twentieth century; congratulates the organisers and participants whose dedication and hard work make what it considers these highly enjoyable events possible, but is concerned that Police Scotland’s policy of enforcing road closures and the attendant fees is threatening the continued existence of what it sees as these important local festivals.

S4M-13341# Sandra White: 20 Years of West End Festival—That the Parliament congratulates the internationally acclaimed West End Festival, which takes place from 5 to 28 June 2015 and is Glasgow's largest multicultural event, celebrating 20 years of dynamic local and international talent involving over 100 organisations, making this one of the largest community events in the city; understands that it includes the famous Carnival Parade, concerts in the newly refurbished Kelvingrove bandstand and the Glasgow Mela; thanks all who help to organise and take part in what it considers this fantastic event, and looks forward to many more years of the West End Festival.

S4M-13354# Lewis Macdonald: Stonehaven Dialysis Unit—That the Parliament commends the efforts of campaigners in Stonehaven and across the north east to raise funds to build a new renal dialysis unit at the Kincardine Community Hospital; understands that patients living south of Aberdeen often have to travel long distances as well as spending all day in the renal dialysis unit at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and that a new facility in Stonehaven would make it easier for such patients to receive treatment; notes that the cost of starting up the Stonehaven Dialysis Unit, including equipment for a six-bed ward, is estimated at around £800,000; congratulates the efforts of all the local fundraisers, including the Stonehaven Rotary Club and Grampian Kidney Patient Association, and looks forward to the opening of the Stonehaven Dialysis Unit in the near future.

S4M-13372# Duncan McNeil: NHS Scotland: Time for a Public Debate—That the Parliament notes the joint call by the Royal College of Nursing and the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and Faculties in Scotland for a public debate on what are considered to be the difficult decisions that need to be made about future investment in Scotland’s NHS; believes this to be a measured and considered approach that could kick start changes to the way the NHS provides services; considers that, while the NHS budget is protected and, in recent years, the number of staff employed by the NHS has increased, demand for care from Scotland's growing and older population has increased in places such as Greenock and Inverclyde, and notes the joint call for a mature debate involving the public, health and care professionals and MSPs from all political parties so that there is a consensual approach to future changes to Scotland's beloved NHS to ensure that it does not only survive but evolves to meet the future needs of the people of Scotland.

S4M-13385# John Mason: Foster Care in Scotland—That the Parliament notes recent research by The Fostering Network, which suggests that there are now over 5,500 children living in the around 4,400 foster homes in Scotland, compared with 4,000 children in 2006; understands that the network estimates that, in order to support this increased number in 2015 alone, the country will need to find 750 new foster carers; praises the people who have opened their hearts and their homes to these youngsters, who can be vulnerable and often come from deprived communities, such as Shettleston in Glasgow; believes that

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becoming a foster carer can be a challenging prospect, and notes what it sees as the importance of being as supportive as possible of fostering and foster families.

Record of Members’ Business taken by the Parliament from 8 June 2011

Date MSP Party Subject

8/6/2011 Marco Biagi SNP Green Investment in Edinburgh

9/6/2011 Elaine Murray LAB Ban on Use of Wild Animals in Circuses 15/6/2011 Bob Doris SNP Fighting Sectarianism and Anti-Irish Racism 16/6/2011 Mark McDonald SNP North Sea Taxation

22/6/2011 Elaine Smith LAB There is a Better Way

23/6/2011 Stuart McMillan SNP David MacBrayne Group Supports Coastguards 29/6/11 Margaret Mitchell CON Police Complaints Commissioner for Scotland

30/6/11 Willie Coffey SNP The Scheme

7/9/11 David Stewart LAB Young Drivers

8/9/11 Aileen McLeod SNP Flavour Fortnight 2011

14/9/11 Rob Gibson SNP Remembering the Russian Arctic Convoys

15/9/11 Hugh Henry LAB Upper Clyde Shipbuilders

21/9/11 Bill Kidd SNP UN International Day of Peace, 21 September 2011

22/9/11 Jamie Hepburn SNP Save the Children Report, Making Work Pay – The Childcare Trap

28/9/11 James Dornan SNP Battling Scotland’s Drinking Culture 29/9/11 Paul Martin LAB Stop the Closure of Lightburn Hospital

5/10/11 Rob Gibson SNP Germany Exits Nuclear Energy

6/10/11 Christine Grahame SNP Jeremy Hunt Doesn’t Get the Picture so Neither Does the Borders

26/10/11 Jenny Marra LAB Fuel Poverty in Scotland

2/11/11 Sandra White SNP Mordechai Vanunu, Israel’s Nuclear

Whistleblower

3/11/11 James Kelly LAB Nail the Rogues Campaign

9/11/11 Margaret Mitchell CON Prescription Medicine Waste

10/11/11 Liam McArthur LD Damaging Impact of Air Discount Scheme Changes

16/11/11 Dave Thompson SNP The People’s Bible

17/11/11 Siobhan McMahon LAB British Heart Foundation’s Heart Start Event

23/11/11 Jim Eadie SNP Act of Settlement

24/11/11 John Scott CON Provision of Orthopaedic Trauma Services at Ayr Hospital

24/11/11 Christina McKelvie SNP Nuclear Test Veterans

30/11/11 Kevin Stewart SNP St Andrew’s Day

1/12/11 Neil Findlay LAB Community Benefit and the Cumulative Impact of Windfarm Developments in Communities 7/12/11 Sandra White SNP Truth About Youth Project

