Scottish Parliament Statistics 2012 - 2013€¦ · At 11 May 2012, start of the second parliamentary year of Session 4 Constituency MSPs Regional MSPs Total Scottish National Party

SP Paper 408 Session 4 (2013)

Scottish Parliament Statistics

2012 - 2013

2 Scottish Parliament Statistics 2012 - 2013

Contents

Session 4 Parliamentary year 2 11 May 2012 - 10 May 2013

Notes Abbreviations

5 5

1. Members 7 1.1. Elections

1.1.1. Scottish Parliament Election, 5 May 2011 Results 1.1.2. Scottish Parliament By-Elections

7 7 7

1.2. State of the Parties 8

1.3. MSP Statistics 1.3.1 Dual Mandate MSPs 1.3.2 MSPs by Gender and Ethnic Group 1.3.3 Female MSPs by Party 1.3.4 MSP Age Profile

9 9 9

10 11

1.4. Officers of the Parliament 12 1.4.1 Presiding Officers 1.4.2 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 1.4.3 Parliamentary Bureau

12 12 13

1.5. Oaths and Affirmations 14 1.6. Cross-Party Groups in the Scottish Parliament 15

2. Plenary Meetings 18 2.1. Calendar 18 2.2. Recess Dates 21 2.3. Place of Meeting 21

3. Plenary Business 22 3.1. Division of Time on Parliamentary Business 22 3.2. Time for Reflection 24 3.3. Parliamentary Questions 25

3.3.1 Oral Questions 25 3.3.1 (a) General questions 3.3.1 (b) First Minister‘s questions 3.3.1 (c.i) Themed questions 3.3.1 (c.ii) Portfolio questions 3.3.1 (d) Topical questions 3.3.1 (e) SPCB questions

25 26 26 27 27 28

3.3.1 (f) Emergency questions 28 3.3.2 Written Questions

3.3.2 (a) Written questions to the Scottish Government 3.3.2 (b) Written questions to the SPCB

29 29 29

3.4 Motions 30 3.4.1 Motions by Party 30 3.4.2 Motions without Notice 30 3.4.3 Motions to Suspend Standing Orders 30 3.4.4 Members‘ Business Motions 31 3.4.5 Legislative Consent Memorandums and Motions 3.4.6 Public Body Consent Memorandums and Motions

31 31

Scottish Parliament Statistics 2012 - 2013 3

3.5 Ministerial Statements 32 3.6 Presiding Officer‘s Rulings on Points of Order 32 3.7 Electronic Votes 3.8 Presiding Officer‘s Exercise of a Casting Vote

33 33

4. Committees 34 4.1. Committee Membership 34

4.1.1 Individuals‘ Membership of Committees 34 4.1.2 Committee Conveners and Deputy Conveners by gender and party 36

4.2. Committee Meetings 36 4.2.1 Number of meetings held by each committee during the

parliamentary year 36

4.2.2 The total time spent in committee meetings, plus the division between public and private time

37

4.2.3 The average time spent in committee meetings during the parliamentary year

39

4.3. Committees 4.3.1. Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee 4.3.2. Education and Culture Committee 4.3.3. Equal Opportunities Committee 4.3.4. European and External Relations Committee 4.3.5. Finance Committee 4.3.6. Health and Sport Committee 4.3.7. Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee 4.3.8. Justice Committee 4.3.9. Justice Sub-Committee on Policing 4.3.10. Local Government and Regeneration Committee 4.3.11. National Trust for Scotland (Governance etc.) Bill Committee 4.3.12. Public Audit Committee 4.3.13. Public Petitions Committee 4.3.14. Referendum (Scotland) Bill Committee 4.3.15. Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee 4.3.16. Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee 4.3.17. Subordinate Legislation Committee 4.3.18. Welfare Reform Committee

40 40 44 47 50 54 58 61 65 69 71 75 77 80 84 87 90 93

102 5. Legislation 105 5.1. Bills and Proposed Bills 105

5.1.1 Summary 105 5.1.2 Progress of Public Bills 107 5.1.3 Progress of Private Bills 113

5.2. Subordinate Legislation 114 6. Other Parliamentary Business 115 6.1. Documents laid other than Statutory Instruments 115 6.2. Rule Changes to Standing Orders 115

7. Staff 118 7.1. MSPs and their Staff 118 7.2. Parliamentary Staff in Post by Directorate 118


8. Access 120 8.1. Public Visitors and Contacts 120 8.2. Educational Visits, by Academic Year

8.2.1 Group and Visitor Numbers to the Parliament 8.2.2 Visits to the Parliament by Region

8.3. Outreach Sessions 8.3.1. Education outreach events

120 120 121 121 121

8.4. Scottish Parliament Website Statistics 121 8.5. Freedom of Information Statistics 122

9. Other 123 9.1 Official inward visits and outward delegations arranged through UKIRO 123

9.2 Official gifts 123 9.3 Membership of other bodies

9.3.1 British-Irish Inter-Parliamentary Assembly 9.3.2 Committee of the Regions 9.3.3 Commonwealth Parliamentary Association 9.3.4 Conference of Regional Legislative Assemblies 9.3.5 Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe

123 123 124 124 125 125


Notes 1. The statistics in this volume generally cover the second Parliamentary year of Session 4, 11 May 2012 – 10 May 2013. 2. The Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee undertook an inquiry into the reform of Parliamentary Business. The subsequent report ―Reform of Parliamentary Business Inquiry. Phase 1 Report: remodelling the parliament week‖ recommended a number of changes to the structure of parliamentary business. The report was agreed to by a debate of the Parliament on 6 June 2012 with the changes coming into effect from 4 September 2013. The main changes reflected in this publication are:

The sitting patterns of the Parliament were changed to allow committee meetings to take

place on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings with Chamber business on those

afternoons;

A new format for topical questions was introduced which replaced General Question

Time.

Themed question time, with topical questions featuring at the start, was given the new

title of ‗Topical and Portfolio Question Time‘.

Members‘ Business is now scheduled three times per week. It was previously two.

Abbreviations AGS Auditor General Scotland asp Act of Scottish Parliament BB Budget Bill BIPA British Irish Parliamentary Assembly BIT Business Information Technology Office CB Committee Bill CALRE Conference of Regional Legislative Assemblies CLRAE Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe Con Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party Cont. Continued CoR Committee of the Regions CPA Commonwealth Parliamentary Association CW Committee of the Whole Parliament EB Emergency Bill EC Education and Culture Committee EC European Commission EET Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee EO Equal Opportunities Committee EU European and External Relations Committee EU European Union Ex Executive Bill F Female FE Further Education FI Finance Committee FOI Freedom of Information Green Scottish Green Party


HL House of Lords, i.e. a House of Lords Bill Hrs Hours HS Health and Sport Committee ICI Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee Ind Independent Member, i.e. a Member of the Scottish Parliament not functioning within a

political party J Justice Committee JSP Justice Sub-Committee on Policing Lab Scottish Labour Party LCM Legislative Consent Memorandum LD Scottish Liberal Democrats LGC Local Government and Regeneration Committee M Male MEP Member of European Parliament MB Member‘s Bill Mins Minutes MSP Member of the Scottish Parliament MP Member of Parliament n/a not applicable, or not available No. Number NPA No Party Affiliation NTS National Trust for Scotland (Governance etc.) Bill Committee P Private Bill PA Public Audit Committee PBACM Public Body Act Consent Memorandum PE Petition PE Public Petitions Committee PY Parliamentary year (11 May 2012 – 10 May 2013) RACCE Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee REF Referendum (Scotland) Bill Committee S Substitute Committee Member S4 Forth Session of Parliament S4M Session 4 Motion SI Statutory Instrument SL Subordinate Legislation Committee SNP Scottish National Party SP Scottish Parliament SPCB Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body SPICe Scottish Parliament Information Centre SPPA Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee SSI Scottish Statutory Instrument UKIRO UK and International Relations Office WR Welfare Reform Committee % Percentage


1. Members 1.1 Elections There are two methods of electing Members to the Scottish Parliament. There are 73 constituency members elected by the first past the post system. A further 56 regional members, 7 for each of the 8 regions, were elected using the Additional Member System. This is a form of proportional representation using party lists, which ensures that each party‘s representation in the Parliament reflects its overall share of the vote. Following the recommendations, contained in the Boundary Commission for Scotland‘s Report on the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries, the constituencies and regions used in the 2011 Scottish Parliament election were different from those used in the previous Scottish Parliament elections. 1.1.1 Scottish Parliament Election, 5 May 2011 results

Constituency votes by Party

Votes Seats won

Party Candidates Number Share of

constituency vote

Number Change

from 3 May 2007

Scottish National Party 73 902,915 45.4% 53 +32 Labour 73 630,437 31.7% 15 -22 Liberal Democrat 72 157,714 7.9% 2 -9 Conservative 73 276,652 13.9% 3 -1 Others 30 21,534 1.1% 0 - Green 0 - - - -

Total 321 1,989,252 100% 73

Regional Votes by Party

Votes Seats won

Party Candidates Number Share of Regional

vote Number

Change from 3 May 2007

Scottish National Party 79 876,421 44.0% 16 -10 Labour 56 523,559 26.3% 22 +13 Liberal Democrat 56 103,472 5.2% 3 -2 Conservative 58 245,967 12.4% 12 -1 Scottish Green Party 45 86,939 4.4% 2 0 Margo MacDonald 1 18,732 0.9% 1 0 Others 317 135,840 6.8% 0 -

Total 612 1,990,930 100% 56

Source: Scottish Parliament website: 2011 election analysis

1.1.2 Scottish Parliament By-Elections There were no by-elections in the second parliamentary year of Session 4.

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/msps/29398.aspx


1.2 State of the Parties

At 11 May 2012, start of the second parliamentary year of Session 4

Constituency

MSPs Regional

MSPs Total

Scottish National Party 51a 16 67

Scottish Labour Party 15b 22 37

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 3b 12 15

Scottish Liberal Democrats 2 3 5

Scottish Green Party 0 2 2

Independent 1 1 2

Presiding Officer (Tricia Marwick) 1 0 1

TOTAL 73 56 129 a Excludes the Presiding Officer, who has no party allegiance while in post b Includes a deputy Presiding Officer, who can participate and vote when not in Chair.

At 23 October 2012, following the resignations of John Finnie and Jean Urquhart from the Scottish National Party.

Constituency

MSPs Regional

MSPs Total






Independent 1 3 4



At 7 December 2012, following the resignation of John Park.

Constituency

MSPs Regional

MSPs Total






Independent 1 3 4




At 8 December 2012, following the appointment of Jayne Baxter as regional member for Mid Scotland and Fife

Constituency

MSPs Regional

MSPs Total






Independent 1 3 4



At 25 April 2013, following the death of Brian Adam

Constituency

MSPs Regional

MSPs Total






Independent 1 3 4



1.3 MSP Statistics 1.3.1 Dual Mandate MSPs MSPs who are also members of other Parliaments or local authority councils

MPs MEPs Peers Councillors

May 2012 0 0 0 0 May 2013 0 0 0 1a a Jayne Baxter became regional member for Mid Scotland and Fife on 8 December 2012 1.3.2 MSPs by Gender and Ethnic Group MSPs in the Parliament, 11 May 2012 to 10 May 2013

Female Male Total

45 84 129 From ethnic minorities 0 2 2


At 7 December 2012, following the resignation of John Park

Female Male Total



Female Male Total


At 25 April 2013, following the death of Brian Adam.

Female Male Total


1.3.3 Female MSPs by Party At 11 May 2012, start of the second parliamentary year of Session 4

Party name Constituency Regional Total As % of all party

MSPs As % of all

MSPs

Scottish National Party 13 5 18 26 14 Scottish Labour 7 10 17 46 13 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

0 6 6 40 5

Scottish Liberal Democrats

0 1 1 20 1

Scottish Green Party 0 1 1 50 1 Independent 0 1 1 100 1 No Party Affiliation (Presiding Officer)

1 0 1 100 1

Total 21 24 45 35

At 23 October 2012, following the resignation of Jean Urquhart from the SNP


MSPs As % of all

MSPs


0 6 6 40 5


0 1 1 20 1


1 0 1 100 1

Total 21 24 45 35%




MSPs As % of all

MSPs


0 6 6 40 5


0 1 1 20 1


1 0 1 100 1

Total 21 25 46 36%

1.3.4 MSP Age Profile Average ages of MSPs at 11 May 2012

Average age By Party Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 54 Scottish Green Party 43 Scottish Labour 50 Scottish Liberal Democrats 47 Scottish National Party 51 Independent 70 No Party Affiliation 58 By gender Females - all parties 52 Males - all parties 51

All MSPs 51 Presiding Officer is included in No Party Affiliation Deputy Presiding Officers are included in their parties


Average ages of MSPs at 10 May 2013 Average age

By Party Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 55 Scottish Green Party 44 Scottish Labour 51 Scottish Liberal Democrats 48 Scottish National Party 51 Independent 65 No Party Affiliation 59 By gender Females - all parties 53 Males - all parties 52

All MSPs 52

Presiding Officer is included in No Party Affiliation Deputy Presiding Officers are included in their parties 1.4 Officers of the Parliament 1.4.1 Presiding Officers The Presiding Officer is elected by other Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) and is in charge of ensuring that the business of the Parliament is conducted effectively, on time, fairly, and within the rules and in an orderly manner. The Presiding Officer has no party allegiance whilst in the chair. There are also two Deputy Presiding Officers who must also act impartially when they are chairing parliamentary meetings; when they are not chairing parliamentary meetings they can play a full part in parliamentary business. The Presiding Officer and Deputy Presiding Officers continue to serve in post during dissolution and until the election of the next Presiding Officer in a new session.

Party Dates of election

Presiding Officer

Tricia Marwick NPA 11 May 2011

Deputy Presiding Officers

John Scott Con 11 May 2011

Elaine Smith Lab 11 May 2011

1.4.2 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (SPCB) is chaired by the Presiding Officer and is made up of four members elected by Parliament from its MSPs. It is responsible for ensuring that the Scottish Parliament is provided with the property, staff and services it requires. The SPCB considers and makes decisions on a wide range of issues concerning the running of the Parliament including the financing of the Parliament and allocation of the budget, the staffing of the Parliament, accommodation and the use and the security of parliamentary facilities. The Presiding Officer continues to serve in post during dissolution and until the election of the next Presiding Officer in a new session.


Members of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body continue to serve in post during dissolution and until the election of replacement members in a new session. This is the case unless an MSP resigns from the SPCB, ceases to be an MSP (other than by dissolution of the Parliament), or the MSP is removed from the SPCB by a resolution of the Parliament.

Party Dates of membership

Presiding Officer (Tricia Marwick) NPA 11 May 2011 -

Linda Fabiani SNP 25 May 2011 -

Liam McArthur LD 25 May 2011 -

Mary Scanlon Con 25 May 2011 -

David Stewart Lab 25 May 2011 -

Number of meetings attended 11 May 2012 - 10 May 2013

(possible total)

Presiding Officer (Tricia Marwick) 15(17) Linda Fabiani 17(17) Liam McArthur 16(17) Mary Scanlon 15(17) David Stewart 16(17)

1.4.3 Parliamentary Bureau The Parliamentary Bureau consists of the Presiding Officer and representatives of each political party or group in the Parliament which has five or more members. The representatives are nominated by the leader of each party. The main functions of the Parliamentary Bureau are:

• To propose the business programme. • To propose alterations to the Daily Business List in the Business Bulletin if there should

be changes in the advance programme. • To propose the establishment, remit, membership and duration of any committee or

sub-committee. • To determine any question regarding the competence of a committee to deal with a

matter, and, if two or more committees are competent to deal with a matter, to determine which of those committees is to be the lead committee responsible for that matter.

Standing Orders allow Parliamentary Bureau members to arrange for another member to take their place at Bureau meetings by notifying the Presiding Officer in writing in advance. A deputy Presiding Officer may attend any meeting of the Parliamentary Bureau and may participate in the proceedings but may not vote unless he or she is chairing the meeting in place of the Presiding Officer, when he or she shall have a casting vote. Members of the Parliamentary Bureau do not continue to serve during dissolution.


Party Dates of membership

Presiding Officer (Tricia Marwick) NPA 11 May 2011 -

Bruce Crawford SNP 13 May 2011 - 11 September 2012

John Finnie Ind 8 March 2013 -

Joe FitzPatrick SNP 11 September 2012 -

John Lamont Con 10 November 2011 -

Margo MacDonald Ind 22 November 2012 - 8 March 2013

Paul Martin Lab 13 May 2011 -

Alison McInnes LD 13 May 2011 -

1.5 Oaths and Affirmations Oath and Affirmations 11 May 2011 – 10 May 2013 By Gender

Oath Affirmation Total

Male 52 32 84

Female 23 23 46

Total 75 55 130

By Party

Oath Affirmation Total Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party 15 0 15 Scottish Green Party 0 2 2 Scottish Labour Party 25 13 38 Scottish Liberal Democrats 3 2 5 Scottish National Party 31 38 69 Independent 1 0 1

Total 75 55 130

MSPs who repeated the oath or affirmation in another language

Gaelic Doric Arabic Italian Scots Urdu Total

Scottish Labour Party 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Scottish National Party 5 4 1 1 1 0 12

Total 5 4 1 1 1 1 13


1.6 Cross-Party Groups in the Scottish Parliament 3 Cross-Party Groups were established for the first time in the second parliamentary year of Session 4 2 Cross-Party Group ended in the second parliamentary year of Session 4 The following is a list of all the Cross-Party Groups during the second parliamentary year of Session 4, 83 in total

Cross Party Groups in alphabetical order by the topic of the Group

Start Date End Date

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Accident Prevention and Safety Awareness

9 May 13

Cross-party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Animal Welfare Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Architecture and the Built Environment

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Armed Forces Veterans

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Conditions

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Asthma Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Aviation Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Beer and the Brewing Industry

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Cancer Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Carers Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Caribbean Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Children and Young People

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on China Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Chronic Pain Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Colleges and Universities

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Construction Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Co-operatives Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Credit Unions Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Crofting Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Cuba Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Cycling Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Deafness Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Dementia Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Diabetes Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Digital Participation Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Disability Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Drug and Alcohol Misuse

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Dyslexia Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Epilepsy



Start Date End Date

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Fair Trade Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Families Affected by Imprisonment

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Food Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Funerals and Bereavement

Buidheann Thar-Phartaidh na Gàidhlig Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Germany Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Golf Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Health Inequalities Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Heart Disease and Stroke

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Housing Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Human Rights Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Human Trafficking Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Industrial Communities

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on International Development

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Learning Disability Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Life Sciences Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Lupus 10 May 13 Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on M.E. 2 Nov 12 Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Malawi Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Men's Violence Against Women and Children

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Mental Health Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Middle East and South Asia

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Muscular Dystrophy Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Nuclear Disarmament

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Oil and Gas Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Older People, Age and Ageing

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Pakistan Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Palestine Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Palliative Care Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Park Homes Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Poland Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Postal Issues 13 Sep 12 Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Racial Equality in Scotland

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Recreational Boating and Marine Tourism

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency



Start Date End Date

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Rural Policy Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Russia Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Science and Technology

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Scotch Whisky Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Scots language Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Scottish Showmen's Guild

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Sexual Health Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Skills Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Social Enterprise Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Sport Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Taiwan Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Tibet Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Tobacco Control Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Towns and Town Centres

15 Mar 13

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Video Games Technology

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Visual Impairment Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Volunteering and the Voluntary Sector


2. Plenary Meetings Following the Reform of Parliamentary Business Inquiry and subsequent changes to standing orders, from 4 September 2012 plenary meetings took place on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons. Previously plenary meetings had taken place on Wednesday afternoon, Thursday morning and Thursday afternoon. 2.1 Calendar

Date Start End Start/

Restart End

Total Hrs Mins

Wed 16 May 2012 14:00 15:52 15:57 17:32 3 27 Thu 17 May 2012 09:15 13:04 14:15 17:48 7 22 Wed 23 May 2012 14:30 17:51 3 21 Thu 24 May 2012 09:15 12:31 14:00 14:47 14:52 17:39 6 50 Wed 30 May 2012 14:00 17:43 3 43 Thu 31 May 2012 09:30 10:07 10:12 12:31 14:15 17:40 6 21

