Scottish Parliament Business: Thursday 20 February 2020
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In Plenary
11:40am: Parliamentary Bureau Motions
11:40am: General Questions
12:00pm: First Minister's Questions
12:45pm: Members' Business — Maurice Golden: Tackling Climate Change, the Role of Scottish Agriculture
2:00pm: Parliamentary Bureau Motions
2:00pm: Portfolio Questions
Stage 3 Proceedings: Scottish Elections (Franchise and Representation) Bill
Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) Bill - UK Legislation
Business Motions
Parliamentary Bureau Motions
5:00pm: Decision Time
In Committee
Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Affairs Committee (9:00am, Robert Burns Room)
Article 50 inquiry: Withdrawal Agreement and Negotiation of the Future Relationship
Witnesses: Michael Russell, Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, Europe and External Affairs, and David Barnes, Head of EU Exit Strategy and Negotiations, Scottish Government
Equalities and Human Rights Committee (9:00am, Mary Fairfax Somerville Room)
Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill
Witnesses: Morag Driscoll, Convener of Child and Family Law Committee, Law Society of Scotland, Dr Andy Hayward, Associate Professor in Family Law, Durham Law School, Dr Kelly Kollman, Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Glasgow, Martin Loat, Chair, Equal Civil Partnerships Campaign, Prof Kenneth Norrie, Professor of Law, University of Strathclyde and Prof Elaine Sutherland, Professor of Child and Family Law, University of Stirling
Justice Committee (9:00am, James Clerk Maxwell Room)
Children (Scotland) Bill
Witnesses: The Honourable Lady Wise, Sheriff Tait and Andrew Campbell, Legal Secretary to the Lord President
Public Audit and Post-legislative Scrutiny Committee (9:00am, Adam Smith Room)
Section 23 report - Privately financed infrastructure investment: The Non-Profit Distributing (NPD) and hub models:
Witnesses: Caroline Gardner, Auditor General for Scotland, Mark Taylor, Assistant Director, Audit Services, Graeme Greenhill, Senior Manager, and Martin McLauchlan, Audit Manager, Performance Audit and Best Value, Audit Scotland
Public Petitions Committee (9:00am, Sir Alexander Fleming Room)
- PE1662 on Improve Treatment for Patients with Lyme Disease and Associated Tick-borne Diseases
- PE1688 on Permitted development rights in conservation areas
- PE1710 on Community hospital and council care home services in Scotland
- PE1713 on Ban the use of 'Mosquito Devices' in Scotland
- PE1726 on Primary Hyperparathyroidism
- PE1729 on Legal protection of crofts from local authority care charges
- PE1730 on Registration of home educated children in Scotland
- PE1732 on A toolkit for working with the Pathological Demand Avoidance profile of ASD
- PE1739 on Improve access to weight loss surgery
- PE1776 on Dogs are not inanimate objects
- PE1778 on Review the Scottish Landlords Register scheme
- PE1779 on Reducing the risk of ovarian cancer
- PE1780 on Consultation on the closure of large shops on New Year’s Day
Social Security Committee (9:30am, David Livingstone Room)
Budget Scrutiny 2020-21
Witnesses: Shirley-Anne Somerville, Cabinet Secretary for Social Security and Older People, Kevin Stevens, Head of Strategic & Programme Finance, Social Security Directorate, and Alison Byrne, Deputy Director Social Security Programme Delivery Support, Scottish Government and James Wallace, Deputy Director Finance and Corporate Services, Social Security Scotland
Justice Sub-Committee on Policing (1:00pm, David Livingstone Room)
Policing 2020-21 draft budget
Witnesses: Humza Yousaf, Cabinet Secretary for Justice, Clare Hicks, Deputy Director Police Division, and Avril Davidson, Head of Finance and Assets Team Police Division, Scottish Government