8/12/11 Rhoda Grant LAB MS, Better Care

14/12/11 Stuart McMillan SNP Commending Petrol and Diesel Watch 15/12/11 Sandra White SNP University of Glasgow Ranked First in the UK 21/12/11 Siobhan McMahon LAB Disability History Month

22/12/11 Jim Eadie SNP 10 Years on from Harkin-Engel, Child Trafficking in the Chocolate Industry

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Date MSP Party Subject

12/01/12 Margaret Burgess SNP High-interest Payday Loans

18/01/12 Elaine Murray LAB Independence Referendum, Let Wallace Vote 19/01/12 Joan McAlpine SNP Save Introducing in Scotland

25/01/12 Stewart Maxwell SNP Holocaust Memorial Day 2012 26/01/12 Patricia Ferguson LAB Save Glasgow’s Local Train Services

01/02/12 Colin Keir SNP Drum Brae Library and Community Hub Project 02/02/12 Linda Fabiani SNP Assistance Dogs are Working Dogs Too 08/02/12 Jamie McGrigor CON Designation of Special Areas of Conservation 09/02/12 Helen Eadie LAB Celebrating the Value of Co-operatives

Internationally

22/02/12 Dennis Robertson SNP Eating Disorders, Raising the Awareness 23/02/12 George Adam SNP Take a Step in 2012 for Fairtrade

29/02/12 Iain Gray LAB Protecting Access to Justice across Scotland 01/03/12 Sandra White SNP BBC Scotland Job Cuts

07/03/12 Humza Yousaf SNP Save Gadburn School

08/03/12 John Park LAB The Living Wage, Tackling In-work Poverty

14/03/12 Sandra White SNP Commonwealth Week 2012

15/03/12 Mark McDonald SNP Changing the January Pay Date

21/03/12 John Lamont CON Local Rail Services to Berwickshire and East Lothian

22/03/12 Sarah Boyack LAB Green Investment Bank

28/03/12 Jim Eadie SNP Violence in Syria

29/03/12 Jim Hume LD The Road Forward for Community Transport 18/04/12 David Stewart LAB Devolution of the Crown Estate

19/04/12 Christine Grahame SNP Community Radio Coming from a Station Near You

25/04/12 Kenneth Gibson SNP Allotments Regeneration Initiative in North Ayrshire

26/04/12 Richard Baker LAB UCAN’s Campaign for Robot-assisted Surgery

02/05/12 George Adam SNP National MS Week

09/05/12 Elaine Smith LAB Beyond the Frame

10/05/12 Dave Thompson SNP Centenary of the Dewar Report 16/05/12 Alex Fergusson CON A Road to Health

17/05/12 Paul Wheelhouse SNP Addressing Alcohol Abuse among Scotland’s Armed Forces

17/05/12 Christine Grahame SNP Commemorating James Graham, Marquis of Montrose and Member of the First Scots Parliament

23/05/12 Jenny Marra LAB Deaf Awareness Week

24/05/12 Kenneth Gibson SNP Glasgow Epilepsy Genetics Service

30/05/12 Aileen McLeod SNP Rio+20

31/05/12 Elaine Murray LAB Improvements to the A75 06/06/12 Colin Keir SNP Royal Highland Education Trust 07/06/12 John Mason SNP The Death Penalty in India

13/06/12 Liz Smith CON Scotland’s Mountain Rescue Teams

14/06/12 John Park LAB Celebrating Fife’s Outdoor Education Centre

20/06/12 Rob Gibson SNP Remember Cunningham Graham

21/06/12 Jamie Hepburn SNP Time for an International Arms Trade Treaty 27/06/12 Patricia Ferguson LAB Scottish Government Cuts Threaten Creativity 28/06/12 Christina McKelvie SNP Success of Armed Services Advice Project

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Date MSP Party Subject

04/09/12 George Adam SNP Renfrewshire Witch Hunt 1697, Shining the Light for Community-based Events

05/09/12 Kenneth Macintosh LAB Humankind Index 06/09/12 Annabel Goldie CON River City

11/09/12 Kevin Stewart SNP Aberdeen City Centre

12/09/12 Clare Adamson SNP Scottish Steelworkers’ Memorial Fund

13/09/12 Claire Baker LAB Welcoming Fife Diet’s New Food Manifesto 2012

18/09/12 Graeme Dey SNP Keep Scotland Beautiful

19/09/12 Christine Grahame SNP The Great Polish Map of Scotland 20/09/12 Sarah Boyack LAB Fair Access to the Legal Profession

25/09/12 John Mason SNP Gambling Proliferation

26/09/12 Kevin Stewart SNP Work Capability Assessments

27/09/12 Hugh Henry LAB NSPCC

02/10/12 Liam McArthur LD No to Nuisance Calls

03/10/12 Linda Fabiani SNP October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month 04/10/12 David Stewart LAB Isle of Gigha,10 Years of Pioneering Land

Reform

23/10/12 David Torrance SNP 5th Fife Scout Group, Kirkcaldy, Scottish Championship Award

24/10/12 Margaret Mitchell CON Dyslexia 25/10/12 Willie Coffey SNP Neil Armstrong

30/10/12 Hugh Henry LAB Protection of Workers

31/10/12 Roderick Campbell SNP The Vivarium Trust and Co-housing for Older People

01/11/12 Kenneth Gibson SNP Time to Introduce Presumed Consent

06/11/12 Adam Ingram SNP William Murdoch, The Scot Who Lit the World

07/11/12 Kezia Dugdale LAB Living Wage Week

08/11/12 John Mason SNP Glasgow 2014, Scotland’s Time to Shine

13/11/12 John Scott CON British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly Autumn Plenary