Total from 11 May 2012 31 04

Wed 6 June 2012 14:30 17:41 3 11 Thu 7 June 2012 09:15 12:31 14:15 17:47 6 48 Wed 13 June 2012 14:30 17:45 3 15 Thu 14 June 2012 09:15 12:33 14:00 17:51 7 09 Wed 20 June 2012 14:00 17:32 3 32 Thu 21 June 2012 09:15 12:31 14:00 17:48 7 04 Wed 27 June 2012 09:30 10:41 10:46 12:48 14:45 14:49 14:54 18:02 6 25 Thu 28 June 2012 09:15 10:30 10:35 13:13 14:15 15:15 15:19 17:08 6 42

Total June 2012 44 06

Tue 4 September 2012 14:00 17:34 3 34 Wed 5 September 2012 14:00 18:20 4 20 Thu 6 September 2012 11:40 13:03 14:30 17:37 4 30 Tue 11 September 2012 14:00 17:57 3 57 Wed 12 September 2012 14:00 17:52 3 52 Thu 13 September 2012 11:40 13:16 14:30 17:00 4 06 Tue 18 September 2012 14:00 17:32 3 32 Wed 19 September 2012 14:00 17:49 3 49 Thu 20 September 2012 11:40 13:28 14:30 17:02 4 20 Tue 25 September 2012 14:00 17:45 3 45 Wed 26 September 2012 14:00 17:42 3 42 Thu 27 September 2012 11:40 13:09 14:30 17:01 4 00

Total September 2012 47 27

Tue 2 October 2012 14:00 17:39 3 39 Wed 3 October 2012 14:00 17:56 3 56 Thu 4 October 2012 11:40 13:23 14:15 17:06 4 34 Tue 23 October 2012 14:00 18:11 4 11 Wed 24 October 2012 14:00 17:39 3 39 Thu 25 October 2012 11:40 13:15 14:30 17:01 4 06



Restart End

Total Hrs Mins

Tue 30 October 2012 14:00 17:47 3 47 Wed 31 October 2012 14:00 14:53 14:58 18:04 3 59

Total October 2012 31 51

Thu 1 November 2012 11:40 13:41 14:30 17:05 4 36 Tue 6 November 2012 14:00 17:40 3 40 Wed 7 November 2012 14:00 18:06 4 06 Thu 8 November 2012 11:40 13:13 14:30 17:03 4 06 Tue 13 November 2012 14:00 17:34 3 34 Wed 14 November 2012 14:00 17:46 3 46 Thu 15 November 2012 11:40 13:02 14:30 17:02 3 54 Tue 20 November 2012 14:00 17:49 3 49 Wed 21 November 2012 14:00 17:46 3 46 Thu 22 November 2012 11:40 13:15 14:30 17:02 4 07 Tue 27 November 2012 14:00 17:39 3 39 Wed 28 November 2012 14:00 15:38 15:43 18:24 4 19 Thu 29 November 2012 11:40 13:06 14:30 17:05 4 01

Total November 2012 51 23

Tue 4 December 2012 14:00 17:59 3 59 Wed 5 December 2012 14:00 18:42 4 42 Thu 6 December 2012 11:40 12:35 12:50 13:26 14:30 17:08 4 09 Tue 11 December 2012 14:00 17:47 3 47 Wed 12 December 2012 14:00 17:37 3 37 Thu 13 December 2012 11:40 12:34 13:44 14:15 14:30 17:05 4 00 Tue 18 December 2012 14:00 17:41 3 41 Wed 19 December 2012 14:00 17:46 3 46 Thu 20 December 2012 11:40 13:10 14:15 17:01 4 16

Total December 2012 35 57

Tue 8 January 2013 14:00 17:28 3 28 Wed 9 January 2013 14:00 18:03 4 03 Thu 10 January 2013 11:40 12:59 14:30 17:04 3 53 Tue 15 January 2013 14:00 17:57 3 57 Wed 16 January 2013 14:00 14:52 14:57 17:43 3 38 Thu 17 January 2013 11:40 13:17 14:30 17:02 4 09 Tue 22 January 2013 14:00 17:46 3 46 Wed 23 January 2013 14:00 17:37 3 37 Thu 24 January 2013 11:40 13:04 14:30 17:05 3 59 Tue 29 January 2013 14:00 14:57 15:02 18:09 4 04 Wed 30 January 2013 14:00 17:53 3 53 Thu 31 January 2013 11:40 13:07 14:30 17:05 4 02

Total January 2013 46 29

Tue 5 February 2013 14:00 18:17 4 17 Wed 6 February 2013 14:00 17:30 3 30 Thu 7 February 2013 11:40 13:07 14:30 17:03 4 00 Tue 19 February 2013 14:00 17:27 3 27 Wed 20 February 2013 14:00 17:44 3 44 Thu 21 February 2013 11:40 12:58 14:30 17:00 3 48 Tue 26 February 2013 14:00 18:08 4 08



Restart End

Total Hrs Mins

Wed 27 February 2013 14:00 14:54 15:00 17:48 3 42 Thu 28 February 2013 11:40 13:18 14:30 17:01 4 09

Total February 2013 34 45

Tue 5 March 2013 14:00 17:33 3 33 Wed 6 March 2013 14:00 18:13 4 13 Thu 7 March 2013 11:40 13:04 14:30 17:05 3 59 Tue 12 March 2013 14:00 17:54 3 54 Wed 13 March 2013 14:00 17:53 3 53 Thu 14 March 2013 11:40 12:31 12:43 13:47 14:30 17:05 4 30 Tue 19 March 2013 14:00 17:42 3 42 Wed 20 March 2013 14:00 18:05 4 05 Thu 21 March 2013 11:40 13:01 14:00 17:06 4 27 Tue 26 March 2013 14:00 18:40 4 40 Wed 27 March 2013 14:00 18:07 4 07 Thu 28 March 2013 11:40 13:01 14:30 15:26 15:31 17:03 3 49

Total March 2013 48 52

Tue 16 April 2013 14:00 17:39 3 39 Wed 17 April 2013 14:00 17:49 3 49 Thu 18 April 2013 11:40 13:07 14:31 17:00 3 56 Tue 23 April 2013 14:00 17:32 3 32 Wed 24 April 2013 14:00 18:16 4 16 Thu 25 April 2013 11:40 13:18 14:30 17:00 4 08 Tue 30 April 2013 14:00 17:39 3 39

Total April 2013 26 59

Wed 1 May 2013 14:00 17:58 3 58 Thu 2 May 2013 11:40 13:38 14:30 14:52 15:00 17:03 4 23 Tue 7 May 2013 14:00 17:37 3 37 Wed 8 May 2013 14:00 17:45 3 45 Thu 9 May 2013 11:40 13:09 14:30 17:02 4 01

Total to 10 May 2013 19 44

Parliamentary year total 418 37


2.2 Recess Dates

Start End

30 June 2012 2 September 2012

6 October 2012 21 October 2012

22 December 2012 6 January 2013

9 February 2013 17 February 2013

30 March 2013 14 April 2013

2.3 Place of meeting All the meetings of the Parliament took place in the Debating Chamber, Scottish Parliament.


3. Plenary Business

3.1 Division of Time on Parliamentary Business

Type of business Number of meetings or parts of meetings

Hrs Min

Bills Government Bills

Stage 1 11 23 51 Stage 2 (Committee of the Whole Parliament) 0 0 00 Stage 3 13 17 11

Business Motions 11 0 12 Financial Resolutions 6 0 04 Motion to pass 11 13 41 Reconsideration Stage 0 0 00

Total time spent on Government Bills 54 59

Emergency Bills Stage 1 0 0 00 Stage 2 0 0 00 Stage 3 0 0 00

Business Motion 0 0 00 Motion to pass 0 0 00 Financial Resolution 0 0 00 Reconsideration Stage 0 0 00

Total time spent on Emergency Bills 0 00

Members Bills

Stage 1 1 1 32 Stage 2 0 0 00 Stage 3 1 0 37

Business Motion 0 0 00 Financial Resolutions 0 0 00 Reconsideration Stage 0 0 00 Motion to pass 1 1 25

Total time spent on Members Bills 3 34

Committee Bills

Stage 1 0 0 00 Stage 2 0 0 00 Stage 3 0 0 00

Financial Resolutions 0 0 00 Reconsideration Stage 0 0 00 Motion to pass 0 0 00

Total time spent on Committee Bills 0 00

Private Bills

Preliminary Stage 1 0 28 Final Stage 0 0 00

Reconsideration Stage 0 0 00

Total time spent on Private Bills 0 28



Hrs Min

Statutory Instruments Motion to approve (affirmative) 18 0 12 Motion to annul (negative) 0 0 00 Motion to consider 1 0 01

Total time spent on Statutory Instruments 0 13

Other Motions relating to Legislation Legislative Consent Memorandums 12 0 07 Public Body Consent Memorandums 0 0 00 Public Body Order 1 0 01

Total time spent on other Motions 0 08

Parliamentary Bureau Motions Business motions (not including Bills) 42 1 08 Committee establishment and membership 10 0 07 Designation of lead committee 5 0 02 Decision Time 100 5 54 Suspension of Standing Orders 2 0 01

Total time spent on Parliamentary Bureau Motions 7 12

Motions for debate Scottish Government 52 120 12 Labour 10 23 46 Conservative 4 9 21 Liberal Democrats 1 2 10 Green and Independent Group 0 0 00 All Party 0 0 00 Committee 19 33 12 Members‘ Business 101 66 23 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (SPCB) 2 0 20 Parliamentary Bureau 0 0 00

Total time spent on Motions 255 24

Debate without motion Scottish Government 1 2 24 Labour 0 0 00 Conservative 0 0 00 Liberal Democrats 0 0 00 Green and Independent Group 1 2 28

Total time spent on debate without motion 4 52

Oral Questions Scottish Government (General/Themed) (until 3 September 2012)

8 7 24

General Questions (from 4 September 2012) 28 9 15 Topical Questions (from 4 September 2012) 29 7 23 Portfolio Questions (from 4 September 2012) 29 19 26 First Minister 36 19 49



Hrs Min

Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 2 0 31 Emergency 1 0 12

Total time spent on questions 64 00

Statements Scottish Government 29 22 39 Presiding Officer 6 0 16 Members Statement 1 0 01

Total time spent on statements 22 56

Other matters Points of order 32 1 28 Time for Reflection 36 2 16 Motion without notice 8 0 04 Motion of Condolence 1 0 22 Changes to Standing Orders 1 0 06 Oaths and Affirmations 1 0 01 Election of Ministers/Junior Ministers 1 0 35 Election to Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe

1 0 01

Scottish Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund (Trustee)

1 0 01

Total time spent on other matters 4 54

Total time spent during the parliamentary year 418 37

3.2 Time for Reflection From 4 September 2012 Time for Reflection became the first item of business on Tuesday afternoons. Previously it was the first item of business on Wednesday afternoons. The speaker, on the invitation of the Parliament, addresses it (and the Scottish people) for up to 4 minutes. The pattern of speakers reflects the balance of beliefs in Scotland.

Organisation Male Female Total

Baptist 3 0 3 Church of England 1 0 1 Church of Scotland 14 1 15 Evangelical 2 0 2 Free Church of Scotland 1 0 1 Hindu 0 1 1 Muslim 0 2 2 Non faith 1 3 4 Roman Catholic 4 1 5 Sikh 0 2 2 Unitarian 0 1 1

Total 26 11 37


3.3 Parliamentary Questions Following the Reform of Parliamentary Business Inquiry and subsequent changes to standing orders, topical questions were introduced on 4 September 2012 and themed questions were replaced by portfolio questions from 5 September 2012. Themed and portfolio oral questions were answered in a running rota of themes. Week 1: Health, Wellbeing & Cities Week 2: Culture & External Affairs; Infrastructure & Capital Investment Week 3: Education & Lifelong Learning Week 4: Finance, Employment & Sustainable Growth Week 5: Justice & the Law Officers; Rural Affairs & the Environment Week 6: Health, Wellbeing & Cities Week 7: Infrastructure & Capital Investment; Culture & External Affairs Week 8: Education & Lifelong Learning Week 9: Finance, Employment & Sustainable Growth Week 10: Rural Affairs & the Environment; Justice & the Law Officers 3.3.1 Oral Questions 3.3.1 (a) General questions (this includes questions which may not be answered in the Chamber)

Party From

11 May 12

Jun 12

Jul 12

Aug 12

Sep 12

Oct 12

Nov 12

Dec 12

Jan 13

Feb 13

Mar 13

Apr 13

To 10 May

13 Total

SNP 17 16 0 0 20 8 23 12 17 17 17 9 9 165

Lab 7 14 0 0 13 5 14 12 20 9 19 11 6 130

Con 6 5 0 0 4 3 4 2 1 1 4 0 2 32

LD 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 4

Green 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

Margo MacDonald

0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Bill Walker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

John Finnie* n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3

Jean Urquhart* n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 6

Totals 30 37 0 0 38 19 45 28 40 30 40 20 18 345

The total number of general questions selected during the parliamentary year was 345 * John Finnie and Jean Urquhart are included in SNP until 23 October 2012


3.3.1 (b) First Minister’s questions (this includes questions which may not be answered in the Chamber)

Party From

11 May 12

Jun 12

Jul 12

Aug 12

Sep 12

Oct 12

Nov 12

Dec 12

Jan 13

Feb 13

Mar 13

Apr 13

To 10 May

13 Total

SNP 4 7 0 0 6 3 9 4 7 5 7 2 3 57

Lab 6 8 0 0 8 5 10 6 8 6 8 3 4 72

Con 5 7 0 0 7 3 7 5 6 5 6 1 4 56

LD 3 2 0 0 3 1 4 2 2 2 3 0 1 23

Green 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

Margo MacDonald

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1

Bill Walker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0



Totals 18 24 0 0 24 12 30 18 24 18 24 6 12 210

The total number of First Minister‘s questions selected during the parliamentary year was 210 * John Finnie and Jean Urquhart are included in SNP until 23 October 2012

3.3.1 (c.i) Themed questions (this includes questions which may not be answered in the Chamber)

Party From

11 May 12

Jun 12

Jul 12

Aug 12

Sep 12

Oct 12

Nov 12

Dec 12

Jan 13

Feb 13

Mar 13

Apr 13

To 10 May

13 Total

SNP 30 45 0 0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 75

Lab 17 20 0 0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 37

Con 6 6 0 0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 12

LD 3 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 5

Green 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1

Margo MacDonald

0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0

Bill Walker 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0

Totals 57 73 0 0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 130

The total number of themed oral questions selected during the parliamentary year was 130


3.3.1 (c.ii) Portfolio questions (this includes questions which may not be answered in the Chamber)

Party From

11 May 12

Jun 12

Jul 12

Aug 12

Sep 12

Oct 12

Nov 12

Dec 12

Jan 13

Feb 13

Mar 13

Apr 13

To 11 May

13 Total

SNP n/a n/a n/a n/a 45 24 37 33 40 27 38 23 17 284

Lab n/a n/a n/a n/a 22 23 23 16 27 21 27 12 13 184

Con n/a n/a n/a n/a 4 4 13 9 7 6 2 1 0 46

LD n/a n/a n/a n/a 2 4 2 1 3 2 4 1 4 23

Green n/a n/a n/a n/a 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 9

Margo MacDonald

n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Bill Walker n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0



Totals n/a n/a n/a n/a 74 56 77 59 78 58 75 37 37 551

The total number of portfolio questions selected during the parliamentary year was 551 * John Finnie and Jean Urquhart are included in SNP until 23 October 2012 3.3.1 (d) Topical questions (this includes questions which may not be answered in the Chamber)

Party From

11 May 12

Jun 12

Jul 12

Aug 12

Sep 12

Oct 12

Nov 12

Dec 12

Jan 13

Feb 13

Mar 13

Apr 13

To 10 May

13 Total

SNP n/a n/a n/a n/a 3 3 5 2 3 3 3 2 1 25

Lab n/a n/a n/a n/a 3 1 3 2 2 2 3 2 0 18

Con n/a n/a n/a n/a 1 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 8

LD n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 4

Green n/a n/a n/a n/a 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Margo MacDonald

n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Bill Walker n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0



Totals n/a n/a n/a n/a 8 6 8 6 8 6 7 6 1 56

The total number of topical questions selected during the parliamentary year was 56 * John Finnie and Jean Urquhart are included in SNP until 23 October 2012


3.3.1 (e) SPCB questions (this includes questions which may not be answered in the Chamber)

Party From

11 May 12

Jun 12

Jul 12

Aug 12

Sep 12

Oct 12

Nov 12

Dec 12

Jan 13

Feb 13

Mar 13

Apr 13

To 10 May

13 Total

SNP 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 6

Lab 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 4

Con 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

LD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Green 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2

Margo MacDonald

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Bill Walker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0



Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 12

The total number of SPCB questions selected during the parliamentary year was 12 * John Finnie and Jean Urquhart are included in SNP until 23 October 2012 3.3.1 (f) Emergency questions

Party From 11 May 12

Jun 12

Jul 12

Aug 12

Sep 12

Oct 12

Nov 12

Dec 12

Jan 13

Feb 13

Mar 13

Apr 13

To 10 May

13 Total

SNP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Lab 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1

Con 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

LD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Green 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Margo MacDonald

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Bill Walker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0



Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1

The total number of emergency questions selected during the parliamentary year was 1 * John Finnie and Jean Urquhart are included in SNP until 23 October 2012


3.3.2 Written Questions 3.3.2 (a) Written questions to the Scottish Government (including inspired questions)

Party From

11 May 12

Jun 12

Jul 12

Aug 12

Sep 12

Oct 12

Nov 12

Dec 12

Jan 13

Feb 13

Mar 13

Apr 13

To 10 May 13

Total

SNP 99 178 62 47 73 73 70 44 60 60 26 22 24 838

Lab 256 312 254 150 383 500 509 201 410 266 299 298 149 3987

Con 63 116 56 58 62 53 114 68 54 80 60 78 25 887

LD 47 50 41 44 18 39 55 71 90 113 103 67 19 757

Green 13 36 7 16 10 17 21 14 21 17 17 12 11 212

Margo MacDonald

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1

Bill Walker 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 3 0 4 0 0 14

John Finnie* n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 11 5 4 3 31 2 0 56

Jean Urquhart* n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 6

Totals 478 692 420 315 546 685 787 403 642 539 541 479 231 6758

The total number of written questions lodged during the parliamentary year was 6758 * John Finnie and Jean Urquhart are included in SNP until 23 October 2012 3.3.2 (b) SPCB written questions

Party From

11 May 12

Jun 12

Jul 12

Aug 12

Sep 12

Oct 12

Nov 12

Dec 12

Jan 13

Feb 13

Mar 13

Apr 13

To 10 May 13

Total

SNP 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 1 8

Lab 1 3 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 10

Con 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2

LD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Green 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Margo MacDonald 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Bill Walker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0



Totals 1 3 1 0 1 1 3 3 0 2 3 1 1 20

The total number of SPCB written questions lodged during the parliamentary year was 20 * John Finnie and Jean Urquhart are included in SNP until 23 October 2012


3.4 Motions 3.4.1 Motions by Party From

11 May 12

Jun 12

Jul 12

Aug 12

Sep 12

Oct 12

Nov 12

Dec 12

Jan 13

Feb 13

Mar 13

Apr 13

To 10

May 13

Total

SNP 190 211 114 132 195 178 241 122 146 134 202 147 59 2071

Lab 84 127 33 72 88 84 103 45 58 61 103 65 41 964

Con 18 21 4 7 30 23 26 22 15 15 20 19 7 227

LD 11 18 1 3 15 21 23 10 11 2 17 17 6 155

Green 8 4 2 5 7 6 10 7 6 7 4 7 2 75

Margo MacDonald

0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Bill Walker 8 8 7 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 4 3 0 61

John Finnie n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1 3 6 3 2 0 2 0 17

Jean Urquhart

n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1 3 4 4 5 2 3 0 22

Committee 2 1 0 0 2 1 2 2 3 4 1 3 1 22

Parliamentary Bureau

13 24 0 7 15 16 18 20 17 10 26 17 1 184

SPCB 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 5

Lord Advocate

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Solicitor General

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Totals 334 414 161 231 359 337 434 239 270 246 379 283 117 3804

The total number of motions lodged during the parliamentary year was 3804

- Does not include 10 motions that were withdrawn - Committee motions are lodged on behalf of the Committee by the Convener - Parliamentary Bureau motions are lodged on behalf of the Bureau by the Minister for

Parliamentary Business - SPCB motions are lodged on behalf of the Corporate Body by a member of the SPCB - John Finnie and Jean Urquhart are included in SNP until 23 October 2012

3.4.2 Motions without Notice

Reason Agreed Disagreed Total

to extend the time for debate 8 0 8 to change decision time 0 0 0 to change of business 0 0 0 to suspend standing orders 0 0 0

Total 8 0 8

3.4.3 Motions to Suspend Standing Orders There were 2 motions to suspend Standing Orders during the parliamentary year: S4M-03187 motion agreed to on 6 June 2012 S4M-03392 motion agreed to on 20 June 2012


3.4.4 Members’ Business Motions From 4 September 2012 the number of Members‘ Business debates increased from two to three a week. They take place on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons after Decision Time and after First Minister‘s Question Time on Thursdays. Previously Members‘ Business took place on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons after Decision Time. Members‘ business motions were discussed at the initiative of MSPs from the following parties:

Party Female Male Total

SNP 12 43 55 Labour 15 16 31 Conservative 6 5 11 Liberal Democrat 1 2 3 Green John Finnie* Margo MacDonald

0 0 0

0 0 0

0 0 0

Jean Urquhart* Bill Walker

1 0

0 0

1 0

Total 35 66 101

* John Finnie and Jean Urquhart are included in SNP until 23 October 2012 3.4.5. Legislative Consent Memorandums and Motions

Legislative Consent Memorandums

published

Supplementary memorandums

published

Legislative Consent Motions lodged

Legislative Consent Motions passed

12 3 13 13

3.4.6. Public Body Act Consent Memorandums and Motions

Public Bodies Act Consent

Memorandums published

Supplementary memorandums

published

Public Bodies Act Consent Motions

lodged

Public Bodies Act Consent Motions

passed

3 0 2 2

The procedure for scrutiny of Public Bodies Act Consent memorandums, now the formal name, came into force on 21 November 2012. Prior to this date these orders were referred to as Public Body Consent memorandums and interim arrangements were in place.


