Audit
Committee
2 April
2001
6th
Meeting, 2001
The Committee will meet
at 10.00 am in Council Chamber, Dundee City Council, City Square,
Dundee
1. National
Health Service Bodies in Tayside (in private): The Committee
will consider lines of questioning for the evidence taking session.
2. Committee
Business: The Committee will decide whether to take agenda items
4, 5 and 6 in private.
3. National
Health Service Bodies in Tayside: The Committee will take evidence
from –
Mr
Trevor Jones, Head of Scottish Executive Health Department
and Chief Executive of NHS in Scotland;
Mr
John Aldridge, Director of Finance, Scottish Executive Health
Department;
Mr
Peter Bates; Chairperson, NHS in Tayside;
Mr
Tim Brett, Chief Executive, Tayside Health Board;
Mr
Paul M White; Chief Executive; Tayside University Hospital
NHS Trust;
Mr
Tony Wells, Chief Executive, Tayside Primary Care NHS Trust;
on the
report by the Auditor General for Scotland entitled ‘National Health
Service Bodies in Tayside’ (AGS/2001/3).
4. Consideration
of Evidence: The Committee will consider the evidence taken.
5. Overview
of the National Health Service in Scotland 1999/2000: The Committee
will consider a revised draft report.
6. Timetabling
of Committee Meetings: The Committee will consider a paper on
timetabling of committee meetings.
Procedures
Committee
3 April
2001
3rd
Meeting, 2001
The Committee will meet
at 10.30 am in Committee Room 2
1. Guidance
on Private Bills: The Committee will consider draft guidance.
2. Protocols
Between the Parliament and the Executive: The Committee will
note a paper.
3. Changes
to Chapters 9 and 9A of the Standing Orders and Associated Papers:
The Committee will consider papers.
4. Scottish
Commission for Public Audit (SCPA): The Committee will consider
a paper.
5. Enquiry
into Parliamentary Questions: The Committee will consider papers.
6. Paper
from Donald Gorrie MSP: The Committee will consider a paper.
7. Enquiry
into the Application of the Consultative Steering Group Principles
in the Scottish Parliament: The Committee will note a paper
from the Adviser.
Subordinate
Legislation Committee
3 April
2001
12th
Meeting, 2001
The Committee will meet
at 11.15 am in Committee Room 3
1. Executive
Responses: The Committee will consider the responses from the
Scottish Executive to points raised on the following instruments—
The
National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland)
Amendment Regulations 2001, (SSI 2001/67)
The
National Health Service (Dental Charges) (Scotland) Amendment
Regulations 2001, (SSI 2001/69)
The
Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) Amendment (Scotland)
Regulations 2001, (SSI 2001/104)
The
National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Amendment (No.2)
(Scotland) Regulations 2001, (SSI 2001/105)
The
Valuation for Rating (Plant and Machinery) (Scotland) Amendment
Regulations 2001, (SSI 2001/115).
2. Negative
Instruments: The Committee will consider the following instruments—
The
Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Quota and Third Country
Fishing Measures) (Scotland) Order 2001, (SSI 2001/117)
The
National Health Service (General Medical Services) (Scotland)
Amendment Regulations 2001, (SSI 2001/119)
The
Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Scotland)
Amendment (No.2) Regulations 2001, (SSI 2001/127).
3. Instruments
not laid before the Parliament: The Committee will consider
the following instruments—
The
Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Ascertainment of Value) (Scotland) Order
2001, (SSI 2001/120)
The
Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Ascertainment of Value) (Scotland) (No.2)
Order 2001, (SSI 2001/121)
The
Liquor Licensing (Fees) (Scotland) Order 2001, (SSI 2001/125).
Local
Government Committee
3 April
2001
11th
Meeting, 2001
The Committee will meet
at 2.00 pm in Committee Room 1
1. Item
in private: The Committee will consider whether to take item
7 in private.
2. Consultation
on the recommendations of the Dog Identification Group (DIG): The
Committee will take evidence from the following witnesses—
The
Scottish Kennel Club
Edinburgh
Dog and Cat Home
The
Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Royal
Environmental Health Institute of Scotland
Society
of Chief Officers of Environmental Health in Scotland
Association
of Chief Police Officers in Scotland.
3. Subordinate
Legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative
instrument—
The
Non-Domestic Rate (Levying) (Scotland) Regulations 2001, (SSI 2001/71).
4. Proposed
tendering Bill: The Committee will consider proposals for consideration
of the proposed tendering Bill at Stage 1.
5. Audit
Scotland (in private): The Committee will take evidence from
Audit Scotland on its forthcoming Local Authority Overview Report.
6. Consultation
on Codes of Conduct for councillors and members of devolved public
bodies (in private): The Committee will consider its response
to the Scottish Executive consultation.
7. Timetabling
of committee meetings: The Committee will consider a paper on
timetabling of committee meetings.
Rural
Development Committee
3 April
2001
10th
Meeting, 2001
The Committee will meet
at 2.00 pm in the Chamber, Assembly Hall, The Mound, Edinburgh
1. Declaration
of Interests: The Convener will invite new members to declare
any relevant interests.
2. Items
in private: The Committee will consider whether to take item
6 in private.
3. Foot
and Mouth Disease: The Committee will take evidence on measures
for prevention and cure from—
Leslie
Gardner, State Veterinary Service (Scotland)
Dr
Keith Sumption, Tropical Animal Health Department, Edinburgh
University
Prof.
Joe Brownlie, Head of Pathology and Veterinary Diseases at
Royal Veterinary College, London.
Dominic
Moran, Scottish Agricultural College.
4. Foot
and Mouth Disease: The Committee will take evidence on the effect
on Livestock markets from—
David
Leggate, Perth Farmers Market.
5. Subordinate
Legislation: The Committee will consider the following instruments
under the negative procedure—
The
Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding
Stuffs) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2001 (SSI 2001/84)
The
Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Scotland)
Regulations 2001 (SSI 2001/95)
The
Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations
2001 (SSI 2001/104)
The
Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Scotland)
Amendment Regulations 2001 (SSI 2001/112).
6. Less
Favoured Areas: The Committee will consider a draft report.
7. Land
Reform (in private): The Committee will consider a draft report.
Education,
Culture and Sport Committee
3 April
2001
11th
Meeting, 2001
The Committee will meet
at 2.30 pm in Committee Room 2
1. Items
in Private: The Committee will consider whether to take items
4, 5 and 6 in private.
2. Budget
2002-03: The Committee will consider the appointment of a reporter.
3. Children's
Commissioner: The Committee will be updated on its inquiry into
the need for a Children’s Commissioner.
4. Timetabling
of Committee Meetings: The Committee will consider a paper on
timetabling of committee meetings.
5. Children's
Commissioner: The Committee will consider possible advisers
for its inquiry.
6. National
Stadium Inquiry: The Committee will consider whether to take
further evidence.
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