14/11/12 Neil Findlay LAB Christian Aid, Tax Justice Bus 15/11/12 Nigel Don SNP Scottish Literature on the Big Screen

20/11/12 Jim Eadie SNP Caring for and Curing Boys and Men with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

21/11/12 Claudia Beamish LAB Scotland’s National Museum of Costume 22/11/12 Linda Fabiani SNP Open Your Eyes to Destitution in Scotland 27/11/12 James Dornan SNP Celebrating St Andrew’s First Aid Week 28/11/12 Iain Gray LAB Value of Instrumental Music Tuition 29/11/12 Christine Grahame SNP A Scottish Media Panel

04/12/12 Jamie Hepburn SNP White Ribbon Campaign 16 Days of Action to Tackle Violence Against Women

05/12/12 Margaret Mitchell CON 40th Anniversary of Lanarkshire Samaritans, Hamilton

06/12/12 Patricia Ferguson LAB Bobath Scotland 11/12/12 Alison McInnes LD Camphill Scotland

12/12/12 Mark McDonald SNP Grampian Launches Autism Alert Card

13/12/12 Richard Baker LAB Edwards Syndrome and Support for Babies with Palliative Care Needs

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Date MSP Party Subject

19/12/12 Rob Gibson SNP Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters’ Marine Energy Constraints

20/12/12 Drew Smith LAB Job Losses at Clydesdale Bank 08/01/13 Kenneth Gibson SNP The Origins of Addiction

09/01/13 Malcolm Chisholm LAB 20 Years of Zero Tolerance Campaigns 10/01/13 John Mason SNP Mergers and Acquisitions

15/01/13 Adam Ingram SNP Scottish Coal Industry

16/01/13 Rhoda Grant LAB Sustainable Biomass

17/01/13 Bob Doris SNP Day Centre in Glasgow

22/01/13 Alex Johnstone CON Safer Social Networking for Children 23/01/13 Bruce Crawford SNP The Leprosy Mission Scotland

24/01/13 Helen Eadie LAB Clinical Standards for Cardiac Rehabilitation 29/01/13 James Dornan SNP Make Young People Your Business

30/01/13 Joan McAlpine SNP South of Scotland Television

31/01/13 Drew Smith LAB Work Not Play

05/02/13 Dave Thompson SNP Prohibit Cold Calling for Property Maintenance and Repairs

06/02/13 Annabel Goldie CON Street Stuff 07/02/13 Margaret McCulloch LAB Retail in Scotland

19/02/13 Jim Eadie SNP Lothiansound Talking Newspaper Celebrates 25th Anniversary

20/02/13 Chic Brodie SNP Scotland’s Historic Buildings 21/02/13 David Stewart LAB 50 Miles Per Hour Campaign

26/02/13 David Torrance SNP Congratulating Fife Gingerbread on 25th Anniversary

27/02/13 John Mason SNP Families Need Fathers

28/02/13 Sarah Boyack LAB Enough Food for Everyone IF Scotland Plays its Part

05/03/13 Liam McArthur LD Postcode Lottery for People with Multiple Sclerosis

06/03/13 Murdo Fraser CON Endangered Species and Wild Land

Conservation 07/03/13 Christina McKelvie SNP #Scotlandhour

12/03/13 Jean Urquhurt GRP The Role of Crofting in the Highlands and Islands

13/03/13 Bob Doris SNP Dr David Livingstone’s Bicentenary 14/03/13 Neil Findlay LAB Lessons from Orgreave

19/03/13 Mark McDonald SNP Count Us In

20/03/13 Jackie Baillie LAB Dementia Carers’ Voices

21/03/13 Angus MacDonald SNP 75 Years of Young Farmers Clubs in Scotland 26/03/13 Bob Doris SNP Kurdish Contribution to Scotland, Remembering

Halabja

27/03/13 James Kelly LAB Bicentenary Celebrations of Dr David Livingstone’s Birth

28/03/13 Sandra White SNP Bowel Cancer, Don’t Take a Chance, Take the Test

16/04/13 David Torrance SNP Congratulating Save Wemyss Ancient Caves Society

17/04/13 Kezia Dugdale LAB One Billion Rising

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Date MSP Party Subject

Produce

23/04/13 Alex Johnstone CON Welcome to the National Cricket Teams of Japan

24/04/13 Jamie Hepburn SNP Future of Scotland’s Crown Post Offices 25/04/13 John Pentland LAB Workers’ Memorial Day 2013

30/04/13 John Mason SNP Social Tourism

01/05/13 George Adam SNP MS Week 2013

02/05/13 Neil Findlay LAB Blacklisting, a Scottish and UK Human Rights Abuse

07/05/13 Gordon MacDonald SNP Dads Rock 1st Anniversary

08/05/13 Mary Scanlon CON Importance of the Freshwater Pearl Mussel 09/05/13 Mary Fee LAB Using Prisoners’ Assets to Reduce Reoffending 14/05/13 Christina McKelvie SNP Voices from the Frontline, Digital by Default 15/05/13 Aileen McLeod SNP History is Made at the Mull of Galloway 16/05/13 Margaret McDougall LAB University Marine Biological Station Millport 21/05/13 Clare Adamson SNP Electrical Safety in the Private Rented Sector 22/05/13 Joan McAlpine SNP A National Tree