3.5 Ministerial Statements

Cabinet Secretary, Minister/Law Officer making the statement 2012-2013

First Minister 2

Minister for Parliamentary Business 0 Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy

1

Deputy First Minister (with responsibility for Government Strategy and the Constitution) and Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure, Investment and Cities

2

Minister for Transport and Veterans 6 Minister for Housing and Welfare 0 Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing 2 Minister for Commonwealth Games and Sport 0 Minister for Public Health 1 Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth 6 Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Tourism 2 Minister for Local Government and Planning 1 Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning 1 Minister for Children and Young People 0 Minister for Learning and Skills (with responsibility for Gaelic & Scots) 0 Minister for Learning, Science and Scotland's Languages 0 Minister for Youth Employment 0 Cabinet Secretary for Justice 0 Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs (with responsibility for tackling sectarianism)

0

Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment 3 Minister for Environment and Climate Change 4 Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs 0 Minister for External Affairs and International Development 0 Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure and Capital Investment 1 Minister for Housing and Transport 1 Lord Advocate 0 Solicitor General 0

Total 33

3.6 Presiding Officer’s Rulings on Points of Order

From 11 May

12

Jun 12

Jul 12

Aug 12

Sep 12

Oct 12

Nov 12

Dec 12

Jan 13

Feb 13

Mar 13

Apr 13

To 10 May

13 Total

0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 6


3.7 Electronic Votes

From 11 May

12

Jun 12

Jul 12

Aug 12

Sep 12

Oct 12

Nov 12

Dec 12

Jan 13

Feb 13

Mar 13

April 13

To 10 May 13

Total

25 62 0 0 16 29 29 8 46 14 29 6 10 274

Figures are for all electronic votes taken in the chamber including all votes on amendments.

3.8 Presiding Officer’s Exercise of a Casting Vote The Presiding Officer did not use her casting vote in the second parliamentary year of Session 4.


4. Committees 4.1 Committee Membership

The following table lists the MSPs and those committees of which they were members during the parliamentary year. Dates of service are given under each individual committee in section 4.3. Committee abbreviations are listed at the front of this publication. A committee usually has between five and fifteen MSPs as members. Committee members are selected having regard to the balance of political parties in the Parliament. Membership of committees is proposed by the Parliamentary Bureau. The whole Parliament approves suggestions as to which MSPs are to be members of what committee. Each political party which has two or more MSPs may nominate one of its members to be the party‘s substitute on each committee. The main role of the committee substitute is to stand in for a committee member of the same party if that member is unavailable for a committee meeting or is unable to act as a committee member at any other time because of illness, family circumstances, adverse travel conditions beyond the member‘s control, a requirement to attend to other Parliamentary business or urgent constituency business. Substitute members (S) are therefore not full time members of committees. 4.1.1 Individuals’ Membership of Committees Brian Adam SPPA

George Adam EC HS PA EC(S) SPPA(S)

Clare Adamson EC EU

Jackie Baillie WR WR(S)

Claire Baker EET(S) RACCE(S)

Richard Baker REF(S)

Jayne Baxter NTS RACCE

Claudia Beamish RACCE

Colin Beattie EC PA EC(S)

Marco Biagi EET EC EO EC(S) SL(S)

Neil Bibby EC PA(S)

Chic Brodie EET PPC SL

Gavin Brown FI EU(S)

Margaret Burgess SPPA WR

Roderick Campbell EU J RACCE(S) SPPA(S)

Jackson Carlaw PPC FI(S) HS(S)

Malcolm Chisholm FI ICI EO(S) PPC(S)

Willie Coffey EU PA

Bruce Crawford FI REF SL(S)

Graeme Dey RACCE

Nigel Don RACCE SL RACCE(S)

Bob Doris HS PA SPPA EO(S) ICI(S)

James Dornan LGR NTS PA SL EO(S)

Helen Eadie EU SPPA

Jim Eadie HS ICI SL EET(S) HS(S)

Annabelle Ewing REF RACCE WR

Linda Fabiani REF WR WR(S)

Mary Fee EO FI(S)

Patricia Ferguson REF

Alex Fergusson RACCE

Neil Findlay EC EU(S)

John Finnie EO J JSP

Joe FitzPatrick LGR PPC(S)

Murdo Fraser EET

Kenneth Gibson FI WR(S)

Rob Gibson REF RACCE PPC(S)

Annabel Goldie EO REF EET(S)

Christine Grahame J JSP

Rhoda Grant EET HS(S)

Iain Gray PA WR

Mark Griffin PA EC(S) SPPA(S)

Patrick Harvie EET REF EET(S)

Jamie Hepburn FI WR LGR(S) PA(S)

Jim Hume RACCE J(S)

Adam Ingram ICI PPC HS(S)

Alex Johnstone EO ICI WR EO(S) PPC(S)


Alison Johnstone EET EET(S) REF(S)

Colin Keir J PA

James Kelly REF

Bill Kidd EU REF(S)

John Lamont SPPA J(S) REF(S) SL(S)

Richard Lyle HS PPC RACCE SPPA HS(S)

Angus MacDonald EET PPC RACCE

Gordon MacDonald ICI J(S)

Mike MacKenzie EET SL

Hanzala Malik EU SL EC(S)

Jenny Marra J EET(S) EO(S)

John Mason EO FI SPPA

Stewart Maxwell EC REF EU(S)

Joan McAlpine EC EET(S)

Liam McArthur EC PA(S)

Margaret McCulloch ICI SPPA SL(S)

Mark McDonald FI HS PPC LGR(S)

Margaret McDougall EET RACCE J(S)

Jamie McGrigor EU NTS LGR(S) RACCE(S)

Alison McInnes J JSP RACCE(S)

Christina McKelvie EU PA(S) WR(S)

Aileen McLeod EU HS ICI EU(S)

Fiona McLeod HS NTS SPPA

David McLetchie J SPPA(S)

Michael McMahon FI SL WR

Siobhan McMahon EO

Stuart McMillan EET EO LGR REF SL EO(S)

Duncan McNeil HS

Anne McTaggart LGR PPC

Nanette Milne HS PPC

Margaret Mitchell JSP LGR J(S)

Elaine Murray FI ICI

John Park EET

Gil Paterson HS ICI(S) PA(S) RACCE (S)

Graeme Pearson J JSP ICI(S)

John Pentland LGR SL

Willie Rennie REF(S)

Dennis Robertson EET EO RACCE

Mary Scanlon PA EC(S)

John Scott SL ICI(S)

Tavish Scott PA REF EC(S)

Dr Richard Simpson HS LGR(S)

Drew Smith HS WR

Liz Smith EC PA(S)

Stewart Stevenson LGR SL

David Stewart PPC

Kevin Stewart JSP LGR WR

Dave Thompson SPPA FI(S)

David Torrance EET HS LGR EO(S)

Jean Urquhart EC EO FI

Maureen Watt ICI PPC(S)

Paul Wheelhouse FI SPPA

Sandra White HS J PA PPC ICI(S)

John Wilson EET LGR PPC

Humza Yousaf J PA

Member of only 1 Committee 42 Member of 2 Committees simultaneously 49 Member of 3 Committees simultaneously 4 Member of 1 Committee and a Substitute Member of 1 Committee simultaneously 54 Member of 1 Committee and a Substitute Member of 2 Committees simultaneously 6 Member of 1 Committee and a Substitute Member of 3 Committees simultaneously 1 Member of 2 Committees and a Substitute Member of 1 Committee simultaneously 13 Member of 2 Committees and a Substitute Member of 2 Committees simultaneously 2 Member of 3 Committees and a Substitute Member of 1 Committee simultaneously 2 Substitute Committee Member only 8


4.1.2 Committee Conveners and Deputy Conveners by gender and party The members of a committee must choose a convener from a particular political party decided by Parliament. The Parliament makes this decision following a recommendation by the Parliamentary Bureau. In addition, each committee normally has a deputy convener who will chair meetings in the convener's absence. Deputy conveners are chosen in the same way as conveners.

SNP Lab LD Con Green Ind

Conveners 13 5 0 1 0 0 Deputy Conveners 17 6 0 1 0 0

These tables are running totals for the parliamentary year. 4.2 Committee Meetings 4.2.1 Number of meetings held by each committee during the parliamentary year

From

11 May 12

Jun 12

Jul 12

Aug 12

Sep 12

Oct 12

Nov 12

Dec 12

Jan 13

Feb 13

Mar 13

Apr 13

To 10 May

13

Total

EET 3 3 0 0 4 3 4 2 4 3 4 1 2 33 EC 3 3 0 0 4 3 4 2 3 3 4 3 1 33 EO 2 3 0 0 4 2 4 2 3 4 4 2 2 32 EU 1 2 0 0 1 1 3 1 2 2 2 1 1 17 FI 3 3 0 0 4 3 4 2 4 3 3 2 2 33 HS 3 3 0 0 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 1 34 ICI 1 1 0 0 3 3 4 1 2 2 3 2 1 23 J 3 4 0 0 4 3 4 2 3 3 4 3 1 34 JSP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 4 LGR 3 4 0 0 2 3 4 3 3 3 4 2 2 33 NTS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 4 PA 1 3 0 0 2 1 3 2 2 1 2 1 1 19 PPC 2 2 0 0 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 2 0 20 REF 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 2 2 4 2 2 19 RACCE 1 3 0 0 3 3 4 3 4 4 4 2 2 33 SPPA 2 2 0 0 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 18 SL 3 3 0 0 2 3 4 3 4 3 4 2 1 32 WR 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 4 1 0 15

TOTAL 32 41 0 0 42 37 55 31 45 42 59 30 22 436

Male Female

Conveners 13 6 Deputy Conveners 17 7


4.2.2 The total time spent in committee meetings, plus the division between public and private time From 11

May 12

hrs mins

Jun

12

hrs mins

Jul

12

hrs mins

Aug

12

hrs mins

Sep

12

hrs mins

Oct

12

hrs mins

Nov

12

hrs mins

Dec

12

hrs mins

Jan

13

hrs mins

Feb

13

hrs mins

Mar

13

hrs mins

Apr

13

hrs mins

To 10

May 13

hrs mins

Total

12-13

hrs mins

EET Public 08:15 08:31 00:00 00:00 08:23 06:49 02:45 02:47 06:15 07:55 05:19 02:12 01:07 60:18

EET Private 00:00 00:42 00:00 00:00 04:05 06:50 07:25 00:21 02:02 00:36 04:57 00:23 01:33 28:54

EET Total 08:15 09:13 00:00 00:00 12:28 13:39 10:10 03:08 08:17 08:31 10:16 02:35 02:40 89:12

EC Public 04:43 05:24 00:00 00:00 08:39 05:44 02:06 02:14 07:18 08:17 02:11 05:50 03:02 55:28

EC Private 03:03 01:30 00:00 00:00 00:47 00:47 06:44 00:27 00:17 00:47 06:55 02:00 00:22 23:39

EC Total 07:46 06:54 00:00 00:00 09:26 06:31 08:50 02:41 07:35 09:04 09:06 07:50 03:24 79:07

EO Public 04:44 05:59 00:00 00:00 00:10 03:38 01:03 03:27 04:47 06:10 01:34 03:00 03:28 38:00

EO Private 00:07 00:24 00:00 00:00 09:08 00:00 05:55 00:00 00:00 00:29 05:29 00:00 00:13 21:45

EO Total 04:51 06:23 00:00 00:00 09:18 03:38 06:58 03:27 04:47 06:39 07:03 03:00 03:41 59:45

EU Public 01:32 00:36 00:00 00:00 01:06 01:19 04:04 00:46 03:55 04:12 04:04 01:56 02:08 25:38

EU Private 00:47 02:11 00:00 00:00 00:53 00:09 00:46 00:23 00:00 00:26 00:00 00:16 00:12 06:03

EU Total 02:19 02:47 00:00 00:00 01:59 01:28 04:50 01:09 03:55 04:38 04:04 02:12 02:20 31:41

FI Public 06:48 06:17 00:00 00:00 09:16 06:14 06:03 02:54 08:05 06:45 05:13 04:46 02:55 65:16

FI Private 01:28 01:11 00:00 00:00 00:41 01:18 02:29 01:27 00:20 00:57 01:02 00:15 00:53 12:01

FI Total 08:16 07:28 00:00 00:00 09:57 07:32 08:32 04:21 08:25 07:42 06:15 05:01 03:48 77:17

HS Public 09:11 02:28 00:00 00:00 15:40 10:21 00:26 04:32 08:17 07:43 06:33 04:20 02:40 72:11

HS Private 00:00 03:01 00:00 00:00 00:18 00:53 04:52 01:56 00:00 00:25 00:59 00:10 00:00 12:34

HS Total 09:11 05:29 00:00 00:00 15:58 11:14 05:18 06:28 08:17 08:08 07:32 04:30 02:40 84:45

ICI Public 00:21 01:10 00:00 00:00 05:00 05:23 05:12 02:17 03:16 06:43 06:44 01:28 01:38 39:12

ICI Private 00:00 00:28 00:00 00:00 00:12 00:00 02:48 00:05 00:06 00:22 02:09 00:09 00:00 06:19

ICI Total 00:21 01:38 00:00 00:00 05:12 05:23 08:00 02:22 03:22 07:05 08:53 01:37 01:38 45:31

J Public 05:03 06:06 00:00 00:00 06:30 06:42 08:25 03:07 01:51 04:28 05:44 06:45 01:08 55:49

J Private 00:29 01:21 00:00 00:00 02:18 02:48 02:11 00:37 02:15 00:56 02:47 01:17 00:12 17:11

J Total 05:32 07:27 00:00 00:00 08:48 09:30 10:36 03:44 04:06 05:24 08:31 08:02 01:20 73:00

JSP Public n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 00:32 00:59 00:42 02:13

JSP Private n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 00:00 00:00 00:00 00:00

JSP Total n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 00:32 00:59 00:42 02:13

LGR Public 05:43 02:37 00:00 00:00 02:27 08:16 03:25 04:37 05:27 03:39 07:50 04:54 02:30 51:25

LGR Private 00:58 05:19 00:00 00:00 00:34 01:26 03:51 02:08 02:16 02:57 02:05 00:45 01:59 24:18

LGR Total 06:41 07:56 00:00 00:00 03:01 09:42 07:16 06:45 07:43 06:36 09:55 05:39 04:29 75:43

NTS Public n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 00:00 00:05 00:57 00:00 00:02 01:04

NTS Private n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 00:00 00:12 00:30 00:00 00:00 00:42

NTS Total n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 00:00 00:17 01:27 00:00 00:02 01:46


From 11

May 12

hrs mins

Jun

12

hrs mins

Jul

12

hrs mins

Aug

12

hrs mins

Sep

12

hrs mins

Oct

12

hrs mins

Nov

12

hrs mins

Dec

12

hrs mins

Jan

13

hrs mins

Feb

13

hrs mins

Mar

13

hrs mins

Apr

13

hrs mins

To 10

May 13

hrs mins

Total

12-13

hrs mins

PA Public 00:09 05:37 00:00 00:00 02:32 01:11 06:17 02:44 04:50 01:39 06:32 00:01 00:03 31:35

PA Private 00:12 01:01 00:00 00:00 01:21 00:22 00:50 00:51 00:19 00:56 01:33 02:36 01:54 11:55

PA Total 00:21 06:38 00:00 00:00 03:53 01:33 07:07 03:35 05:09 02:35 08:05 02:37 01:57 43:30

PPC Public 01:46 02:29 00:00 00:00 02:43 02:50 03:30 02:01 02:39 01:50 04:35 03:49 00:00 28:12

PPC Private 00:00 00:00 00:00 00:00 00:00 00:22 00:00 00:00 00:20 01:30 00:24 00:53 00:00 03:29

PPC Total 01:46 02:29 00:00 00:00 02:43 03:12 03:30 02:01 02:59 03:20 04:59 04:42 00:00 31:41

REF Public n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 00:07 03:06 00:16 01:19 02:26 02:59 00:01 01:39 11:53

REF Private n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 00:00 00:27 00:22 00:15 00:00 01:40 02:34 00:13 05:31

REF Total n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 00:07 03:33 00:38 01:34 02:26 04:39 02:35 01:52 17:24

RACCE Public 00:28 04:09 00:00 00:00 04:27 05:38 05:22 06:29 04:05 09:12 06:48 02:17 03:28 52:23

RACCE

Private

00:00 00:08 00:00 00:00 00:14 00:50 03:13 00:41 05:47 00:17 03:33 01:54 00:40 17:17

RACCE Total 00:28 04:17 00:00 00:00 04:41 06:28 08:35 07:10 09:52 09:29 10:21 04:11 04:08 69:40

SPPA Public 00:49 02:20 00:00 00:00 02:17 00:41 00:08 00:18 01:00 00:33 00:00 00:00 00:12 08:18

SPPA Private 01:50 01:05 00:00 00:00 00:05 01:04 01:52 01:37 01:56 00:59 02:26 01:40 00:24 14:58

SPPA Total 02:39 03:25 00:00 00:00 02:22 01:45 02:00 01:55 02:56 01:32 02:26 01:40 00:36 23:16

SL Public 01:37 00:53 00:00 00:00 00:25 00:28 01:07 01:16 00:46 00:53 01:37 00:23 00:08 09:33

SL Private 01:18 00:55 00:00 00:00 00:07 01:20 00:00 00:33 02:00 01:03 00:31 00:05 00:48 08:40

SL Total 02:55 01:48 00:00 00:00 00:32 01:48 01:07 01:49 02:46 01:56 02:08 00:28 00:56 18:13

