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Scottish Parliament Business: Thursday 28 November 2019

2 min read

In Plenary
11:40am: Parliamentary Bureau Motions

11:40am: General Questions

12:00pm: First Minister’s Questions

12:45pm: Members’ Business – Tom Arthur: St Andrew's Day 2019

2:00pm: Parliamentary Bureau Motions

2:00pm: Portfolio Questions

Ministerial Statement: Final Report of the Women in Agriculture Taskforce

Stage 1 Debate: Scottish Elections (Franchise and Representation) Bill

Financial Resolution: Scottish Elections (Franchise and Representation) Bill

Business Motions

Parliamentary Bureau Motions

5:00pm: Decision Time

In Committee

Equalities and Human Rights Committee (9:00am, Mary Fairfax Somerville Room)
Race equality in Scotland
Witnesses: Dr Gina Netto, Associate Professor, School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society, Heriot Watt University, Prof. Nasar Meer, Professor of Race, Identity and Citizenship, Prof. Raj Bhopal, Emeritus Professor of Public Health, and Prof. Rowena Arshad, Chair in Multicultural and Anti-Racist Education and Co-Director of the Centre for Education for Racial Equality in Scotland, University of Edinburgh.

Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee (9:30am, James Clerk Maxwell Room) 
Scottish Elections (Reform) Bill
WItnesses: Malcolm Burr, Chief Executive of Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, Society of Local Authority Chief Executives and Senior Managers (SOLACE) Scotland and Convener of the Electoral Management Board for Scotland and Pete Wildman, Chair, Electoral Registration Committee, Scottish Assessors Association.

Social Security Committee (10:00am, Robert Burns Room)
The Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 2020 [draft]
Witnesses: Shirley-Anne Somerville, Cabinet Secretary for Social Security and Older People, Colin Brown, Senior Principal Legal Officer, and Chris Graham, Unit Head, Low Income Benefits Policy Unit, Scottish Government.

Subordinate legislation: Shirley-Anne Somerville (Cabinet Secretary for Social Security and Older People) to move—S5M-19843—That the Social Security Committee recommends that the Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 2020 [draft] be approved.

Assessing the Feasibility of Citizen’s Basic Income Pilots in Scotland
Witnesses: Wendy Hearty, Basic Income Project Manager, Improvement Service; Gerry McCartney, Consultant Public Health Medicine, NHS Health Scotland; Julie McLachlan, Senior Manager – Economic Policy, North Ayrshire Council;
Andy White, Tackling Poverty Manager, Glasgow City Council.

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