23/05/13 Anne McTaggart LAB Mary Barbour Commemoration

28/05/13 Sandra White SNP Sectarian Attacks against the Shia Community 29/05/13 Margaret Mitchell CON AEDs in Scotland

30/05/13 Alison McInnes LD Still Waiting Campaign 04/06/13 Patrick Harvie GRP Protecting Tenants’ Deposits

05/06/13 John Mason SNP Bank Branch Closures

06/06/13 Paul Martin LAB Community-based Housing Associations, Building the Community

11/06/13 Christina McKelvie SNP MND Scotland Welfare Reform

12/06/13 Hanzala Malik LAB Challenging Negative Racial and Religious Stereotypes

13/06/13 Roderick Campbell SNP Sales of Interest Rate Swap Agreements 18/06/13 James Kelly LAB Parkinson’s Nurses in Scotland, Providing

Effective, Safe, Person-centred Care 19/06/13 John Wilson SNP Credit Union Expansion Project 20/06/13 Christine Grahame SNP James IV and Flodden Field

25/06/13 Dave Thompson SNP Review of Specialist Heart Failure Nurse Services

26/06/13 Duncan McNeil LAB ASH Scotland’s 40th Anniversary 27/06/13 Richard Lyle SNP 100th Anniversary of World War I

03/09/13 Alex Fergusson CON The Da Vinci Challenge to be Tackled by Dalbeattie High School

04/09/13 John Wilson SNP Welcoming Oxfam’s Our Economy Report 05/09/13 Graeme Pearson SNP Enhancing Enterprise for Scotland and China 10/09/13 Graeme Dey SNP Scotland More Aware of Fair Trade

11/09/13 Christina McKelvie SNP End Revenge Porn Scotland

12/09/13 Claire Baker LAB 82% of Scots in Favour of Compulsory Microchipping

17/09/13 James Dornan SNP Disabled People in Politics

18/09/13 Nanette Milne CON Marie Curie, Signpost to Palliative Care 19/09/13 David Stewart LAB Dunoon-Gourock Ferry Action Group

24/09/13 Gordon MacDonald SNP Al-Anon Family Groups, Supporting Families with Alcohol-related Issues

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Date MSP Party Subject

25/09/13 Jim Eadie SNP The University of Edinburgh in World’s Top 20 26/09/13 Richard Baker LAB Safety of Offshore Oil and Gas Workers

01/10/13 Fiona McLeod SNP Celebrating 100 Years of Westerton Garden Suburb

02/10/13 Aileen McLeod SNP Supporting Teenage Cancer Trust’s Education Programme

03/10/13 Jackie Baillie LAB Challenge Poverty Week

08/10/13 Nigel Don SNP Energy Action Scotland Marks its 30th Anniversary

09/10/13 Liz Smith CON Direct Rail Link Between Perth and Edinburgh 10/10/13 Jim Hume LD CAB-run Innovative Youth Outreach Projects 29/10/13 Alison Johnstone GRP Strict Liability

30/10/13 Aileen McLeod SNP Scottish Woodlot Association, a First for Galloway

31/10/13 Malcolm Chisholm LAB Folic Acid Awareness Campaign

5/11/13 Sandra White SNP Glasgow Women’s Aid 40th Anniversary Celebration

6/11/13 Jackie Baillie LAB No More Page 3

7/11/13 Mike MacKenzie SNP The Best Buildings in Scotland

12/11/13 Dennis Robertson SNP Action over Size 10 Models and Mannequins 13/11/13 Claire Baker LAB National Parks, Unfinished Business

14/11/13 Colin Keir SNP 100 Years of Conservation, Research and Education at Edinburgh Zoo

21/11/13 Richard Lyle SNP 50th Anniversary of the JFK Assassination 26/11/13 Murdo Fraser CON The Future of Medical Research Funding in

Scotland Remains Strong

27/11/13 James Dornan SNP St Andrew’s First Aid Count Me In Campaign 28/11/13 Rhoda Grant LAB World Prematurity Day 2013 and World-class

Neonatal Care in Scotland

03/12/13 Christine Grahame SNP I Come in Praise of Local Development Trusts and other Community Initiatives

04/12/13 Linda Fabiani SNP Celebrating Maxillofacial Prosthetists and Technologists

05/12/13 Sarah Boyack LAB World AIDS Day 2013

10/12/13 George Adam SNP YouthLink Scotland

11/12/13 Alex Johnstone CON Arbroath CAFÉ Project

12/12/13 Kezia Dugdale LAB Financial Conduct Authority’s Plans to Regulate the Payday Loan Industry

17/12/13 Stewart Stevenson SNP Moray Library Closures

18/12/13 John Wilson SNP 12 Days of Debtmas Credit Union Campaign 19/12/13 Jackie Baillie LAB Discontinuation of Home Office’s Go Home

Campaign

07/01/14 David Torrance SNP Congratulations to Fife Gingerbread

08/01/14 Fiona McLeod SNP Recognising the Value of Community Optometry 09/01/14 Paul Martin LAB The Effectiveness of Existing Dog Control Laws

14/01/14 James Dornan SNP The Cedar Network

15/01/14 Annabel Goldie CON Through Care Support Project HM Prison Greenock

16/01/14 Tavish Scott LD Oncology at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary 21/01/14 John Finnie GRP Lift Lives for Good

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Date MSP Party Subject

22/0114 Joan McAlpine SNP Congratulations to the Big Burns Supper 2014 23/01/14 Neil Findlay LAB Airlines Discriminating against Disabled People 28/01/14 Stewart Maxwell SNP Holocaust Memorial Day 2014