WR Public 01:24 00:44 00:00 00:00 00:05 00:14 02:22 02:50 03:51 01:38 01:35 00:00 00:00 14:43

WR Private 00:43 00:24 00:00 00:00 00:07 00:00 00:07 00:00 00:00 00:35 04:45 01:35 00:00 08:16

WR Total 02:07 01:08 00:00 00:00 00:12 00:14 02:29 02:50 03:51 02:13 06:20 01:35 00:00 22:59

TOTALS 63:28 75:00 00:00 00:00 90:30 83:44 98:51 54:03 85:34 87:35 112:32 59:13 36:13 846:43


4.2.3 The average time spent in committee meetings during the parliamentary year

From 11 June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr To 10 Annual

May 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 13 13 13 May 13 Average

Hrs Mins Hrs Mins Hrs Mins Hrs Mins Hrs Mins Hrs Mins Hrs Mins Hrs Mins Hrs Mins Hrs Mins Hrs Mins Hrs Mins Hrs Mins Hrs Mins

EET 02:45 03:04 00:00 00:00 03:07 04:33 02:32 01:34 02:04 02:50 02:34 02:35 01:20 02:13

EC 02:35 02:18 00:00 00:00 02:21 02:10 02:12 01:20 02:31 03:01 02:16 02:36 03:24 02:03

EO 02:25 02:07 00:00 00:00 02:19 01:49 01:44 01:43 01:35 01:39 01:45 01:30 01:50 01:34

EU 02:19 01:23 00:00 00:00 01:59 01:28 01:36 01:09 01:57 02:19 02:02 02:12 02:20 01:35

FI 02:45 02:29 00:00 00:00 02:29 02:30 02:08 02:10 02:06 02:34 02:05 02:30 01:54 01:58

HS 03:03 01:49 00:00 00:00 03:11 02:48 01:46 02:09 02:45 02:42 01:53 02:15 02:40 02:05

ICI 00:21 01:38 00:00 00:00 01:44 01:47 02:00 02:22 01:41 02:21 02:57 01:37 01:38 01:32

JSP n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 00:16 00:59 00:42 00:09

JUS 01:50 01:51 00:00 00:00 02:12 03:10 02:39 01:52 01:22 01:48 02:07 02:40 01:20 01:45

LGR 02:13 01:59 00:00 00:00 01:30 03:14 01:49 02:15 02:34 02:12 02:28 02:49 02:14 01:56

NTS n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 00:00 00:17 00:43 00:00 00:02 00:04

PA 00:21 02:12 00:00 00:00 01:56 01:33 02:22 01:47 02:34 02:35 04:02 02:37 01:57 01:50

PPC 00:53 01:14 00:00 00:00 01:21 01:36 01:45 02:01 01:29 01:40 01:39 02:21 00:00 01:13

RACCE 00:28 01:25 00:00 00:00 01:33 02:09 02:08 02:23 02:28 02:22 02:35 02:05 02:04 01:40

REF n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 00:07 00:42 00:38 00:47 01:13 01:09 01:17 00:56 00:31

SL 00:58 00:36 00:00 00:00 00:16 00:36 00:16 00:36 00:41 00:38 00:32 00:14 00:56 00:29

SPPA 01:19 01:42 00:00 00:00 01:11 01:45 01:00 00:57 01:28 01:32 01:13 01:40 00:36 01:06

WR 02:07 00:34 00:00 00:00 00:12 00:14 02:29 02:50 01:55 02:13 01:35 01:35 00:00 01:12

Monthly

Average 01:28 01:28 00:00 00:00 01:31 01:45 01:37 01:32 01:40 01:53 01:53 01:51 01:26 01:23


4.3 Committees 4.3.1 Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee Established: 1 June 2011 Remit: To consider and report on the Scottish economy, enterprise, energy,

tourism and renewables and all other matters within the responsibility of the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth apart from those covered by the remit of the Local Government and Regeneration Committee and matters relating to the Cities Strategy falling within the responsibility of the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy. (As agreed by resolution of Parliament on 1 June 2011).

Convener: Murdo Fraser Deputy Convener: Dennis Robertson (from 18 September 2012) John Wilson (until 18 September 2012) Membership: The committee has 9 members. Meetings: There were 33 meetings in the parliamentary year. No meetings were held

outside the Parliament.

Number

Total meetings of the Committee 33 Meetings held wholly in private 3 Meetings held partly in private 25 Joint meetings with other Committees 0 Meetings held outside the Parliament 0

Meetings attended:

Members Party Number of meetings

attended (possible total)

Marco Biagi (from 18 September 2012) SNP 24(25) Chic Brodie SNP 32(33) Murdo Fraser Con 31(33) Rhoda Grant Lab 32(33) Patrick Harvie (until 1 November 2012) Green 13(13) Alison Johnstone (from 1 November 2012) Green 19(20) Angus MacDonald (until 18 September 2012) SNP 8(8) Mike MacKenzie SNP 33(33) Margaret McDougall (from 12 December 2012) Lab 13(15) Stuart McMillan (until 18 September 2012) SNP 8(8) John Park (until 7 December 2012) Lab 15(17) Dennis Robertson (from 18 September 2012) SNP 22(25) David Torrance (from 18 September 2012) SNP 20(25) John Wilson (until 18 September 2012) SNP 8(8)


Substitute Members Party Number of meetings

attended

Claire Baker (until 18 September 2012) Lab 0 Jim Eadie (until 18 September 2012) SNP 0

Annabel Goldie Con 0 Patrick Harvie (from 1 November 2012) Green 0 Alison Johnstone (until 1 November 2012) Green 0

Jenny Marra (from 18 September 2012) Lab 1 Joan McAlpine (from 18 September 2012) SNP 5

Reporters: EU Reporters: Chic Brodie MSP; Stuart McMillan MSP Committee Clerk: Stephen Imrie (until October 2012) Jane Williams (from October 2012) Advisers: Jo Armstrong – Budget adviser Peter Wood – Budget adviser Visits: 2 fact-finding visits to Griffin Wind Farm and Glen Lyon for the renewables

inquiry; 1 visit to the Amazon centre at Dunfermline Events: None Witnesses: The following witnesses were called to give oral evidence:

Category Number

Scottish Government Ministers 10 Scottish Government officials 18 Members of the Scottish Parliament 0 Representatives of public bodies 16 Representatives of local authorities 3 UK Ministers 1 UK Government officials 1 Members of the UK Parliament 1 Representatives from other legislatures 0 Representatives of trade unions 0 Representatives of professional associations 5 Representatives of the voluntary sector 0 Other categories of witnesses 93


Business transacted:

Business No Details

Inquiries 4 Glen Lyon renewable energy inquiry; Scottish Government‘s Renewables Targets; Underemployment in Scotland; Visit Scotland‘s ‗Winning Years‘ strategy

Consultations 2 Draft Budget 2013-14 and Spending Review; Low Carbon Scotland: Meeting our Emissions Reduction Targets 2013-2027: The Draft Second Report on Proposals and Policies

Proposed Members‘ Bills considered

0

Draft Bills considered (Pre-legislative discussion)

0

Bills considered 1 Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Bill Legislative Consent Memorandums 3 Energy Bill;

Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill; Growth and Infrastructure Bill

Public Body Act Consent Memorandums

1 The Public Bodies (The Office of Fair Trading Transfer of Consumer Advice Scheme Function and Modification of Enforcement Functions) Order 2013

SIs considered 0 SSIs considered 1 1 draft affirmative, 0 affirmatives and 0 negatives Petitions considered 0 Divisions held 0 Plenary debates 1 21 February 2013: S4M-05596


Reports:

Title SP

Paper number

Date of publication

Government response

7th Report, 2013 (Session 4): Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Energy Bill (LCM (S4) 20.1)

313 3 May 2013 No Response

6th Report, 2013 (Session 4): Underemployment in Scotland

305 17 April 2013 4 June 2013

5th Report, 2013 (Session 4): The Renewables Obligation (Scotland) Amendment Order 2013 [draft]

294 25 March 2013 No Response

4th Report, 2013 (Session 4): Low Carbon Scotland: Meeting our Emissions Reduction Targets 2013-2027, The Draft Second Report on Proposals and Policies

288 22 March 2013 27 June 2013

3rd Report, 2013 (Session 4): Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill (LCM(S4)14.3)


2nd Report, 2013 (Session 4): Report on Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill (LCM (S4)14.2)

258 29 January 2013 No Response

1st Report, 2013 (Session 4): The Public Bodies (The Office of Fair Trading Transfer of Consumer Advice Scheme Function and Modification of Enforcement Functions) Order 2013


9th Report, 2012 (Session 4): The Public Bodies (Abolition of British Shipbuilders) Order [2013]

242 21 December 2013 No Response

8th Report, 2012 (Session 4): Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Growth and Infrastructure Bill (LCM (S4) 17.1)


7th Report, 2012 (Session 4): Report on the achievability of the Scottish Government's renewable energy targets

220 23 November 2012 29 January 2013

6th Report, 2012 (Session 4): Report on The Winning Years

215 19 November 2012 18 December 2012

5th Report, 2012 (Session 4): Annual Report 2011-12

153 13 June 2012 n/a


4.3.2 Education and Culture Committee Established: 1 June 2011 Remit: To consider and report on further and higher education, lifelong learning,

schools, pre-school care, skills and other matters falling within the responsibility of the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning and matters relating to culture and the arts falling within the responsibility of the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs. (As agreed by resolution of Parliament on 1 June 2011)

Convener: Stewart Maxwell Deputy Convener: Neil Findlay Membership: The committee has 9 members. Meetings: There were 33 meetings in the parliamentary year. No meetings were held


Number


Meetings attended:



George Adam (from 18 September 2012) SNP 23(24) Clare Adamson SNP 33(33) Colin Beattie (from 18 September 2012) SNP 23(24) Marco Biagi (until 18 September 2012) SNP 8(9) Neil Bibby Lab 33(33) Neil Findlay Lab 29(33) Stewart Maxwell SNP 29(33) Joan McAlpine SNP 33(33) Liam McArthur LD 30(33) Liz Smith Con 30(33) Jean Urquhart (until 18 September 2012) SNP 9(9)


attended

George Adam (until 4 September 2012) SNP 0 Colin Beattie (4 September -18 September 2012) SNP 1

Marco Biagi (from 18 September 2012) SNP 4 Mark Griffin (from 18 September 2012) Lab 2 Hanzala Malik (until 18 September 2012) Lab 1 Mary Scanlon Con 1

Tavish Scott LD 0


Reporters: None

Committee Clerk: Terry Shevlin

Advisers: Professor David Bell – Budget adviser Visits: 4 fact-finding meetings with: chairs of child protection committees,

Edinburgh, People First (Scotland) Parents‘ Group, Edinburgh; Care Leavers at Who Cares? Scotland; people working with vulnerable children, Perth/Kinross

Events: None Witnesses: The following witnesses were called to give oral evidence:

Category Number

Scottish Government Ministers 9 Scottish Government officials 32 Members of the Scottish Parliament 0 Representatives of public bodies 30 Representatives of local authorities 0 UK Ministers 0 UK government officials 1 Members of the UK Parliament 0 Representatives from other legislatures 0 Representatives of trade unions 21 Representatives of professional associations 19 Representatives of voluntary sector 13 Other categories of witnesses 40


Business No Details

Inquiries 3 Broadcasting Decision making on whether to take children into care; Educational attainment of looked after children

Consultations 1 Draft Budget 2013-14 Proposed Members‘ Bills considered 0 Draft Bills considered (Pre-legislative discussion)

0

Bills considered 2 Post-16 Education (Scotland) Bill Children and Young People (Scotland) Bill

Legislative Consent Memorandums 1 Children and Families Bill Public Body Act Consent Memorandums

0

SIs considered 0 SSIs considered 3 3 draft affirmatives, 0 affirmatives and 0 negatives Petitions considered 2 PE1395, PE1440 Divisions held 1 26 March 2013: Teachers‘ Superannuation

(Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2013. Motion to annul

Plenary debates 0


Reports:

Title SP Paper number

Date of publication

Government response

5th Report, 2013 (Session 4): Report on Broadcasting


4th Report, 2013 (Session 4): Subordinate Legislation


3rd Report, 2013 (Session 4): Interim Report on inquiry into decision making on whether to take children into care

300 28 March 2013 22 May 2013

2nd Report, 2013 (Session 4): Stage 1 Report on the Post-16 Education (Scotland) Bill

283 20 March 2013 27 March 2013

1st Report, 2013 (Session 4): Subordinate legislation



189 27 September 2012 No Response

8th Report, 2012 (Session 4): Subordinate legislation

172 27 June 2012 No Response


154 13 June 2012 n/a

6th Report, 2012 (Session 4): Report on educational attainment of looked after children

140 31 May 2012 20 July 2012


4.3.3 Equal Opportunities Committee Established: 1 June 2011 Remit: 1.The remit of the Equal Opportunities Committee is to consider and report

on matters relating to equal opportunities and upon the observance of equal opportunities within the Parliament.

2. In these Rules, ―equal opportunities‖ includes the prevention, elimination or regulation of discrimination between persons on grounds of sex or marital status, on racial grounds or on grounds of disability, age, sexual orientation, language or social origin or of other personal attributes, including beliefs or opinions such as religious beliefs or political opinions.

Convener: Mary Fee Deputy Convener: Marco Biagi (from 8 November 2012) Stuart McMillan (until 18 September 2012) Jean Urquhart (20 September 2012 - 25 October 2012) Membership: The committee has 7 members. Meetings: There were 32 meetings in the parliamentary year. 1 meeting was held

outside the Parliament at the Clinterty Travelling Persons‘ Site, Aberdeen, on 4 February 2013.

Number


Meetings attended:



Marco Biagi (from 18 September 2012) SNP 25(25) Mary Fee Lab 32(32) John Finnie (until 23 October 2012) SNP 10(10) John Finnie (from 23 October 2012) Ind 20(22) Annabel Goldie (until 17 January 2013) Con 11(18) Alex Johnstone (from 17 January 2013) Con 13(14) John Mason (from 25 October 2012) SNP 20(21) Siobhan McMahon Lab 27(32) Stuart McMillan (until 18 September 2012) SNP 6(7) Dennis Robertson SNP 26(32) Jean Urquhart (until 23 October 2012) SNP 10(10) Jean Urquhart (23 October-25 October 2012) Ind 1(1)



attended

Malcolm Chisholm (from 18 September 2012) Lab 0 Bob Doris (25 October 2012-10 January 2013) SNP 0 James Dornan (from 10 January 2013) SNP 4 Alex Johnstone (until 17 January 2013) Con 6 Jenny Marra (until 18 September 2012) Lab 2 Stuart McMillan (18 September–24 October 2012) SNP 0 David Torrance (until 18 September 2012) SNP 3

Reporters: EU Reporter: John Finnie MSP Committee Clerk: Douglas Thornton Advisers: Professor Nick Watson - Budget adviser 2013 Professor Ailsa McKay - Budget adviser in 2012 Visits: 4 fact-finding visits to Gypsy/Traveller sites in Perth/Pitlochry,

Edinburgh/Dalkeith, Oban (Connel), and Ledaig. Events: None Witnesses: The following witnesses were called to give oral evidence:

Category Number




Business No Details

Inquiries 4 Having and Keeping a Home: steps to preventing homelessness among young people; Gypsy/Travellers and Care; Where Gypsy/Travellers Live; Women and Work;


0

Bills considered 0 Legislative Consent Memorandums 0 Public Body Act Consent Memorandums

0

SIs considered 0 SSIs considered 0 Petitions considered 2 PE1411, PE1413 Divisions held 0 Plenary debates 0

Reports:


Date of publication Government

response

1st Report, 2013 (Session 4): Where Gypsy /Travellers Live

284 25 March 2013 7 June 2013

4th Report, 2012 (Session 4): Having and Keeping a Home: steps to preventing homelessness among young people

191 7 October 2012 3 December 2012

3rd Report, 2012 (Session 4): Gypsy/Travellers and Care

184 24 September 2012 29 January 2013

2nd Report, 2012 (Session 4): Annual report 2011-2012

146 11 June 2012 n/a


4.3.4 European and External Relations Committee Established: 1 June 2011 Remit: 1. The remit of the European and External Relations Committee is to

consider and report on— (a) proposals for European Communities legislation; (b) the implementation of European Communities legislation; (c) any European Communities or European Union issue; (d) the development and implementation of the Scottish Administration‘s

links with countries and territories outside Scotland, the European Communities (and their institutions) and other international organisations; and

(e) co-ordination of the international activities of the Scottish Administration.

2. The Committee may refer matters to the Parliamentary Bureau or other committees where it considers it appropriate to do so.

3. The convener of the Committee shall not be the convener of any other committee whose remit is, in the opinion of the Parliamentary Bureau, relevant to that of the Committee.

4. The Parliamentary Bureau shall normally propose a person to be a member of the Committee only if that person is a member of another committee whose remit is, in the opinion of the Parliamentary Bureau, relevant to that of the Committee. (As agreed by resolution of Parliament on 1 June 2011).

Convener: Christina McKelvie Deputy Convener: Hanzala Malik Membership: The committee has 7 members. Meetings: There were 17 meetings in the parliamentary year. No meetings were held


Number



Meetings attended:



Clare Adamson SNP 15(17) Roderick Campbell (from 18 September 2012) SNP 14(14) Willie Coffey (from 18 September 2012) SNP 14(14) Helen Eadie Lab 14(17) Bill Kidd (until 18 September 2012) SNP 3(3) Hanzala Malik Lab 15(17) Jamie McGrigor Con 14(17) Christina McKelvie SNP 16(17) Aileen McLeod (until 18 September 2012) SNP 3(3)


attended

Gavin Brown Con 0 Neil Findlay Lab 3 Stewart Maxwell (until 18 September 2012) SNP 0

Aileen McLeod (from 18 September 2012) SNP 2

Reporters: Aileen McLeod MSP - Horizon 2020 Inquiry Jamie McGrigor MSP - Sea Fisheries Conservation Measures: Christina McKelvie MSP - Committee of the Regions Committee Clerk: Dr Ian Duncan (until March 2013) Jim Johnston (April 2013) Katy Orr (from May 2013) Advisers: None Visits: 7 fact-finding visits to primary schools across Scotland relating to the

inquiry into foreign language-learning in primary schools; 3 fact-finding visits to businesses in Edinburgh, Fort William, and Kinross, as part of the inquiry into economic engagement with China

Events: 1 Stakeholders‘ conference for foreign language-learning in primary

schools in Scotland, held in the Scottish Parliament


Witnesses: The following witnesses were called to give oral evidence:

Category Number



Business No Details

Inquiries 4 European Union Structural Funds; European Union‘s Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Development; Foreign language-learning in primary schools; The Scottish Government‘s Country Plan for China and its International Framework

Consultations 1 Draft Budget 2013-14 Proposed Members‘ Bills considered

0


0


0

SIs considered 0 SSIs considered 0 Petitions considered 0 Divisions held 2 15 November 2012: the committee should

undertake an inquiry into the Scottish Government‘s handling of the issue of EU legal advice; 15 November 2012: the committee should refer the request for an inquiry to the Parliamentary Bureau

Plenary debates 1 26 February 2013: S4M-05699


Reports:

Title SP

Paper number

Date of publication

Government response

1st Report, 2013 (Session 4): Report on the EU priorities of the Committees of the Scottish Parliament

271 21 February 2013 No Response

6th Report, 2012 (Session 4): The EU-related engagement of the Scottish Parliament's Committees 2011-2012

213 14 November 2012 No Response

5th Report, 2012 (Session 4): EU Structural Funds

179 3 July 2012 5 September 2012

4th Report, 2012 (Session 4): The EU's Horizon 2020 Programme for Research and Innovation

175 28 June 2012 24 August 2012

3rd Report, 2012 (Session 4): Annual Report 2011- 2012

158 14 June 2012 n/a

2nd Report, 2012 (Session 4): Developments in the Eurozone and their implications for communication between the Scottish and UK Governments

139 29 May 2012 19 September 2012


4.3.5 Finance Committee Established: 1 June 2011 Remit: 1. The remit of the Finance Committee is to consider and report on— (a) any report or other document laid before the Parliament by members of

the Scottish Executive containing proposals for, or budgets of, public expenditure or proposals for the making of a tax-varying resolution, taking into account any report or recommendations concerning such documents made to them by any other committee with power to consider such documents or any part of them;

(b) any report made by a committee setting out proposals concerning public expenditure;

(c) Budget Bills; and (d) any other matter relating to or affecting the expenditure of the Scottish

Administration or other expenditure payable out of the Scottish Consolidated Fund.