29/01/14 Angus MacDonald SNP The National Tree for Scotland 30/01/14 David Stewart LAB Melbourne Declaration on Diabetes 04/02/14 Maureen Watt SNP Self-immolations in Tibet

05/02/14 Jenny Marra LAB International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation

06/02/14 Stuart McMillan SNP Society’s Increasing Reliance on Foodbanks 18/02/14 Aileen McLeod SNP The St Ninian Ways, a Proposed Cultural Route 20/02/14 John Mason SNP Promoting Family Recovery Across Scotland 20/02/14 Patricia Ferguson LAB Support for Syrian Refugees

25/02/14 Murdo Fraser CON Police Scotland Traffic Wardens 26/02/14 Dennis Robertson SNP Eating Disorder Awareness Week 2014 27/02/14 Richard Baker LAB Unite’s Back Home Safe Campaign 04/03/14 Claudia Beamish LAB Thirsting for Justice

05/03/14 Linda Fabiani SNP Marie Curie’s 2014 Great Daffodil Appeal 06/03/14 George Adam SNP Scotland’s First Year as a Fair Trade Nation

11/03/14 Kenneth Gibson SNP Clyde 2020

12/03/14 Margaret Mitchell CON Celebrating Commonwealth Week

13/03/14 Claire Baker LAB Recognising the Work of Greener Kirkcaldy 18/03/14 John Wilson SNP Down’s Syndrome Awareness Week 2014 19/03/14 Nigel Don SNP Scotland’s Traditional Housing Stock 20/03/14 Iain Gray LAB Anniversary of the 1984-85 Miners’ Strike 25/03/14 David Torrance SNP Asda Kirkcaldy’s Community Life Programme 26/03/14 James Dornan SNP Scotland’s Outlook

27/03/14 Elaine Murray LAB Closure of Dumfries Control Rooms

01/04/14 Nanette Milne CON Self-management of Anticoagulation Therapy 02/04/14 Mark McDonald SNP Applauding Autism-friendly Theatre and Cinema

03/04/14 Jim Hume LD Keep Justice Local

22/04/14 Alison Johnstone GRP Fan Ownership of Football Clubs

23/04/14 Stuart McMillan SNP Fixed Odds Betting Terminals in Scotland 24/04/14 David Stewart LAB Local Knowledge Under Fire

29/04/14 Fiona McLeod SNP Action on Hearing Loss and Benefits of its Hear to Help Service

30/04/14 Graeme Pearson LAB Justice for Survivors of Historic Institutional Child Abuse

01/05/14 George Adam SNP MS Week 2014, Treat Me Right 06/05/14 Kenneth Gibson SNP Microchipping and Muzzling 07/05/14 Alex Rowley LAB Halbeath Park and Ride

08/05/14 Fiona McLeod SNP UV Radiation Awareness to Prevent Melanoma and Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer

13/05/14 Bill Kidd SNP Recovering Health Costs for Asbestos-related Conditions and Diseases

14/05/14 Margaret McDougall LAB Recognising the Impact of Loneliness on Physical and Mental Health

15/05/14 Christine Grahame SNP Animal Rights and Human Responsibilities 20/05/14 Kenneth Gibson SNP Tackling the Stigma of Epilepsy through

Education

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Date MSP Party Subject

2014

22/05/14 No plenary business European elections

27/05/14 John Wilson SNP Scottish Wildlife Trust Celebrates its 50th Anniversary

28/05/14 Siobhan McMahon LAB Recognising the Work of the Scottish Centre for Children with Motor Impairments and Bobath Scotland

29/05/14 Joan McAlpine SNP Fairness for Local Television in Scotland 03/06/14 Christina McKelvie SNP One Parent Family Scotland

04/06/14 Claire Baker LAB Celebrating the Scottish Spud

05/06/14 Alex Johnstone CON Aberdeen’s Engagement Strategy with Japan 10/06/14 Sandra White SNP Operation Blue Star

11/06/14 Roderick Campbell SNP Scotland’s Secret Bunker Reopening

12/06/14 Elaine Smith LAB Celebrating and Supporting Breastfeeding in Public

17/06/14 Cameron Buchanan CON Strategic Planning in the Lothians

18/06/14 Sarah Boyack LAB First Anniversary of the Rana Plaza Disaster 19/06/14 Richard Lyle SNP Celebrating 125 Years of the Showman’s Guild

24/06/14 Bob Doris SNP The Regeneration of Royston

25/06/14 Liz Smith CON Centenary of Perth Royal Infirmary 26/06/14 Alison McInnes LD Your GP Cares Campaign

05/08/14 Rhoda Grant LAB The Bunchrew Land Declaration

06/08/14 Dave Thompson SNP Highlighting the Plight of Persecuted Christians 07/08/14 Linda Fabiani SNP East Kilbride has Real Heroes

12/08/14 Drew Smith LAB Gaza

13/08/14 Bill Kidd SNP A Message for Dearest Scotland 14/08/14 Angus MacDonald SNP Scotland’s Pollinator Population

19/08/14 Gordon MacDonald SNP Celebrating the Contribution of Independent Retailers to the Scottish Economy

20/08/14 Margaret McCulloch LAB The Future of DFID in Scotland 21/08/14 James Dornan SNP Celebrating Glasgow the Caring City

23/09/14 Gordon MacDonald SNP Dads Rock, International What’s On 4 Junior Award Winner 2014

24/09/14 Claudia Beamish LAB Skills Partnerships

25/09/14 Annabelle Ewing SNP Remembering the Contribution of Those who Built the Dams and Tunnels

30/09/14 Murdo Fraser CON Objections to Talladh-a-Bheithe Wind farm and NPF3

01/10/14 Graeme Dey SNP Angus CAB Publishes Paper Highlighting Challenges Faced by Online Benefit Claimants 02/10/14 Hugh Henry LAB End-to-end Competition and the Universal

Postal Service 07/10/14 DEBATE POSTPONED

08/10/14 Jackie Baillie LAB Absence of Suitable Hospice and Respite Facilities for Young Disabled Adults

09/10/14 Christina McKelvie SNP Voting Franchise for 16 and 17-year-olds 28/10/14 Linda Fabiani SNP 10 October is World Mental Health Day 29/10/14 Michael McMahon LAB Fire Risk Assessments

30/10/14 Jackson Carlaw CON Neilston and Uplawmoor First Responders Reaches 100th Emergency Call-out

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Date MSP Party Subject

04/11/14 Stewart Stevenson SNP The Importance of School Bus Safety around Scotland

05/11/14 Jim Eadie SNP Imam Hussain Blood Donation Campaign 06/11/14 Neil Findlay LAB RBS Takes Communities for Granted

11/11/14 Christina McKelvie SNP Armed Services Advice Project in a Year of Remembrance

12/11/14 David Stewart LAB World Diabetes Day 2014 13/11/14 Clare Adamson SNP Home Safety Kits

18/11/14 Alex Fergusson CON MUM’s Last Big Challenge 20/11/14 John Wilson GRP Child Poverty Figures Increasing

25/11/14 Marco Biagi SNP Marking the Anniversary of the Ukrainian Famine

26/11/14 Ken Macintosh LAB Even it Up: Time to End Extreme Inequality, Oxfam’s New report and Campaign

27/11/14 Jim Hume LD One Step Closer to Trains at Reston and East Linton

27/11/14 Annabelle Ewing SNP St Andrew’s Day 2014

2/12/14 Nigel Don SNP Fuel Poverty in pre-1919 Residential Properties 3/12/14 Sarah Boyack LAB The Engine Shed and Supported Employment 4/12/14 Joan McAlpine SNP Meal Makers Tackle Malnutrition in Frail Older

People

9/12/14 Rhoda Grant LAB Scottish Local Coastal Partnerships 10/12/14 Christine Grahame SNP Capital Credit Union Outpost Penicuik

11/12/14 Kenneth Gibson SNP Educational Disadvantage and Deaf Children in Scotland

16/12/14 John Mason SNP The Bellgrove Hotel

17/12/14 Paul Martin LAB Creating Jobs in Glasgow’s East End 18/12/14 Roderick Campbell SNP Scotland’s Outstanding Year of Sport

06/01/15 Alex Johnstone CON New Psychoactive Substances Needs Assessment for Tayside, 2014 Report

07/01/15 Malcolm Chisholm LAB Nursing Against Health Inequalities 08/01/15 Christine Grahame SNP A Shocking Way to Treat a Dog

13/01/15 Angus MacDonald SNP The Need for a Direct Ferry Service Between Scotland and Scandinavia

14/01/15 Hanzala Malik LAB Taliban’s Attack in a School in Peshawar

15/01/15 John Mason SNP Equal Pay

20/01/15 Jim Eadie SNP 35th Anniversary of Mercy Corps

21/01/15 Iain Gray LAB Learned Societies Group on Scottish Science Education Report

22/01/15 Jamie McGrigor CON Tackling Projected Population Decline in Argyll and Bute

27/01/15 Stewart Maxwell SNP Holocaust Memorial Day 2015

28/01/15 Kevin Stewart SNP Hepatitis C

29/01/15 David Stewart LAB Educational Psychologists Numbers at Dangerously Low Levels in Scotland

03/02/15 James Dornan SNP 100 Years of Langside Library

04/02/15 Neil Findlay LAB The Umbrella Company Contract Scam

05/02/15 Jim Eadie SNP The Royal Pharmaceutical Society in Scotland and European Antibiotic Awareness Day

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Date MSP Party Subject

Support for Survivors

18/02/15 Liam McArthur LD The Wave Energy Sector in Scotland 19/02/15 Patrick Harvie GRP Young Voters and School Debates 24/02/15 Dennis Robertson SNP Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2015 25/02/15 Bruce Crawford SNP Clean Up Scotland

26/02/15 Mary Fee LAB An Unfair Sentence

03/03/15 Jenny Marra LAB Celebrating Mary Slessor on International Women’s Day 2015

04/03/15 Linda Fabiani SNP Marie Curie’s 2015 Great Daffodil Appeal 05/03/15 George Adam SNP Fairtrade Fortnight 2015

10/03/15 Graeme Dey SNP Welcoming a More Energy Efficient Retail Sector

11/03/15 Patricia Ferguson LAB Young People and the Commonwealth, Commonwealth Day 2015

12/03/15 Colin Beattie SNP The Importance of Libraries

17/03/15 Mike MacKenzie SNP Average Speed Cameras on the A9

18/03/15 Alex Rowley LAB UK Government Carbon Price Support Exemption for Opencast Coal Sites

19/03/15 Kenneth Gibson SNP European Conference for Cold Water Island Tourism

24/03/15 Annabel Goldie CON Greenock Ocean Terminal

25/03/15 Graeme Dey SNP Earth Hour 2015

26/03/15 Hugh Henry LAB Accountability of Police Scotland 31/03/15 Margaret McDougall LAB Awareness of Group B Streptococcus 01/04/15 Mark McDonald SNP Making Scotland Autism Friendly