2. The Committee may also consider and, where it sees fit, report to the Parliament on the timetable for the Stages of Budget Bills and on the handling of financial business.

3. In these Rules, ―public expenditure‖ means expenditure of the Scottish Administration, other expenditure payable out of the Scottish Consolidated Fund and any other expenditure met out of taxes, charges and other public revenue.

(As agreed by resolution of Parliament on 1 June 2011). Convener: Kenneth Gibson Deputy Convener: John Mason Membership: The committee has 7 members. Meetings: There were 33 meetings in the parliamentary year. 1 meeting was held

outside the Parliament on 5 November 2012 at the Tower Mill, Heart of Hawick.

Number



Meetings attended:



Gavin Brown Con 31(33) Malcolm Chisholm (from 12 December 2012) Lab 14(14) Bruce Crawford (18 September–24 October 2012) SNP 4(4) Kenneth Gibson SNP 33(33) Jamie Hepburn (from 25 October 2012) SNP 20(21) John Mason SNP 33(33) Mark McDonald (until 18 September 2012) SNP 8(8) Michael McMahon Lab 27(33) Elaine Murray (until 12 December 2012) Lab 19(19) Jean Urquhart (18 September-23 October 2012) SNP 3(3) Jean Urquhart (from 23 October 2012) Ind 21(22) Paul Wheelhouse (until 6 September 2012) SNP 7(7)


attended

Jackson Carlaw Con 0

Mary Fee Lab 1 Dave Thompson SNP 2

Reporters: None Committee Clerk: James Johnston Advisers: David Bell – Budget advisor Visits: 3 key employability stakeholder workshop visits to Dundee, Dumfries and

Galloway, North Ayrshire Events: 1 event for Parliament Day in Hawick Witnesses: The following witnesses were called to give oral evidence:

Category Number




Business No Details

Inquiries 1 Improving employability Consultations 1 Draft Budget 2013-14 and Spending Review Proposed Members‘ Bills considered 0 Draft Bills considered (Pre-legislative discussion)

0

Bills considered 15 Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Bill; Budget (Scotland) (No.2) Bill; Forth Road Bridge Bill; Freedom of Information (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill; High Hedges (Scotland) Bill; Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Scotland) Bill; Landfill Tax (Scotland) Bill; Local Government Finance (Unoccupied Properties etc.) (Scotland) Bill; Post-16 Education (Scotland) Bill; Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Bill; Scottish Civil Justice Council and Criminal Legal Assistance Bill; Scottish Independence Referendum (Franchise) Bill; Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Bill; Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Bill; Water Resources (Scotland) Bill

Legislative Consent Memorandums 2 Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill; Public Service Pensions Bill


0

SIs considered 0 SSIs considered 2 1 draft affirmative, 1 affirmative and 0 negatives Petitions considered 0 Divisions held 1 5 December 2012: Freedom of Information

(Amendment) (Scotland) Bill Stage 2 amendment: 1

Plenary debates 3 20 December 2012: S4M-05203; 8 January 2013: S4M-05276; 5 March 2013: S4M-05765


Reports:



response

4th Report, 2013 (Session 4): Stage 1 Report on the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Scotland) Bill

295 27 March 2013 24 April 2013

3rd Report, 2013 (Session 4): Report on the Budget (Scotland) Act 2012 Amendment Order 2013


2nd Report, 2013 (Session 4): Demographic change and an ageing population

265 11 February 2013 11 March 2013

1st Report, 2013 (Session 4): Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Public Service Pensions Bill (LCM(S4) 19.1)


9th Report, 2012 (Session 4): Report on Draft Budget 2013-14

231 10 December 2012 21 January 2013

8th Report, 2012 (Session 4): Improving employability

226 3 December 2012 11 February 2013

7th Report, 2012 (Session 4): Budget (Scotland) Act 2012 Amendment Order 2012


6th Report, 2012 (Session 4): Stage 1 Report on the Freedom of Information (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill


5th Report, 2012 (Session 4): Report on the legislative consent memorandum on the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill (LCM (S4) 14.1)



148 12 June 2012 n/a

3rd Report, 2012 (Session 4): The Official Statistics (Scotland) Amendment Order 2012



4.3.6 Health and Sport Committee Established: 1 June 2011 Remit: To consider and report on health policy, the NHS in Scotland, anti-poverty

measures, equalities, sport and other matters falling within the responsibility of the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy apart from those covered by the remit of the Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee. (As agreed by resolution of Parliament on 1 June 2011).

Convener: Duncan McNeil Deputy Convener: Bob Doris Membership: The committee has 9 members. Meetings: There were 34 meetings in the parliamentary year. No meetings were held


Number


Meetings attended:



George Adam (4 September-18 September 2012) SNP 2(2) Bob Doris SNP 32(34) Jim Eadie (until 18 September 2012) SNP 9(9) Richard Lyle (until 18 September 2012) SNP 7(9) Mark McDonald (from 18 September 2012) SNP 25(25) Aileen McLeod (from 18 September 2012) SNP 24(25) Fiona McLeod (until 27 June 2012) SNP 6(6) Duncan McNeil Lab 33(34) Nanette Milne Con 34(34) Gil Paterson SNP 33(34) Dr Richard Simpson Lab 28(34) Drew Smith Lab 30(34) David Torrance (from 18 September 2012) SNP 17(25) Sandra White (27 June 2012–4 September 2012) SNP 0(1)



attended

Jackson Carlaw (from 27 June 2012) Con 0 Jim Eadie (18 September 2012-24 October 2012) SNP 1

Rhoda Grant Lab 2 Adam Ingram (until 18 September 2012) SNP 2 Richard Lyle (from 25 October 2012) SNP 6

Reporters: EU Reporters: Richard Lyle MSP; Aileen McLeod MSP Teenage Pregnancy Inquiry: Richard Simpson MSP Committee Clerk: Douglas Wands (until July 2012) Eugene Windsor (from July 2012) Advisers: Dr Andrew Walker - spending review and draft budget Visits: 4 fact-finding visits as part of the inquiry into teenage pregnancy to

Edinburgh, Oldham, Dundee, Glasgow; 2 fact-finding visits as part of the inquiry into support for community sport to Cumbernauld and Aberdeen; 1 fact-finding visit to Glasgow as part of the Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Bill


Category Number




Business No Details

Inquiries 3 Health inequalities in Scotland; Support for community sport; Teenage pregnancy;

Consultations 1 Draft Budget 2013-14 and Spending Review Proposed Members‘ Bills considered 0 Draft Bills considered (Pre-legislative discussion)

0

Bills considered 1 Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Bill Legislative Consent Memorandums 0 Public Body Act Consent Memorandums

0

SIs considered 0 SSIs considered 3 2 draft affirmatives, 1 affirmative and

0 negatives Petitions considered 4 PE1384, PE1434, PE1451, PE1466 Divisions held 12 30 October 2012: Social Care (Self-directed

Support (Scotland) Bill Stage 2 amendments: 21, 22, 7A, 23, 24, 25, 27, 30, 31, 33, 34, 41

Plenary debates 1 20 September 2012: S4M-04179

Reports:


Date of publication

Government response

2nd Report, 2013 (Session 4): Subordinate Legislation


1st Report, 2013 (Session 4): Report on Inquiry into Support for Community Sport

243 16 January 2013 13 March 2013



10th Report, 2012 (Session 4): Stage 1 Report on the Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Bill

178 6 July 2012 4 September 2012

9th Report, 2012 (Session 4): NHS Boards Budget Scrutiny

171 25 June 2012 29 October 2012




143 11 June 2012 n/a




4.3.7 Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee Established: 1 June 2011 Remit: To consider and report on infrastructure, capital investment, transport,

housing, and other matters falling within the responsibility of the Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure and Capital Investment apart from those covered by the remit of the Local Government and Regeneration Committee. (As agreed by resolution of Parliament on 1 June 2011).

Convener: Maureen Watt Deputy Convener: Adam Ingram Membership: The committee has 7 members. Meetings: There were 23 meetings in the parliamentary year. No meetings were held


Number


Meetings attended:



Malcolm Chisholm (until 12 December 2012) Lab 13(13) Jim Eadie (from 18 September 2012) SNP 19(20) Adam Ingram SNP 19(23) Alex Johnstone Con 23(23) Gordon MacDonald SNP 22(23) Margaret McCulloch Lab 22(23) Aileen McLeod (until 18 September 2012) SNP 2(3) Elaine Murray (from 12 December 2012) Lab 10(10) Maureen Watt SNP 22(23)


attended

Bob Doris (4 September 2012-10 January 2013) SNP 2 Gil Paterson (from 10 January 2013) SNP 3 Graeme Pearson Lab 0 John Scott Con 0 Sandra White (until 4 September 2012) SNP 1


Reporters: Jim Eadie MSP Committee Clerk: Steve Farrell Advisers: Professor Ken Gibb – Budget adviser Visits: 1 fact-finding visit for the Rail 2014: Renewal of Scottish Passenger Rail

Franchise report to ScotRail, Glasgow; 1fact-finding visit the Water Resources (Scotland) Bill to Scottish Water International, Edinburgh; 1fact-finding visit to the Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science, Dundee.


Category Number




Business No Details

Inquiries 2 Community transport Scottish passenger rail franchise 2014

Consultations 1 Draft Budget Scrutiny 2013-14 Proposed Members‘ Bills considered

1 Responsible Parking Bill (2) 23 January 2013


0

Bills considered 2 Forth Road Bridge Bill Water Resources (Scotland) Bill

Legislative Consent Memorandums 1 Marine Navigation (No. 2) Bill Public Body Act Consent Memorandums

1 Draft British Waterways Board (Transfer of Functions) Order 2012

SIs considered 0 SSIs considered 6 6 draft affirmatives, 0 affirmatives and 0 negatives Petitions considered 3 PE1236, PE1424, PE1425 Divisions held 4 20 March 2013: National Bus Travel Concession

Scheme for Older and Disabled Persons (Scotland) Amendment Order 2013 [Draft]: motion to approve the order; 7 November 2012: that Jim Eadie be chosen as the committee‘s EU reporter; 23 January 2013: Water Resources (Scotland) Bill Stage 2 amendments: 1, 58

Plenary debates 1 17 April 2013: S4M-06153


Reports:

Title SP

Paper number

Date of publication

Government response

3rd Report, 2013 (Session 4): Report on Low Carbon Scotland: Meeting our Emissions Reductions Targets 2013-2027 - The Draft Second Report on Proposals

291 22 March 2013 27 June 2013



1st Report, 2013 (Session 4): Stage 1 Report on the Forth Road Bridge Bill

281 18 March 2013 24 April 2013

12th Report, 2012 (Session 4): Report on the Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Marine Navigation (No.2) Bill


11th Report, 2012 (Session 4): Stage 1 Report on the Water Resources (Scotland) Bill




9th Report, 2012 (Session 4): Report on Subordinate Legislation

185 24 September 2012

No Response


149 13 June 2012 n/a

7th Report, 2012 (Session 4): Report on Subordinate Legislation


6th Report, 2012 (Session 4): Rail 2014: Renewal of Scottish Passenger Rail Franchise

129 21 May 2012 21 June 2012


4.3.8 Justice Committee Established: 1 June 2011 Remit: To consider and report on a) the administration of criminal and civil justice,

community safety and other matters falling within the responsibility of the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and b) the functions of the Lord Advocate other than as head of the systems of criminal prosecution and investigation of deaths in Scotland. (As agreed by resolution of Parliament on 1 June 2011).

Convener: Christine Grahame Deputy Convener: Jenny Marra Membership: The committee has 9 members. Meetings: There were 34 meetings in the parliamentary year. No meetings were held


Number


Meetings attended:



Roderick Campbell SNP 33(34) John Finnie (until 23 October 2012) SNP 10(10) John Finnie (from 23 October 2012) Ind 22(24) Christine Grahame SNP 33(34) Colin Keir SNP 34(34) Jenny Marra Lab 32(34) Alison McInnes LD 29(34) David McLetchie Con 11(34) Graeme Pearson Lab 34(34) Sandra White (from 18 September 2012) SNP 23(24) Humza Yousaf (until 6 September 2012) SNP 7(8)


attended

Jim Hume LD 0 John Lamont (from 7 March 2013) Con 7 Gordon MacDonald SNP 4 Margaret McDougall Lab 2 Margaret Mitchell (until 7 March 2013) Con 1


Reporters: None Committee Clerk: Peter McGrath (until October 2012) Irene Fleming (from October 2012) Advisers: None Visits: 7 visits to prisons: HMP Barlinnie, HMP Edinburgh, HMP Inverness, HMP

Low Moss, HMP Perth, HM YOI Polmont, HMP Addiewell. Events: None Witnesses: The following witnesses were called to give oral evidence:

Category Number




Business No Details

Inquiries 3 Effectiveness of the provisions in the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003; Implementation of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012; Purposeful activity in prisons

Consultations 1 Draft Budget scrutiny 2013-14 Proposed Members‘ Bills considered 0 Draft Bills considered (Pre-legislative discussion)

0

Bills considered 4 Criminal Cases (Punishment and Review) (Scotland) Bill Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Bill Scottish Civil Justice Council and Criminal Legal Assistance Bill Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Bill

Legislative Consent Memorandums 4 Crime and Courts Bill; Defamation Bill; Prisons (Interference with Wireless Telegraphy) Bill; Statute Law (Repeals) Bill


1 The Public Bodies (Abolition of Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council) Order 2013

SIs considered 0 SSIs considered 11 10 draft affirmatives, 0 affirmatives and 1 negative:

SSI 2012/118 Petitions considered 4 PE1403, PE1427, PE1436, PE1449 Divisions held 53 6 November 2012: whether members agree to take

item 7 in private; 13 November 2012: Scottish Civil Justice Council and Criminal Legal Assistance Bill Stage 2 amendments: 25, 27, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 13, 40, 41, 42, 14, 43, 44, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24; Police and Fire reform (Scotland) Bill Stage 2 amendments: 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 166, 193, 9, 11, 16, 18, 196, 199, 171, 200, 172, 202

Plenary debates 1 23 October 2012: S4M-04505

Reports:


Date of publication

Government response

6th Report, 2013 (Session 4): Public Bodies Act Consent Memorandum on the Public Bodies (Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council) Order 2013


5th Report, 2013 (Session 4): Inquiry into purposeful activity in prisons

299 28 March 2013 21 May 2013



Date of publication

Government response



3rd Report, 2013 (Session 4): Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Crime and Courts Bill (LCM(S4) 11.2)


2nd Report, 2013 (Session 4): Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland)


1st Report, 2013 (Session 4): Knife Dealers (Licence Conditions) (Scotland) Order 2012


16th Report, 2012 (Session 4): Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (Scottish Land Court) Order 2013

236 13 December 2012

No Response

15th Report, 2012 (Session 4): Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Statute Law (Repeals) Bill (LCM(S4) 16.1)


14th Report, 2012 (Session 4): Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (Relevant Premises) Regulations 2012


13th Report, 2012 (Session 4): Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Prisons (Interference with Wireless Telegraphy) Bill (LCM (S4) 15.1)

200 31 October 2012 No Response

12th Report, 2012 (Session 4): Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (Incidental Provisions) Order 2012


11th Report, 2012 (Session 4): Stage 1 Report on the Scottish Civil Justice Council and Criminal Legal Assistance Bill

193 4 October 2012 18 October 2012

10th Report, 2012 (Session 4): Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Defamation Bill


No Response



8th Report, 2012 (Session 4): Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Crime and Court Bill (LCM (S4) 11.1)



150 12 June 2012 n/a

6th Report, 2012 (Session 4): Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003


5th Report, 2012 (Session 4): Bankruptcy Fees etc. (Scotland) Regulations 2012 (SSI 2012/118)



4.3.9 Justice Sub-Committee on Policing Established: 13 March 2013 Remit: To consider and report on the operation of the Police and Fire Reform

(Scotland) Act 2012 as it relates to policing. (As agreed by resolution of the Parliament on 13 March 2013)

Convener: Christine Grahame (from 21 March 2013) Deputy Convener: N/A Membership: The committee has 6 members. Meetings: There were 4 meetings in the parliamentary year. No meetings were held


Number


Meetings attended:



John Finnie Ind 4(4) Christine Grahame SNP 4(4) Alison McInnes LD 4(4) Margaret Mitchell Con 4(4) Graeme Pearson Lab 4(4) Kevin Stewart SNP 3(4)

There were no substitute members for this sub-committee. Reporters: None Committee Clerk: Joanne Clinton Advisers: None Visits: 1 fact-finding visit to the Scottish Crime Campus, Gartcosh Events: None Witnesses: No witnesses were called to give oral evidence:



Business No Details

Inquiries 2 ICT provision; Local policing

Consultations 0 Proposed Members‘ Bills considered 0 Draft Bills considered (Pre-legislative discussion)

0

Bills considered 0 Legislative Consent Memorandums 0 Public Body Act Consent Memorandums 0 SIs considered 0 SSIs considered 0 Petitions considered 0 Divisions held 0 Plenary debates 0

Reports: There were no reports published by the committee in this parliamentary year.


4.3.10 Local Government and Regeneration Committee Established: 1 June 2011 Remit: To consider and report on a) the financing and delivery of local

government and local services, and b) planning, and c) matters relating to regeneration falling within the responsibility of the Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure and Capital Investment.

(As agreed by resolution of Parliament on 1 June 2011). Convener: Kevin Stewart (from 26 September 2012) Joe FitzPatrick (until 6 September 2012) Deputy Convener: John Wilson (from 26 September 2012) Kevin Stewart (until 26 September 2012) Membership: The committee has 7 members. Meetings: There were 33 meetings in the parliamentary year. 1 meeting was held

outside the Parliament at the University of the West of Scotland, Ayr Campus, on 15 April 2013.

Number


Meetings attended:



James Dornan (until 18 September 2012) SNP 8(8) Joe FitzPatrick (until 6 September 2012) SNP 7(7) Stuart McMillan (from 18 September 2012) SNP 24(25) Anne McTaggart Lab 33(33) Margaret Mitchell Con 30(33) John Pentland Lab 32(33) Stewart Stevenson (from 18 September 2012) SNP 25(25) Kevin Stewart SNP 33(33) David Torrance (until 18 September 2012) SNP 7(8) John Wilson (from 18 September 2012) SNP 23(25)


attended

Jamie Hepburn (until 18 September 2012) SNP 1 Mark McDonald (from 18 September 2012) SNP 3 Jamie McGrigor Con 2 Dr Richard Simpson Lab 1


Reporters: EU reporters: Stuart McMillan MSP, Kevin Stewart MSP, Local Government Elections Inquiry Reporters: Anne McTaggart MSP,

John Wilson MSP Committee Clerk: Eugene Windsor (until July 2012) David Cullum (from July 2012) Advisers: Ian Wall - Delivery of Regeneration in Scotland Bill Howat - Draft Budget 2013-14 and Public Service Reform – Strand 3 Alex Linkston - Public Service Reform – Strand 1 and Public Service

Reform – Strand 2 Visits: 1 fact-finding visit related to Unoccupied Properties etc. (Scotland) Bill,

Lerwick; 1 fact-finding visit to the Scottish Government Draft Budget, Clyde Gateway, Glasgow; 1 fact-finding visit for the Public Services Reform - Strand 3, University of the West of Scotland, Ayr; 1 fact-finding visit to Cumbernauld in support of public services reform; 1 visit to Glasgow and 1 visit to Aberdeen in support of the regeneration inquiry.

Events: The Committee held a one-day seminar on benchmarking in Scottish local

government as part of Strand 2 of the Public Services Reform inquiry. This seminar took place at the Scottish Parliament on Monday 10 September 2012.