02/04/15 Stuart McMillan SNP Congratulating Greenock Morton Community Trust

21/04/15 Sandra White SNP Recognition of the Palestinian State 22/04/15 Rhoda Grant LAB UK National Stalking Awareness Day

23/04/15 Joan McAlpine SNP DG Food and Drink

28/04/15 John Scott CON Prestwick Airport Spaceport Bid

29/04/15 George Adam SNP My Life My MS

30/04/15 Neil Findlay LAB Expanding Coverage of the Living Wage 05/05/15 Christian Allard SNP North East Mosses

06/05/15 Alex Rowley LAB Thousands of Migrants Dying Attempting to Reach Europe Each Year

07/05/15 GENERAL ELECTION ---- DEBATE POSTPONED

12/05/15 Nanette Milne CON Marie Curie’s Changing the Conversation on Terminal Illness Report

13/05/15 Liam McArthur LD Supporting See Me in Work 14/05/15 Jean Urquhart GRP Media, Society and Democracy

19/05/15 Kevin Stewart SNP World Whisky Day

20/05/15 Paul Martin LAB Protecting Rent-tied Pub Tenants in Scotland 21/05/15 Clare Adamson SNP Scottish Fire Sprinkler Coordination Group 26/05/15 Christine Grahame SNP Through Our Eyes

27/05/15 Hanzala Malik LAB Growing Islamophobia in Scotland and Graffiti on the New Central Gurdwara Glasgow

28/05/15 Rob Gibson SNP Peat Extraction for Horticulture

02/05/15 Chic Brodie SNP Youth Football’s Contribution to Men and Women’s Football

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Date MSP Party Subject

03/05/15 Neil Findlay LAB Encouraging Good Employment Practices in Wales

04/05/15 Dave Thompson SNP Caledonian Canal, World First

Record of Members’ Business taken by the Parliament in Session 4

Party SNP LAB CON LD GRP IND TOTAL

Frequency (no) 213 117 39 13 8 0 390

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BUREAU - BUSINESS FOR WEEK COMMENCING 08 JUNE 2015

DAY

MORNING

AFTERNOON

Monday 08 Constituency Constituency

Tuesday 09 0900-1300 Committees 1400 Time for Reflection

Followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motion (if required)

1405-1420 Topical Questions

1420-1630 Scottish Government Debate: EU Referendum

1630-1700 Ministerial Statement: Publication of the 2013 Greenhouse Gas Inventory

1700 Decision Time

Followed by Members’ Business S4M-13316 Angus MacDonald: 10th Anniversary of the Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005

Wednesday 10 0900-1300 Committees

1400 Parliamentary Bureau Motion (if required)

1400-1440 Portfolio Question Time: Health, Wellbeing and Sport

1440-1700 Labour Party Business - Health Followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motion (if required)

Followed by Members’ Business S4M-13261 Rhoda Grant: Carers Week 2015

Thursday 11 0900-1100 Committees

1140-1200 General Questions

1200-1230 First Minister’s Question

Time

Followed by Members’ Business S4M-12898 Bob Doris: Celebrating the Work of Home-Start in North Glasgow and across Scotland

1430-1700 Scottish Government Debate: Protecting Employee Rights and Access to Justice

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BUREAU - BUSINESS FOR WEEK COMMENCING 15 JUNE 2015

DAY

MORNING

AFTERNOON

1420-1520 Stage One debate: Harbours (Scotland) Bill

1520-1700 Scottish Government debate: Marine Tourism

Followed by Members’ Business S4M-13309 Ruth Davidson: Remembering Srebrenica

1315 Members’ Business S4M-12916 Gil Paterson:

30th Anniversary of the Scottish Cot Death Trust

1400-1440 Portfolio Question Time: Culture, Europe and External Affairs; Infrastructure, Investment and Cities

1440-1900 Stage 3 proceedings: Community Empowerment (Scotland) Bill

1200-1230 First Minister’s Question

Time

Followed by Members’ Business S4M-13293 Claire Baker: Promoting Responsible Off-road Motorbike and Quad Bike Ownership

1430-1700 Stage 3 Proceedings: Scottish Elections (Reduction of Voting Age) Bill

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BUREAU - BUSINESS FOR WEEK COMMENCING 22 JUNE 2015

DAY

MORNING

AFTERNOON

1420-1700 Stage 3 Proceedings: Prisoners (Control of Release) Scotland Bill

Followed by Members’ Business

1400-1440 Portfolio Question Time: Education and Lifelong Learning

1440-1700 Stage 3 proceedings: Mental Health (Scotland) Bill

1200-1230 First Minister’s Question Time

1430-1700 Stage 3 Proceedings: Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Bill

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BUSINESS MOTION

Date of Lodging:

9 June 2015

Short Title:

Business Motion

Joe FitzPatrick on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau:

That the Parliament agrees

to the following revision to the programme of business for Tuesday 9 June 2015—

delete

followed by Ministerial Statement: Publication of the 2013 Greenhouse Gas Inventory followed by Scottish Government Debate: EU Referendum

and insert

followed by Scottish Government Debate: EU Referendum

followed by Ministerial Statement: Publication of the 2013 Greenhouse Gas Inventory

BUSINESS MOTION

Date of Lodging:

9 June 2015

Short Title:

Business Motion

That the Parliament agrees

the following programme of business—

Tuesday 16 June 2015

2.00 pm Time for Reflection

followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by Topical Questions (if selected)

followed by Stage 1 Debate: Harbours (Scotland) Bill followed by Scottish Government Debate: Marine Tourism followed by Business Motions

followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions

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Wednesday 17 June 2015

1.15 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by Members’ Business

followed by Portfolio Questions

Culture, Europe and External Affairs; Infrastructure, Investment and Cities

followed by Stage 3 Proceedings: Community Empowerment (Scotland) Bill followed by Business Motions

7.00 pm Decision Time

Thursday 18 June 2015

11.40 am Parliamentary Bureau Motions 11.40 am General Questions

12.00 pm First Minister’s Questions followed by Members’ Business

2.30 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions

followed by Stage 3 Proceedings: Scottish Elections (Reduction of Voting Age) Bill followed by Business Motions

Tuesday 23 June 2015

2.00 pm Time for Reflection

followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by Topical Questions (if selected)

followed by Stage 3 Proceedings: Prisoners (Control of Release) (Scotland) Bill followed by Business Motions

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followed by Members’ Business

Wednesday 24 June 2015

2.00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by Portfolio Questions

Education and Lifelong Learning

followed by Stage 3 Proceedings: Mental Health (Scotland) Bill followed by Business Motions

followed by Members’ Business Thursday 25 June 2015

11.40 am Parliamentary Bureau Motions 11.40 am General Questions

12.00 pm First Minister’s Questions followed by Members’ Business

2.30 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions

followed by Stage 3 Proceedings: Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Bill followed by Business Motions

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PARLIAMENTARY BUREAU

APPROVAL OF SCOTTISH STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1. The Bureau is invited to agree the following motions—

That the Parliament

agrees that the following instruments be approved—

Education (School Lunches) (Scotland) Regulations 2015 [draft];

Provision of Early Learning and Childcare (Specified Children) (Scotland)

Amendment Order 2015 [draft];

Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 (Modification

of Part 1) Regulations 2015 [draft]; and

Registers of Scotland (Voluntary Registration, Amendment of Fees, etc.)

Order 2015 [draft].

Education (School Lunches) (Scotland) Regulations 2015 [draft]

Purpose

2. The instrument extends the entitlement to a free school lunch to certain groups of

pre-school children in the context of their early learning and childcare. The change is

intended to bring the entitlement criteria for free school lunches into line with the

entitlement criteria for early learning and childcare in terms of the Children and Young

People (Scotland) Act 2014 Act and associated subordinate legislation.

Consideration by committee

3. The instrument was considered by the Education and Culture Committee

at its meeting

on 2 June 2015. After debate, the motion to approve the instrument was agreed to.

Provision of Early Learning and Childcare (Specified Children) (Scotland)

Amendment Order 2015 [draft]

Purpose

4. The purpose of the instrument is to amend the Provision of Early Learning and

Childcare (Specified Children) (Scotland) Order 2014 in order to extend the categories

of “eligible pre-school child” for the purposes of section 47 of the Children and Young

People (Scotland) Act 2014.

5. As a result of the amendments, certain additional two year olds will be eligible for the

mandatory amount of early learning and childcare where they have a parent who is in

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receipt of one or more additional qualifying benefits listed in the instrument. Those

benefits are—

(a) child tax credit payable in certain circumstances under the Tax Credits Act

2002;

(b) support provided under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999; and

(c) universal credit payable under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012.

6. The instrument was considered by the Education and Culture Committee

at its meeting

on 2 June 2015. After debate, the motion to approve the instrument was agreed to.

Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 (Modification of Part

1) Regulations 2015 [draft]

Purpose

7. These Regulations provide that the provisions of Part 1 of the Water Environment and

Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 have effect with certain modifications. In particular,

regulation 2 modifies—



section 1 of the Act so that references to “the Directive” in Part 1 have effect as

references to Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council

establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy, as last

amended by Commission Directive 2014/101/EU; and



section 2(1) and (2) of the Act so that the Scottish Ministers, the Scottish

Environment Protection Agency and the responsible authorities must also exercise

various functions so as to secure compliance with the Groundwater Directive (as

amended by Commission Directive 2014/80/EU) and the Priority Substances

Directive (as amended by Directive 2013/39/EU).

8. The regulations were considered by the Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment

Committee

at its meeting on 3 June 2015. After debate, the motion to approve the

regulations was agreed to.

Registers of Scotland (Voluntary Registration, Amendment of Fees, etc.) Order

2015 [draft]

Purpose

9. The main purpose of the Order is to make provision related to voluntary registration

under section 27 of the Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Act 2012, including changing

the fees charged for such registration. The Order also amends two other fees in relation

to the Land Register and introduces a small number of fees for copy documents from

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other registers maintained by the Keeper of the Registers of Scotland.

10. The instrument was considered by the Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee at its

meeting on 3 June 2015. After debate, the motion to approve the instrument was

agreed to.

Parliamentary Business Team

June 2015

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PARLIAMENTARY BUREAU

REFERRAL OF BILLS AT STAGE 1: INTERESTS OF MEMBERS OF THE

SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT (AMENDMENT) BILL

Introduction

1. The Interests of Members of the Scottish Parliament (Amendment) Bill was

introduced as a Committee Bill by Stewart Stevenson (Convener of the Standards,

Procedures and Public Appointments Committee) on 27 May 2015.

2. The Bill amends the Interests of Members of the Scottish Parliament Act 2006 and

the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.

Committee Bills, Standing Orders

3. Under Rule 9.15.8 of the

Standing Orders,

a report on the Bill’s ge