Category Number




Business No Details

Inquiries 6 Delivery of Regeneration in Scotland; Low Carbon Scotland: Meeting our Emissions Reduction Targets 2013-2027: The Draft Second report on Proposals and Policies (RPP2); Public Services Reform and Local Government: Strand 1- Partnerships and Outcomes; Public Services Reform and Local Government: Strand 2- Benchmarking and Performance Measurement; Public Services Reform: Strand 3 - Developing New Ways of Delivering Services; Scottish Local Government Elections


0

Bills considered 2 High Hedges (Scotland) Bill Local Government Finance (Unoccupied Properties etc.) (Scotland) Bill

Legislative Consent Memorandums 2 Electoral Registration and Administration Bill; Local Government Finance Bill

Public Body Act Consent Memorandums 0 SIs considered 0 SSIs considered 8 6 draft affirmatives, 0 affirmatives and

2 negatives: SSI 2012/338, SSI 2012/339 Petitions considered 2 PE1423, PE1433 Divisions held 27 23 January 2013: Council Tax (Variation for

Unoccupied Dwellings) (Scotland) Regulations 2013: that motion S4M-05273 be agreed to; 23 January 2013: Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2012: that motion S4M-05393 be agreed to; 23 January 2013: Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2012: that motion S4M-05394 be agreed to; 13 March 2013: Valuation (Postponement of Revaluation) (Scotland) Order 2013: that motion S4M-05883 be agreed to; 13 March 2013: The Non-Domestic Rating (Unoccupied Property) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2013: that motion S4M-05785 be agreed to; 26 September 2013: Local Government Finance (Unoccupied Properties etc) (Scotland) Bill Stage 2 amendments: 15, 16, 11, 17, 18, 19, 5, 1, 6, 13, 21, 7A, 7, 14, 23, 24, 8, 9, 10, 4, 2, 3

Plenary debates 1 26 February 2013: S4M-05612


Reports:

Title SP

Paper number

Date of publication

Government response

6th Report, 2013 (Session 4): Report on the Draft Second Climate Change Report on Proposals and Policies (RPP2)

292 22 March 2013 27 June 2013





3rd Report, 2013 (Session 4): Stage 1 Report on the High Hedges (Scotland) Bill

256 28 January 2013 31 January 2013



1st Report, 2013 (Session 4): Subordinate Legislation




10th Report, 2012 (Session 4): Report on Public Services Reform and Local Government: Strand 2 – Benchmarking and Performance Measurement

222 28 November 2012 12 September 2013

9th Report, 2012 (Session 4): Stage 1 Report on the Local Government Finance (Unoccupied Properties etc.) (Scotland) Bill

174 28 June 2012 10 September 2012

8th Report, 2012 (Session 4): Public Services Reform and Local Government - Strand 1: Partnerships and Outcomes

170 22 June 2012 12 September 2013

7th Report, 2012 (Session 4): Legislative Consent Memoranda



144 11 June 2012 n/a


4.3.11 National Trust for Scotland (Governance etc.) Bill Committee Established: 23 January 2013 Remit: To consider matters relating to The National Trust for Scotland

(Governance etc.) Bill.(As agreed by resolution of Parliament on 23 January 2013).

Convener: Fiona McLeod (from 26 February 2013) Deputy Convener: Jayne Baxter (from 26 February 2013) Membership: The committee has 4 members. Meetings: There were 4 meetings in the parliamentary year. No meetings were held


Number


Meetings attended:



Jayne Baxter Lab 4(4) James Dornan SNP 4(4) Jamie McGrigor Con 4(4) Fiona McLeod SNP 4(4)

There were no substitute members for this committee. Reporters: None Committee Clerk: Joanna Hardy Advisers: None Visits: None Events: None



Category Number



Business No Details

Inquiries 0 Consultations 0 Proposed Members‘ Bills considered 0 Draft Bills considered (Pre-legislative discussion)

0

Bills considered 1 The National Trust for Scotland (Governance etc.) Bill

Legislative Consent Memorandums 0 Public Body Act Consent Memorandums 0 SIs considered 0 SSIs considered 0 Petitions considered 0 Divisions held 0 Plenary debates 1 23 April 2013: S4M-06243

Reports:

Title SP

Paper number

Date of publication

Government response

1st Report, 2013 (Session 4): Preliminary Stage Report



4.3.12 Public Audit Committee Established: 1 June 2011 Remit: 1. The remit of the Public Audit Committee is to consider and report on— (a) any accounts laid before the Parliament; (b) any report laid before or made to the Parliament by the Auditor General

for Scotland; and (c) any other document laid before the Parliament, or referred to it by the

Parliamentary Bureau or by the Auditor General for Scotland, concerning financial control, accounting and auditing in relation to public expenditure.

2. No member of the Scottish Executive or junior Scottish Minister may be a member of the Committee and no member who represents a political party which is represented in the Scottish Executive may be convener of the Committee. (As agreed by resolution of Parliament on 1 June 2011).

Convener: Iain Gray Deputy Convener: Mary Scanlon Membership: The committee has 9 members. Meetings: There were 19 meetings in the parliamentary year. 1 meeting was held

outside the Parliament at the Glasgow City Chambers, Glasgow, on 22 June 2012.

Number


Meetings attended:



George Adam (until 4 September 2012) SNP 3(4) Colin Beattie SNP 18(19) Willie Coffey SNP 19(19) Bob Doris (from 10 January 2013) SNP 7(7) James Dornan (from 18 September 2012) SNP 14(14) Iain Gray Lab 19(19) Mark Griffin Lab 18(19) Colin Keir SNP 19(19) Mary Scanlon Con 18(19) Tavish Scott LD 13(19) Sandra White (4 September 2012-10 January 2013) SNP 8(8) Humza Yousaf (until 6 September 2012) SNP 4(4)



attended

Neil Bibby Lab 1 Jamie Hepburn (18 September 2012-20 October 2012) SNP 0 Liam McArthur LD 0 Christina McKelvie (from 25 October 2012) SNP 0 Gil Paterson (until 18 September 2012) SNP 2 Liz Smith Con 0

Reporters: None Committee Clerk: Jane Williams (until October 2012) Roz Thomson (from November 2012) Advisers: None Visits: 3 visits relating to the Section 23 report on cardiology services to City

Chambers, Drumchapel West Centre and Long-term conditions alliance hub, Glasgow


Category Number




Business No Details

Inquiries 4 Cardiology Services Commissioning Social Care Report; Management of patients on NHS waiting lists; Scottish rate of income tax

Consultations 4 Cardiology Services Report; Commissioning Social Care Report; Interim framework for auditing the Scottish rate of income tax;

Proposed Members‘ Bills considered

0


0

Bills considered 2 Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Scotland) Bill; Landfill Tax (Scotland) Bill

Legislative Consent Memorandums

0


0

SIs considered 0 SSIs considered 0 Petitions considered 0 Divisions held 0 Plenary debates 0

Reports:


Date of publication

Government response

3rd Report, 2013 (Session 4): Report on the management of patients on NHS waiting lists

315 9 May 2013 19 June 2013

2nd Report, 2013 (Session 4): Interim framework for auditing the Scottish rate of income tax

310 25 April 2013 No Response

1st Report, 2013 (Session 4): Report on Health inequalities


3rd Report, 2012 (Session 4): Cardiology Services

183 24 September 2013 27 November 2013

2nd Report, 2012 (Session 4): Annual Report 2011-12

145 12 June 2012 n/a


4.3.13 Public Petitions Committee Established: 1 June 2011 Remit: To consider public petitions addressed to the Parliament in accordance

with these Rules and, in particular, to (a) decide in a case of dispute whether a petition is admissible; (b) decide what action should be taken upon an admissible public petition;

and (c) keep under review the operation of the petitions system. (Standing Orders of the Scottish Parliament, Rule 6.10) Convener: David Stewart Deputy Convener: Chic Brodie (from 2 October 2012) Sandra White (until 18 September 2012) Membership: The committee has 7 members. Meetings: There were 20 meetings in the parliamentary year. 1 meeting was held

outside the Parliament at the Comhairle nan Eilean Siar Council Chamber, Stornoway, on 15 March 2013.

Number


Meetings attended:



Chic Brodie (from 18 September 2012) SNP 13(14) Jackson Carlaw (from 27 June 2012) Con 14(16) Adam Ingram (from 25 October 2012) SNP 11(13) Richard Lyle (18 September 2012-22 October 2012)

SNP 1(1)

Angus MacDonald SNP 20(20) Mark McDonald (until 18 September 2012) SNP 5(6) Anne McTaggart Lab 19(20) Nanette Milne (until 27 June 2012) Con 4(4) David Stewart Lab 19(20) Sandra White (until 18 September 2012) SNP 5(6) John Wilson SNP 18(20)



attended

Malcolm Chisholm Lab 0 Joe FitzPatrick (until 6 September 2012) SNP 2 Rob Gibson (18 September 2012-24 October 2012) SNP 0

Alex Johnstone Con 0 Maureen Watt (from 25 October 2012) SNP 2

Reporters: None Committee Clerk: Anne Peat Advisers: Dr Sarah Nelson - Inquiry into Child Sexual Exploitation in Scotland Visits: 2 fact-finding visits on tackling sexual exploitation in Scotland, and on

insulin pumps, both in Glasgow Events: 1 event relating to the 50th anniversary of the Scottish Youth Parliament; 1

event relating to the Committee‘s central role in Parliament Day 2 in the Western Isles.


Category Number

Petitioners 47 Scottish Executive Ministers 2 Scottish Executive officials 4 Members of the Scottish Parliament 0 Representatives of public bodies 7 Representatives of local authorities 6 UK Ministers 0 UK government officials 0 Members of the UK Parliament 0 Representatives from other legislatures 0 Representatives of trade unions 3 Representatives of professional associations 2 Representatives of voluntary sector 6 Other categories of witnesses 34



Business No Details

Inquiries 1 Inquiry into tackling child sexual exploitation in Scotland

Consultations 0 Proposed Members‘ Bills considered

0


0


0

SIs considered 0 SSIs considered 0 Divisions held 0 Plenary debates 1 7 May 2013: S4M-06455

Reports:


Date of publication

Government response

1st Report, 2012 (Session 4): Annual Report 2011-12

151 14 June 2012 n/a


Petitions Considered:

no. of petitions

New petitions lodged from 11 May 2012 until 10 May 2013 46

Petitions considered by the Public Petitions Committee from 11 May 2012 to 10 May 2013:

81

PE1098, PE1105, PE1124, PE1179, PE1223, PE1236, PE1285, PE1319, PE1351, PE1367, PE1383, PE1384, PE1393, PE1395, PE1396, PE1400, PE1402, PE1403, PE1404, PE1408, PE1411, PE1412, PE1413, PE1415, PE1416, PE1417, PE1418, PE1419, PE1421, PE1422, PE1423, PE1424, PE1425, PE1426, PE1427, PE1428, PE1429, PE1430, PE1431, PE1432, PE1433, PE1434, PE1435, PE1436, PE1437, PE1438, PE1439, PE1440, PE1441, PE1442, PE1443, PE1444, PE1445, PE1446, PE1447, PE1448, PE1449, PE1450, PE1451, PE1452, PE1453, PE1454, PE1455, PE1456, PE1457, PE1458, PE1459, PE1460, PE1461, PE1462, PE1463, PE1464, PE1465, PE1466, PE1467, PE1468, PE1469, PE1470, PE1471, PE1472, PE1473

Petitions referred to Scottish Parliament Committees: Education and Culture Committee: PE1395, PE1440 (2) Equal Opportunities Committee: PE1411, PE1413 (2) Health and Sport Committee: PE1384, PE1434, PE1451, PE1466 (4) Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee: PE1236, PE1424, PE1425 (3) Justice Committee: PE1403, PE1427, PE1436, PE1449 (4) Local Government and Regeneration Committee: PE1423, PE1433 (2) Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee: PE1124, PE1396, PE1450 (3)

20

Petitions referred for information only to Scottish Parliament Committees 0

Petitions closed: PE1179, PE1285, PE1367, PE1402, PE1415, PE1416, PE1417, PE1418, PE1419, PE1422, PE1426, PE1429, PE1430, PE1432, PE1435, PE1437, PE1442, PE1444, PE1447, PE1452, PE1455, PE1456, PE1459, PE1462, PE1464

25

Petitions withdrawn at the request of the petitioner 0


4.3.14 Referendum (Scotland) Bill Committee Established: 23 October 2012 Remit: To consider matters relating to The Scotland Act 1998 (Modification of

Schedule 5) Order 2013, the Referendum (Scotland) Bill, its implementation and any associated legislation. (As agreed by resolution of Parliament on 23 October 2012).

Convener: Bruce Crawford (from 25 October 2012) Deputy Convener: James Kelly (from 25 October 2012) Membership: The committee has 11 members. Meetings: There were 19 meetings in the parliamentary year. No meetings were held


Number


Meetings attended:



Bruce Crawford SNP 19(19) Annabelle Ewing SNP 19(19) Linda Fabiani SNP 18(19) Patricia Ferguson Lab 18(19) Rob Gibson SNP 19(19) Annabel Goldie Con 14(19) Patrick Harvie Green 17(19) James Kelly Lab 17(19) Stewart Maxwell SNP 15(19) Stuart McMillan SNP 18(19) Tavish Scott LD 17(19)


attended

Richard Baker Lab 3 Alison Johnstone Green 0

Bill Kidd SNP 6 John Lamont Con 5

Willie Rennie LD 1


Reporters: None Committee Clerk: Andrew Mylne Advisers: Iain Grant - Scottish Independence Referendum Bill Scottish Independence Referendum (Franchise) Bill Professor Stephen Tierney - Scottish Independence Referendum Bill Visits: None Events: None Witnesses: The following witnesses were called to give oral evidence:

Category Number



Business No Details

Inquiries 1 Referendum (Scotland) Bill Consultations 0 Proposed Members‘ Bills considered 0 Draft Bills considered (Pre-legislative discussion)

1 Proposed referendum franchise bill 21 February 2013, 7 March 2013

Bills considered 2 Scottish Independence Referendum (Franchise) Bill; Scottish Independence Referendum Bill

Legislative Consent Memorandums 0 Public Body Act Consent Memorandums

0

SIs considered 0 SSIs considered 0 Petitions considered 0 Divisions held 0 Plenary debates 0


Reports:



response

1st Report, 2013 (Session 4): Stage 1 Report on the Scottish Independence Referendum (Franchise) Bill


1st Report, 2012 (Session 4): The Scotland Act 1998 (Modification of Schedule 5) Order 2013 [draft]



4.3.15 Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee Established: 1 June 2011 Remit: To consider and report on agriculture, fisheries, rural development, climate

change, the environment and other matters falling within the responsibility of the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs & the Environment. (As agreed by resolution of Parliament on 1 June 2011).

Convener: Rob Gibson Deputy Convener: Graeme Dey (from 31 October 2012) Annabelle Ewing (until 24 October 2012) Membership: The committee has 9 members. Meetings: There were 33 meetings in the parliamentary year. No meetings were held


Number


Meetings attended:



Jayne Baxter (from 12 December 2012) Lab 16(17) Claudia Beamish Lab 32(33) Graeme Dey SNP 32(33) Nigel Don (from 25 October 2012) SNP 24(24) Annabelle Ewing (until 24 October 2012) SNP 9(9) Alex Fergusson Con 29(33) Rob Gibson SNP 32(33) Jim Hume LD 30(33) Richard Lyle SNP 31(33) Angus MacDonald (from 18 September 2012) SNP 26(27) Margaret McDougall (until 12 December 2012) Lab 15(16) Dennis Robertson (until 18 September 2012) SNP 4(5)


attended

Claire Baker (from 18 September 2012) Lab 3 Roderick Campbell (from 10 January 2013) SNP 1 Nigel Don (until 24 October 2012) SNP 2 Jamie McGrigor (from 23 May 2012) Con 1 Alison McInnes LD 0 Gil Paterson (25 October 2012-10 January 2013) SNP 1


Reporters: EU Reporter: Jim Hume MSP Community Transport Inquiry: Jayne Baxter MSP Clerk: Lynn Tullis Advisers: Jan Polley – Budget Adviser. Visits: 1 fact-finding visit to Gigha for community ownership land reform; 1 fact-

finding visit to Bute on tenant farmers; 2 fact-finding visits to Aberdeenshire and Fort William for the Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Bill


Category Number




Business No Details

Inquiries 0 Consultations 1 Draft Budget 2013-14 Proposed Members‘ Bills considered 1 Criminalisation of the Purchase of Sex

(Scotland) Bill 19 June 2012 Draft Bills considered (Pre-legislative discussion)

1 Expected Crofting Bill 8 May 2013

Bills considered 3 Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Bill Long Leases (Scotland) Bill Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Bill

Legislative Consent Memorandums 0 Name of bill (taken from Westminster website) Public Body Act Consent Memorandums 0 SIs considered 0 SSIs considered 3 3 draft affirmatives, 0 affirmatives and

0 negatives Petitions considered 3 PE1124, PE1396, PE1450

Divisions held 40 20 March 2013: Aquaculture and Fisheries

(Scotland) Bill Stage 2 amendments: 1, 65, 66, 49, 50, 51, 52, 2, 67, 68, 69, 11; 27 March 2013: Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Bill Stage 2 amendments: 53, 54, 70, 71, 72, 55, 73, 74, 75, 56, 76, 77, 57, 59, 30, 32, 4, 33, 5, 90, 6, 7, 8, 10, 60, 61, 62, 78

Plenary debates 2 17 January 2013: S4M-05320; 26 March 2013: S4M-06033

Reports:



response

3rd Report, 2013 (Session 4): Subordinate Legislation


2nd Report, 2013 (Session 4): Report on Low Carbon Scotland: Meeting our Emissions Reductions Targets 2013-2027 - The Draft Second Report on Proposals

289 22 March 2013 27 June 2013

1st Report, 2013 (Session 4): Stage 1 Report on the Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Bill

260 4 February 2013 26 February 2013







8th Report, 2012 (Session 4): Subordinate legislation and guidance subject to approval



160 15 June 2012 n/a


4.3.16 Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee,. Established: 1 June 2011 Remit: 1.The remit of the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments

Committee is to consider and report on— (a) the practice and procedures of the Parliament in relation to its

business; (b) whether a member‘s conduct is in accordance with these Rules and

any Code of Conduct for members, matters relating to members interests, and any other matters relating to the conduct of members in carrying out their Parliamentary duties;

(c) the adoption, amendment and application of any Code of Conduct for members; and

(d) matters relating to public appointments in Scotland. 2. Where the Committee considers it appropriate, it may by motion

recommend that a member‘s rights and privileges be withdrawn to such extent and for such period as are specified in the motion.

Convener: Dave Thompson Deputy Convener: Helen Eadie Membership: The committee has 7 members. Meetings: There were 18 meetings in the parliamentary year. No meetings were held


Number


Meetings attended:



Brian Adam (18 September 2012-25 April 2013) SNP 6(11) Margaret Burgess (until 6 September 2012) SNP 4(4) Bob Doris (until 27 June 2012) SNP 4(4) Helen Eadie Lab 14(18) John Lamont Con 14(18) Richard Lyle (from 25 October 2012) SNP 11(11) John Mason (18 September 2012-25 October 2012)

SNP 2(2)

Margaret McCulloch Lab 17(18) Fiona McLeod (from 27 June 2012) SNP 13(14) Dave Thompson SNP 17(18) Paul Wheelhouse (until 6 September 2012) SNP 4(4)



attended

George Adam (from 18 September 2012) SNP 8 Roderick Campbell (until 18 September 2012) SNP 1

Mark Griffin Lab 1 David McLetchie Con 0

Reporters: None Clerks: Gillian Baxendine; Alison Walker Advisers: None Visits: None Events: None Witnesses: The following witnesses were called to give oral evidence:

Category Number



Business No Details

Inquiries 6 Code of Conduct; Parliamentary reform; Post-Legislative Scrutiny; Presiding Officer elections Rule changes arising from the Scotland Act 2012; Scottish Law Commission Bills

Consultations 1 Members‘ Interests Proposed Members‘ Bills considered 0 Draft Bills considered (Pre-legislative discussion)

0

Bills considered 0 Legislative Consent Memorandums 0 Public Body Act Consent 0


Business No Details

Memorandums SIs considered 0 SSIs considered 0 Petitions considered 0 Divisions held 0 Plenary debates 8 31 May 2012: S4M-03052;

6 June 2012: S4M-03141; 27 June 2012: S4M-03309; 2 October 2012: S4M-04298; 20 November 2012: S4M-04830; 20 November 2012: S4M-04832; 23 January 2013: S4M-05402; 23 January 2013: S4M-05403

Reports:

Title SP

Paper number


response

2nd Report, 2013 (Session 4): Implementing Scottish Law Commission reports


1st Report, 2013 (Session 4): SPCB Membership - Standing Order Rule Changes


9th Report, 2012 (Session 4): Review of Cross-Party Groups


8th Report, 2012 (Session 4): Review of Section 7 of the Code of Conduct


7th Report, 2012 (Session 4): Consultation on the Code of Practice for Ministerial Appointments to Public Bodies in Scotland


6th Report, 2012 (Session 4): Public Bodies Act orders - Standing Order rule changes


5th Report, 2012 (Session 4): Scotland Act 2012 Standing Order rule changes - Legislative Competence Statements


4th Report, 2012 (Session 4): Scotland Act: Standing Order rule changes


3rd Report, 2012 (Session 4): Annual Report

147 11 June 2012 n/a

2nd Report, 2012 (Session 4): Parliamentary Reform - Standing Order rule changes



4.3.17 Subordinate Legislation Committee Established: 1 June 2011 Remit: 1. The remit of the Subordinate Legislation Committee is to consider and

report on— (a) any— (i) subordinate legislation laid before the Parliament; (ii) [deleted] (iii) pension or grants motion as described in Rule 8.11A.1; and, in particular, to determine whether the attention of the Parliament

should be drawn to any of the matters mentioned in Rule 10.3.1; (b) proposed powers to make subordinate legislation in particular Bills or

other proposed legislation; (c) general questions relating to powers to make subordinate legislation; (d) whether any proposed delegated powers in particular Bills or other legislation should be expressed as a power to make subordinate

legislation; (e) any failure to lay an instrument in accordance with section 28(2), 30(2)

or 31 of the 2010 Act; and (f) proposed changes to the procedure to which subordinate legislation laid

before the Parliament is subject. Convener: Nigel Don Deputy Convener: Stewart Stevenson (from 2 October 2012) James Dornan (until 18 September 2012) Membership: The committee has 7 members. Meetings: There were 32 meetings in the parliamentary year. No meetings were held


Number



Meetings attended:



Chic Brodie (until 18 September 2012) SNP 8(8) Nigel Don SNP 32(32) James Dornan (until 18 September 2012) SNP 8(8) Jim Eadie (from 25 October 2012) SNP 18(22) Mike MacKenzie SNP 32(32) Hanzala Malik (from 27 June 2012) Lab 24(26) Michael McMahon (until 27 June 2012) Lab 6(6) Stuart McMillan (18 September-25 October 2012) SNP 2(2) John Pentland Lab 31(32) John Scott Con 28(32) Stewart Stevenson (from 18 September 2012) SNP 22(24)


attended

Marco Biagi (until 18 September 2012) SNP 0

Bruce Crawford (from 18 September 2012) SNP 4 John Lamont Con 0 Margaret McCulloch Lab 0

Reporters: None Committee Clerk: Irene Fleming (until October 2012) Euan Donald (from October 2012) Advisers: None Visits: None Events: None Witnesses: The following witnesses were called to give oral evidence:

Category Number




Business No Details

Inquiries 0 Consultations 0 Proposed Members‘ Bills considered

0


0

Bills considered 20 Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Bill; Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Bill; Budget (Scotland) (No.2) Bill; Forth Road Bridge Bill; Freedom of Information (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill; High Hedges (Scotland) Bill; Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Scotland) Bill; Land Registration etc.(Scotland) Bill; Local Government Finance (Unoccupied Properties etc.) (Scotland) Bill; Long Leases (Scotland) Bill; Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Bill; Post-16 Education (Scotland) Bill; Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Bill; Scottish Civil Justice Council and Criminal Legal Assistance Bill; Scottish Independence Referendum (Franchise) Bill; Scottish Independence Referendum Bill; Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Bill; Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Bill; Water Resources (Scotland) Bill ; Welfare Reform (Further Provision) (Scotland) Bill

Legislative Consent Memorandums 8 Crime and Courts Bill; Electoral Registration and Administration Bill; Energy Bill; Growth and Infrastructure Bill; Local Government Finance Bill; Marine Navigation (No. 2) Bill; Prisons (Interference with Wireless Telegraphy) Bill; Public Service Pensions Bill


3 Draft British Waterways Board (Transfer of Functions) Order 2012; The Public Bodies (Abolition of Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council) Order 2013; The Public Bodies (The Office of Fair Trading Transfer of Consumer Advice Scheme Function


Business No Details

and Modification of Enforcement Functions) Order 2013

SIs considered 4 2 draft affirmatives, 2 negatives: SI 2012/3073, SI 2012/3171

SSIs considered 279 59 draft affirmatives, 0 affirmatives and 220 negatives: SSI 2012/137, SSI 2012/138, SSI 2012/139, SSI 2012/140, SSI 2012/141, SSI 2012/142, SSI 2012/143, SSI 2012/145, SSI 2012/146, SSI 2012/147, SSI 2012/151, SSI 2012/153, SSI 2012/154, SSI 2012/155, SSI 2012/161, SSI 2012/163, SSI 2012/164, SSI 2012/165, SSI 2012/166, SSI 2012/167, SSI 2012/170, SSI 2012/171, SSI 2012/172, SSI 2012/173, SSI 2012/174, SSI 2012/176, SSI 2012/177, SSI 2012/178, SSI 2012/179, SSI 2012/180, SSI 2012/181, SSI 2012/182, SSI 2012/183, SSI 2012/190, SSI 2012/197, SSI 2012/198, SSI 2012/199, SSI 2012/205, SSI 2012/206, SSI 2012/208, SSI 2012/209, SSI 2012/214, SSI 2012/219, SSI 2012/220, SSI 2012/228, SSI 2012/236, SSI 2012/237, SSI 2012/238, SSI 2012/243, SSI 2012/250, SSI 2012/258, SSI 2012/259, SSI 2012/260, SSI 2012/266, SSI 2012/276, SSI 2012/282, SSI 2012/284, SSI 2012/285, SSI 2012/286, SSI 2012/289, SSI 2012/290, SSI 2012/291, SSI 2012/292, SSI 2012/293, SSI 2012/294, SSI 2012/295, SSI 2012/296, SSI 2012/297, SSI 2012/301, SSI 2012/303, SSI 2012/305, SSI 2012/306, SSI 2012/307, SSI 2012/308, SSI 2012/315, SSI 2012/316, SSI 2012/318, SSI 2012/319, SSI 2012/320, SSI 2012/321, SSI 2012/322, SSI 2012/324, SSI 2012/325, SSI 2012/326, SSI 2012/327, SSI 2012/328, SSI 2012/334, SSI 2012/335, SSI 2012/336, SSI 2012/337, SSI 2012/338, SSI 2012/339, SSI 2012/341, SSI 2012/343, SSI 2012/344, SSI 2012/347, SSI 2012/348, SSI 2012/349, SSI 2012/352, SSI 2012/353, SSI 2012/354, SSI 2012/355, SSI 2013/4, SSI 2013/5, SSI 2013/6, SSI 2013/7, SSI 2013/8, SSI 2013/9, SSI 2013/12, SSI 2013/20, SSI 2013/29, SSI 2013/31, SSI 2013/34, SSI 2013/35, SSI 2013/36, SSI 2013/37, SSI 2013/39, SSI 2013/40, SSI 2013/41, SSI 2013/42, SSI 2013/43, SSI 2013/48, SSI 2013/49, SSI 2013/52, SSI 2013/53, SSI 2013/58, SSI 2013/59, SSI 2013/60, SSI 2013/61, SSI 2013/62, SSI 2013/63 SSI 2013/64, SSI 2013/65, SSI 2013/67,


Business No Details

SSI 2013/68, SSI 2013/69, SSI 2013/70, SSI 2013/71, SSI 2013/73, SSI 2013/74, SSI 2013/75, SSI 2013/76, SSI 2013/77, SSI 2013/78, SSI 2013/79, SSI 2013/80, SSI 2013/83, SSI 2013/84, SSI 2013/85, SSI 2013/86, SSI 2013/87, SSI 2013/89, SSI 2013/90, SSI 2013/92, SSI 2013/93, SSI 2013/94, SSI 2013/95, SSI 2013/96, SSI 2013/97, SSI 2013/100, SSI 2013/109, SSI 2013/112, SSI 2013/122, SSI 2013/123, SSI 2013/125, SSI 2013/126, SSI 2013/127, SSI 2013/128, SSI 2013/129, SSI 2013/131, SSI 2013/140, SSI 2013/141, SSI 2013/142, SSI 2013/143, SSI 2013/144, SSI 2013/146, SSI 2013/147, SSI 2013/148, SSI 2013/149, SSI 2013/150, SSI 2013/151, SSI 2013/152, SSI 2013/153, SSI 2013/154, SSI 2013/155, SSI 2013/156, SSI 2013/157, SSI 2013/160, SSI 2013/168, SSI 2013/169, SSI 2013/170, SSI 2013/173, SSI 2013/174, SSI 2013/175, SSI 2013/176, SSI 2013/177, SSI 2013/178, SSI 2013/179, SSI 2013/180, SSI 2013/181, SSI 2013/182, SSI 2013/183, SSI 2013/184, SSI 2013/185, SSI 2013/186, SSI 2013/187, SSI 2013/188, SSI 2013/189, SSI 2013/191, SSI 2013/199, SSI 2013/201, SSI 2013/202, SSI 2013/215, SSI 2013/217, SSI 2013/218, SSI 2013/221, SSI 2013/222, SSI 2013/228, SSI 2013/229, SSI 2013/239

Petitions considered 0 Divisions held 4 27 November 2012: Council Tax Reduction

(Scotland) Regulations 2012 (SSI 2012/303): the proposition is, that we see no need to report the regulations on the basis of a devolution issue; 11 December 2012: Council Tax Reduction (State Pension Credit) (Scotland) Regulations 2012 (SSI 2012/319): the proposition is that the committee accepts the Scottish Government‘s view that the regulations are intra vires; 26 February 2013: Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2013 (SSI 2013/48): the proposition is that the committee considers that the regulations are intra vires and should not be drawn to the attention of the Parliament; 26 February 2013: Council Tax Reduction (State Pension Credit) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2013 (SSI 2013/49): the proposition is that the committee considers that


Business No Details

the regulations are intra vires and should not be drawn to the attention of the Parliament

Plenary debates 0

Reports:

Title SP

Paper number

Date of publication

Government response



26th Report, 2013 (Session 4): Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Bill as amended at stage 2








22nd Report, 2013 (Session 4): High Hedges (Scotland) Bill as amended at Stage 2




20th Report, 2013 (Session 4): Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Bill

286 19 March 2013 6 June 2013

19th Report, 2013 (Session 4): Scottish Independence Referendum (Franchise) Bill








15th Report, 2013 (Session 4): Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Scotland) Bill

270 19 February 2013 18 April 2013

14th Report, 2013 (Session 4): Post-16 Education (Scotland) Bill

269 19 February 2013 27 March 2013

13th Report, 2013 (Session 4): Water Resources (Scotland) Bill as amended at stage 2




11th Report, 2013 (Session 4): Public Body Consent Memorandum on the Public Bodies (Abolition of Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council) Order 2013





Title SP

Paper number

Date of publication

Government response



8th Report, 2013 (Session 4): Budget (Scotland) (No.2) Bill


7th Report, 2013 (Session 4): Forth Road Bridge Bill at Stage 1




5th Report, 2013 (Session 4): Public Body Consent Memorandum on the Public Bodies (Office of Fair Trading Transfer of Consumer Advice Scheme Function and Modification of Enforcement Functions) Order [2013]




3rd Report, 2013 (Session 4): Freedom of Information (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill as amended at stage 2


2nd Report, 2013 (Session 4): Legislative Consent Memorandum on Energy Bill




62nd Report, 2012 (Session 4): Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Bill

241 18 December 2012 19 February 2013





59th Report, 2012 (Session 4): Public Body Consent Memorandum on the Public Bodies (Abolition of British Shipbuilders) Order [2013]


58th Report, 2012 (Session 4): High Hedges (Scotland) Bill


57th Report, 2012 (Session 4): Legislative Consent Memorandum on Marine Navigation (No.2) Bill








53rd Report, 2012 (Session 4): Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Bill as amended at Stage 2


52nd Report, 2012 (Session 4): Annual Report 2011-12

217 20 November 2012 n/a


Title SP

Paper number

Date of publication

Government response

51st Report, 2012 (Session 4): Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Growth and Infrastructure Bill






48th Report, 2012 (Session 4): Water Resources (Scotland) Bill

204 1 November 2012 26 November 2012





45th Report, 2012 (Session 4): Local Government Finance (Unoccupied Properties etc.) (Scotland) Bill as amended at stage 2


44th Report 2012 (Session 4): Subordinate Legislation




No Response

42nd Report, 2012 (Session 4): Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Prisons (Interference with Wireless Telegraphy) Bill


No Response



40th Report, 2012 (Session 4): Freedom of Information (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill




38th Report, 2012 (Session 4): Scottish Civil Justice Council and Criminal Legal Assistance Bill

176 27 June 2012 18 October 2012



36th Report, 2012 (Session 4): Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Bill as amended at Stage 2


35th Report, 2012 (Session 4): Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Crime and Courts Bill


34th Report, 2012 (Session 4): Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Local Government Finance Bill


33rd Report, 2012 (Session 4): Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Electoral Registration and Administration Bill





Title SP

Paper number

Date of publication

Government response

31st Report, 2012 (Session 4): Annual Report 2011-12

152 12 June 2012 n/a



29th Report, 2012 (Session 4): Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Bill

134 23 May 2012 23 July 2012

28th Report, 2012 (Session 4): Local Government Finance (Unoccupied Properties etc.) (Scotland) Bill

133 23 May 2012 5 September 2012

27th Report, 2012 (Session 4): Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Bill as amended at Stage 2




25th Report, 2012 (Session 4) Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Bill as amended at Stage 2


24th Report, 2012 (Session 4) Subordinate Legislation



4.3.18 Welfare Reform Committee Established: 25 January 2012 Remit: The remit is to keep under review the passage of the UK Welfare Reform

Bill and monitor its implementation as it affects welfare provision in Scotland and to consider relevant Scottish legislation and other consequential arrangements. (As agreed by resolution of Parliament on 25 January 2012).

Convener: Michael McMahon Deputy Convener: Jamie Hepburn Membership: The committee has 7 members. Meetings: There were 15 meetings in the parliamentary year. No meetings were held


Number


Meetings attended:



Jackie Baillie (27 June 2012-18 September 2012) Lab 0(1) Margaret Burgess (until 6 September 2012) SNP 3(3) Annabelle Ewing SNP 15(15) Linda Fabiani (from 18 September 2012) SNP 11(11) Iain Gray (from 18 September 2012) Lab 11(11) Jamie Hepburn SNP 14(15) Alex Johnstone Con 15(15) Michael McMahon Lab 14(15) Drew Smith (until 27 June 2012) Lab 2(3) Kevin Stewart SNP 15(15)


attended

Jackie Baillie (until 27 June 2012), (from 18 September 2012)

Lab 1

Linda Fabiani (until 18 September 2012) SNP 1 Kenneth Gibson (from 25 October 2012) SNP 0

Christina McKelvie (18 September 2012-24 October 2012)

SNP 0


Reporters: Alex Johnstone MSP, Michael McMahon MSP; Kevin Stewart MSP Committee Clerk: Simon Watkins Advisers: Professor Paul Spicker Visits: 6 welfare reform pilot fact-finding visits to local authorities in West Lothian,

South and North Lanarkshire, Aberdeenshire, Dundee, West Dunbartonshire, Dumfries and Galloway, 1 welfare reform pilot visit to New Horizons, Galashiels; 1 fact-finding visit to Dunedin Canmore, Edinburgh; 1 fact-finding visit to Atos work capability assessment, Edinburgh


Category Number



Business No Details

Inquiries 0 Consultations 1 Local authorities‘ preparation for welfare reform Proposed Members‘ Bills considered 0 Draft Bills considered (Pre-legislative discussion)

0

Bills considered 1 Welfare Reform (Further Provision) (Scotland) Bill Legislative Consent Memorandums 0 Public Body Act Consent Memorandums

0

SIs considered 1 1 draft affirmative SSIs considered 3 1 draft affirmatives, 0 affirmatives and 2

negatives: SSI 2013/65, SSI 2013/64 Petitions considered 0 Divisions held 3 13 June 2012: Welfare Reform (Further Provision)

(Scotland) Bill Stage 2 amendments: 1, 2, 4 Plenary debates 1 23 April 2013: S4M-06244


Reports:

Title SP

Paper number


response

3rd Report, 2013 (Session 4): Subordinate legislation


2nd Report, 2013 (Session 4): The Impact of Welfare Reform on Scotland


1st Report, 2013 (Session 4): The Welfare Reform (Consequential Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 (SSI 2013/65)


2nd Report, 2012 (Session 4): The Scotland Act 1998 (Modification of Schedule 5) (No. 2) Order 2013 (draft)


1st Report, 2012 (Session 4): Stage 1 Report on the Welfare Reform (Further Provision) (Scotland) Bill



5. Legislation 5.1 Bills and Proposed Bills 5.1.1 Summary Proposals for Bills

Members’ Bills proposals Number

Draft Proposals lodged 10 Draft Proposals fell 1 Draft Proposals withdrawn 2 Final Proposals lodged after no consultation 1 Final Proposals lodged after consultation 2 Final Proposals fell 0 Final Proposals withdrawn 0

Bills

Bills introduced Number

Government Bills 15 Members‘ Bills 1 Committee Bills 0 Hybrid Bills 0 Private Bills 2

Total 18

Bills fell Number


Total 0

Bills withdrawn Number


Total 0

Bills passed Number


Total 15


Acts of the Scottish Parliament

Royal Assent Number

Received (Acts of Scottish Parliament) 15

Average number of days taken to pass Bills (from date of introduction to date of Royal Assent)

230


5.1.2 Progress of Public Bills during the second parliamentary year of Session 4, in chronological order of introduction

Preliminary

Discussion Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Royal Assent

Bill Title SP Bill

number Type Length*

Introduction Committee

Lead

Committee

Other

Committees

Stage 1

Report Plenary Committee Plenary Passed Length*

Date

Length of

passage

(calendar

days)

Act

Number

National Library of

Scotland Bill

16 May 12 16 May 12 13 21 Jun 12 239 2012 (asp 3)

Agricultural Holdings

(Amendment)

(Scotland) Bill

7 Jun 12 7 Jun 12 2 12 Jul 12 256 2012 (asp 6)

Alcohol (Minimum

Pricing) (Scotland) Bill

After Stage 2:

SL 15 May 12

SP 127

24 May 12 24 May 12 4 29 Jun 12 243 2012 (asp 4)

Criminal Cases

(Punishment and

Review) (Scotland) Bill

J 15 May 12 20 Jun 12 20 Jun 12 9 26 Jul 12 240 2012 (asp 7)

Land Registration etc.

(Scotland) Bill

After Stage 2:

SL 22 May 12

SP 132

31 May 12 31 May 12 94 10 Jul 12 223 2012 (asp 5)

Long Leases (Scotland)

Bill

SL 15 May 12 RACCE 16

May 12

28 Jun 12 28 Jun 12 47 7 Aug 12 209 2012 (asp 9)

Police and Fire Reform

(Scotland) Bill

J 29 May 12

J 12 Jun 12

After Stage 2:

SL 19 Jun 12

SP 166

27 Jun 12 27 Jun 12 132 7 Aug 12 205 2012 (asp 8)


Preliminary


Bill Title SP Bill

number Type Length*


Lead

Committee

Other

Committees

Stage 1


Date

Length of

passage

(calendar

days)

Act

Number

Social Care (Self-

directed Support)

(Scotland) Bill

HS 15 May 12

HS 22 May 12

HS 29 May 12

HS 19 Jun 12

HS 26 Jun 12

SL 15 May 12

SL 22 May 12

SL 18 Sep 12

SL 23 Oct 12

FI 16 May 12

SP 134

SP 178

18 Sep 12 HS 30 Oct 12

After Stage 2:

SL 20 Nov 12

SP 218

28 Nov 12 28 Nov 11 14 10 Jan 13 317 2013 (asp 1)

Welfare Reform

(Further Provision)

(Scotland) Bill

WRC 15 May 12

SL 12 Jun 12 SP 125 23 May 12 WRC 13 Jun

12

28 Jun 12 28 Jun 12 3 7 Aug 12 139 2012 (asp 10)

Local Government

Finance (Unoccupied

Properties etc.)

(Scotland) Bill

LGR 16 May 12

LGR 23 May 12

LGR 30 May 12

LGR 20 Jun 12

LGR 26 Jun 12

FI 16 May 12

FI 23 May 12

SL 15 May 12

SL 22 May 12

SL 18 Sep 12

SP 133

SP 174

6 Sep 12 LGR 26 Sep

12

After Stage 2:

SL 23 Oct 12

SP 195

31 Oct 12 31 Oct 12 4 5 Dec 12 255 2012 (asp 11)

Scottish Civil Justice

Council and Criminal

Legal Assistance Bill

J 15 May 12

FI 30 May 12

J 26 Jun 12

J 4 Sep 12

J 11 Sep 12

J 18 Sep 12

J 25 Sep 12

J 2 Oct 12

SL 12 Jun 12

SL 26 Jun 12

SL 23 Oct 12

FI 5 Sep 12

SP 176

SP 193

25 Oct 12 J 13 Nov 12 29 Jan 13 29 Jan 13 15 5 Mar 13 308 2013 (asp 3)

Freedom of Information

(Amendment)

(Scotland) Bill

14 Ex 3 30 May 12 FI 13 Jun 12 FI 5 Sep 12

FI 12 Sep 12

FI 24 Oct 12

FI 31 Oct 12

SL 4 Sep 12 SP 180

SP 201

15 Nov 12 FI 5 Dec 12

After Stage 2:

SL 8 Jan 13

SP 246

16 Jan 13 16 Jan 13 4 19 Feb 13 266 2013 (asp 2)


Preliminary


Bill Title SP Bill

number Type Length*


Lead

Committee

Other

Committees

Stage 1


Date

Length of

passage

(calendar

days)

Act

Number

Water Resources

(Scotland) Bill

15 Ex 38 27 Jun 12 ICI 20 Jun 12 ICI 12 Sep 12

ICI 19 Sep 12

ICI 26 Sep 12

ICI 3 Oct 12

ICI 24 Oct 12

ICI 31 Oct 12

ICI 7 Nov 12

ICI 21 Nov 12

ICI 28 Nov 12

FI 5 Sep 12

FI 3 Oct 12

SL 2 Oct 12

SL 30 Oct 12

SL 18 Dec 12

SP 204

SP 228

19 Dec 12 ICI 23 Jan 13

After Stage 2:

SL 19 Feb 13

SP 268

27 Feb 13 27 Feb 13 42 9 Apr 13 287 2013 (asp 5)

High Hedges (Scotland)

Bill

16 M 16 2 Oct 12 LGR 3 Oct 12 LGR 5 Dec 12

LGR 12 Dec 12

LGR 19 Dec 12

LGR 23 Jan 13

FI 24 Oct 12

FI 12 Dec 12

SL 27 Nov 12

SL 11 Dec 12

SL 5 Feb 13

SP 233

SP 256

5 Feb 13 LGR 6 Mar 13

After Stage 2:

SL 26 Mar 13

SP 296

28 Mar 13 28 Mar 13 17 2 May 13 213 2013 (asp 6)

Aquaculture and

Fisheries (Scotland) Bill

17 G 55 3 Oct 12 RACCE 24 Oct

12

RACCE 28 Nov

12

RACCE 5 Dec

12

RACCE 12 Dec

12

RACCE 19 Dec

12

RACCE 9 Jan 13

RACCE 23 Jan

13

RACCE 30 Jan

12

FI 24 Oct 12

SL 4 Dec 12

SL 18 Dec 12

SL 26 Feb 13

SP 241

SP 260

28 Feb 13 RACCE 20

Mar 13

RACCE 27

Mar 13

After Stage 2:

SL 7 May 13

SP 316


Preliminary


Bill Title SP Bill

number Type Length*


Lead

Committee

Other

Committees

Stage 1


Date

Length of

passage

(calendar

days)

Act

Number

Post-16 Education

(Scotland) Bill

18 G 38 27 Nov 12 EC 4 Dec 12

EC 11 Dec 12

FI 5 Dec 12

EC 15 Jan 13

EC 22 Jan 13

EC 5 Feb 13

EC 19 Feb 13

EC 26 Feb 13

EC 12 Mar 13

EC 19 Mar 13

EC 7 May 13

SL 22 Jan 13

SL 19 Feb 13

SL 16 Apr 13

FI 30 Jan 12

SP 269

SP 283

27 Mar 13

After Stage

1:

EC 7 May

13

FI 20 Feb 13

Land and Buildings

Transaction Tax

(Scotland) Bill

19 G 97 29 Nov 12 FI 5 Dec 12 FI 23 Jan 13

FI 30 Jan 13

FI 6 Feb 13

FI 20 Feb 13

FI 27 Feb 13

FI 20 Mar 13

PA 16 Jan 13

PA 27 Feb 13

SL 29 Jan 13

SL 19 Feb 13

SL 30 Apr 13

SP 270

SP 295

25 Apr 13

After Stage

1: SL 30

Apr 13

FI 1 May

13

Forth Road Bridge Bill 20 G 3 11 Dec 12 ICI 12 Dec 12 ICI 16 Jan 13

ICI 6 Feb 13

ICI 20 Feb 13

ICI 27 Feb 13

ICI 13 Mar 13

FI 9 Jan 13

SL 22 Jan 13

SP 253

SP 281

26 Mar 13 ICI 1 May 13

Budget (Scotland)

(No.2) Bill

22 BB 10 17 Jan 13 SL 22 Jan 13 SP 254 22 Jan 13 FI 30 Jan 12 6 Feb 13 6 Feb 13 13 Mar 13 56 2013 (asp 4)


Preliminary


Bill Title SP Bill

number Type Length*


Lead

Committee

Other

Committees

Stage 1


Date

Length of

passage

(calendar

days)

Act

Number

Victims and Witnesses

(Scotland) Bill

23 G 28 6 Feb 13 J 19 Feb 13 J 12 Mar 13

J 19 Mar 13

J 16 Apr 13

J 23 Apr 13

J 30 Apr 13

SL 26 Feb 13

SL 19 Mar 13

FI 27 Feb 13

HS 26 Mar 13

HS 16 Apr 13

HS 23 Apr 13

HS 30 Apr 13

SP 286

Scottish Independence

Referendum

(Franchise) Bill

24 G 20 11 Mar 13 REF 7 Mar 13 REF 14 Mar 13

REF 21 Mar 13

REF 28 Mar 13

REF 18 Apr 13

REF 25 Apr 13

REF 2 May 13

SL 19 Mar 13

SL16 Apr 13

FI 20 Mar 13

SP 285

SP 314

Scottish Independence

Referendum Bill

25 G 146 21 Mar 13 REF 28 Mar 13

REF 2 May 13

REF 9 May 13

SL 16 Apr 13

Regulatory Reform

(Scotland) Bill

26 G 57 27 Mar 13 EET 24 Apr 13

RACCE 24 Apr

13

FI 1 May 13

SL 7 May 13


Preliminary


Bill Title SP Bill

number Type Length*


Lead

Committee

Other

Committees

Stage 1


Date

Length of

passage

(calendar

days)

Act

Number

Children and Young

People (Scotland) Bill

27 G 46 17 Apr 13 EC 7 May 13

Landfill Tax (Scotland)

Bill

28 G 23 17 Apr 13 FI 24 Apr 13 PA 1 May 13

Tribunals (Scotland) Bill 30 G 58 8 May 13

Crofting (Amendment)

(Scotland) Bill

31 G 6 9 May 13

*Length is the number of pages in the Bill excluding contents pages and backsheets


5.1.3 Progress of all Private Bills introduced during the second parliamentary year of Session 4, in chronological order

Preliminary Stage Consideration

Stage Final Stage Royal Assent

Bill Title SP Bill

number Type Length*

Introduction

Private Bill

Committee

Other

Committees

Preliminary

Stage

Report

Plenary Committee Plenary Passed Length*

Date

Length of

passage

(calendar

days)

Act

number

The National Trust for

Scotland (Governance

etc.) Bill

21 P 3 7 Jan 13 NTS 26 Feb

13

NTS 12 Mar

13

NTS 26 Mar

13

NTS 23 Apr

13

SP 298 23 Apr

13

NTS 7 May 13

City of Edinburgh

Council (Portobello

Park) Bill

29 P 3 25 Apr 13

*Length is the number of pages in the Bill excluding contents pages and backsheets


5.2 Subordinate Legislation Subordinate Legislation Received in the Chamber Desk

Number From 11

May 2012

Jun 12

Jul 12

Aug 12

Sep 12

Oct 12

Nov 12

Dec 12

Jan 13

Feb 13

Mar 13

Apr 13

To 10 May 2013

Total

Affirmative Instruments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Draft Affirmative Instruments 6 3 0 0 3 6 8 2 4 13 0 3 8 56

Negative Instruments 33 8 4 3 5 11 22 17 10 41 11 8 0 173

Draft Negative Instruments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Instruments Laid (not subject to any parliamentary procedure)

7 8 2 0 9 11 1 3 5 5 4 5 1 61

Instruments Not Laid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Other 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 6

Total Number of Instruments

47 19 6 3 18 28 31 22 23 59 15 16 9 296


6. Other Parliamentary Business 6.1 Documents laid other than Statutory Instruments Chapter 14 of the Parliament‘s Standing Orders provides rules as to the laying of documents before the Parliament. Many types of documents, such as financial reports or annual reports of public bodies, are required by legislation or otherwise to be so laid.

From 11 May 2012

Jun 12

Jul 12

Aug 12

Sep 12

Oct 12

Nov 12

Dec 12

Jan 13

Feb 13

Mar 13

Apr 13

To 10 May 2013

6 21 37 12 38 48 28 35 16 10 13 61 2

6.2 Rule Changes to Standing Orders

Chapter Rule and

paragraph number

The nature of the change, the date it came into force and the Procedures Committee report that recommended the change

1 1.8.3 Amended, 20.8.12, 1st Report 2011 (S4)

2 2.2.6 Amended, 3.7.12, 4th Report 2012 (S4)

2.2.11 Amended, 3.7.12, 4th Report 2012 (S4)


5

5.4.2 Amended, 20.8.12, 1st Report 2012 (S4); Amended, 21.11.12, 6th Report 2012 (S4)

5.6.1 Amended, 20.8.12, 2nd Report 2012 (S4); Amended, 20.8.12, 4th

Report 2012 (S4)

5.6.2 Rule title amended, 20.8.12, 4th Report 2012 (S4)


5.9.2 Amended, 20.8.12, 2nd Report 2012 (S4); Amended, 21.11.12, 6th

Report 2012 (S4)


6.3B.2 Amended, 20.8.12, 4th Report 2012 (S4)



6.8.1 Amended, 20.8.12, 1st Report 2012 (S4)






9.2A.1 Amended, 20.8.12, 4th Report 2012 (S4)

9.3.1A Inserted, 15.10.12, 5th Report 2012 (S4)

9.3.3 Substituted, 15.10.12, 5th Report 2012 (S4)


9.5.3A Amended, 20.8.12, 2nd Report 2012 (S4)

9.5.3B Amended, 20.8.12, 2nd Report 2012 (S4)

9.5.3C Amended, 20.8.12, 2nd Report 2012 (S4)

9.6.3 Amended, 20.8.12, 4th Report 2012 (S4


9.8.5C Amended, 20.8.12, 4th Report 2012 (S4)


Chapter Rule and

paragraph number


9.8.5D Amended, 20.8.12, 4th Report 2012 (S4)












9.15.7A Amended, 20.8.12, 4th Report 2012 (S4)





9A 9A.2.3 Amended, 15.10.12, 5th Report 2012 (S4)

9A.7.3B Amended, 20.8.12, 2nd Report 2012 (S4)

9A.11.4 Amended, 20.8.12, 1st Report 2011 (S4)

9A.13.1 Amended, 20.8.12, 4th Report 2012 (S4)


9B 9B.2.2 Amended, 21.11.12, 6th Report 2012 (S4)

9B.3.1 Amended, 20.8.12, 4th Report 2012 (S4)



9B.3.4 Amended, 20.8.12, 1st Report 2011 (S4)

9BA Inserted, 21.11.12, 6th Report 2012 (S4)

9C 9C.1.1 Amended, 20.8.12, 4th Report 2012 (S4)

9C.2.1 Amended, 20.8.12, 4th Report 2012 (S4)



9C.9.4 Amended, 20.8.12, 2nd Report 2012 (S4)





9C.13.1 Amended, 20.8.12, 1st Report 2011 (S4)







10.1.4 Inserted, 20.8.12, 1st Report 2011 (S4)





Chapter Rule and

paragraph number








10A Inserted, 20.8.12, 1st Report 2012 (S4)



12.3.3A Amended, 20.8.12, 2nd Report 2012 (S4)

12.3.3B Inserted, 20.8.12, 2nd Report 2012 (S4)





13.3.4 Amended, 20.8.12, 2nd Report 2012 (S4)




13.6A.1 Amended, 20.8.12, 2nd Report 2012 (S4)




13.6B Inserted, 20.8.12, 2nd Report 2012 (S4)

13.7.A1 Replaced, 20.8.12, 2nd Report 2012 (S4)

13.7.A2 Deleted, 20.8.12, 2nd Report 2012 (S4)

13.7.A3 Amended, 20.8.12, 2nd Report 2012 (S4)














7. Staff 7.1 MSPs and their Staff (as at 31 March 2013)

Total Gender (M-F)

Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) 129 83-46 MSP staff – on payroll 490 230-260

7.2 Parliamentary Staff in Post by Directorate (as at 31 March 2013)*

Directorate/Office Total Staff Gender (M-F)

Chief Executive’s Group Office of the Clerk/Chief Executive 8 2-6 Office of the Presiding Officer 4 3-1 UKIRO 3 2-1 Internal Audit 1 1-0 Assistant Clerk/Chief Executive Assistant Clerk/Chief Executive‘s Office 4 3-1 Head of Facilities, Events & Visitor Services 1 1-0 Events & Exhibitions 11 4-7 Facilities Management 33 21-12 Visitor Services 17 4-13 Head of BIT and Broadcasting 1 1-0 BIT 34 24-10 Broadcasting 13 6-7 Head of Communications and Research 2 0-2 Public Information & Publications 8 4-4 SPICe 38 19-19 Media Relations Office 9 2-7 Information Management & Governance 4 1-3 Web and Social Media 7 1-6 Head of Financial Resources 1 1-0 Finance 10 5-5 Procurement 9 2-7 Allowances and Officeholders 12 3-9 Head of Committees & Outreach 1 0-1 Committee Office 49 23-26 Education and Community Partnerships 15 3-12 Head of Human Resources & Security 1 1-0 Human Resources 20 4-16 Security 92 56-36


* These figures are based on a head count and, therefore, a number of staff will be working on a part-time basis. The figures do not include staff on secondments.

Directorate/Office Total Staff Gender (M-F)

Head of Chamber and Reporting 1 1-0 Official Report 29 16-13 Chamber Office 26 10-16 Office of the Solicitor to the Scottish Parliament 3 1-2

Total Parliament Staff in post (permanent posts) 467 225-242


8. Access 8.1 Public Visitors and Contacts

Visitor

Numbers

Tour

Numbers

Public Enquiries*

Switchboard Calls

Shop Number

of

Transactions

Average

spend per

visitor £

May 12 30598 2445 533 5,145 3153 7.09 Jun 12 33580 2150 441 4,395 3112 8.02 Jul 12 40811 2796 378 1,933 2517 8.42 Aug 12 29100 1589 441 3,705 2600 8.02 Sept 12 34132 1942 530 4,703 2309 8.47 Oct 12 34539 1906 616 4,529 4566 8.25 Nov 12 24898 1850 396 4,648 4310 9.58 Dec 12 14428 884 377 2,906 1629 16.76 Jan 13 20370 1040 555 4,326 1001 8.52 Feb 13 19500 1266 559 4,196 1340 7.22 Mar 13 20992 1956 485 4,342 3017 8.65 Apr 13 25443 2475 535 3,914 1787 8.24

Totals 328391 22299 5846 48742 31341 £8.94

* Figures for ‗Public Enquiries‘ include enquiries by phone, email, letter, text message, Twitter and in person 8.2 Educational Visits by Academic Year The visits programme follows the school year, therefore some dates fall outwith the parliamentary year which ran from the 11 May 2012-10 May 2013. 8.2.1 Group and Visitor Numbers to the Scottish Parliament

Primary

schools

Primary

pupils

Secondary

schools

Secondary

pupils

FE

Institutions/

Community

Groups

FE

Students/

Community

Members

Total

Groups

Total

Visitors

Sept 12 29 1006 18 483 3 52 50 1541 Oct 12 15 424 15 431 8 80 38 935 Nov 12 36 1132 19 503 1 30 56 1665 Dec 12 14 423 15 484 1 40 30 947 Jan 13 18 526 10 285 0 0 28 811 Feb 13 24 676 10 308 2 43 36 1027 Mar 13 29 924 15 361 4 105 48 1390 Apr 13 15 439 11 338 2 40 28 817 May 13 40 1122 9 268 1 25 50 1415 Totals 220 6672 122 3461 22 437 364 10548


8.2.2 Visits to the Parliament by Region

8.3 Outreach Sessions 8.3.1 Education Outreach Events

8.4 Scottish Parliament Website Statistics

Date Visits Average

visit duration

% New

Visits Pageviews

Unique pageviews

Pages per visit

Average time on

page

May 12 153,436 00:06:36 36.53 874,496 577,882 5.7 00:01:24

June 12 125,024 00:06:37 35.56 720,413 475,790 5.76 00:01:23

July 12 102,021 00:06:01 43.25 521,009 341,063 5.11 00:01:28

August 12 117,777 00:05:46 45.10 584,320 382,018 4.96 00:01:27

September 12 158,556 00:05:53 38.78 889,996 584,426 5.61 00:01:17

October 12 168,786 00:05:42 41.38 886,204 586,748 5.25 00:01:20

November 12 187,529 00:05:34 41.38 963,941 640,218 5.14 00:01:21

December 12 118,639 00:05:28 39.41 583,588 393,761 4.92 00:01:24

January 13 162,770 00:05:31 39.29 863,571 579,485 5.31 00:01:17

February 13 172,462 00:05:02 41.81 845,098 566,725 4.90 00:01:17

March 13 181,502 00:05:02 40.84 893,824 601,410 4.92 00:01:17

April 13 164,482 00:04:49 40.98 789,821 531,850 4.80 00:01:16

These figures are produced using Google Analytics. Visits - A series of pageviews that a single visitor makes at a time. A visit ends after the visitor either closes the browser or is inactive for a period of time. % New Visits - The percentage of visits from first-time visitors Pageviews - A pageview is defined as a view of a page on the site. If a user navigates to a different page and then returns to the original page, a second pageview will be recorded.

Sept 12

Oct 12

Nov 12

Dec 12

Jan 13

Feb 13

Mar 13

Apr 13

May 13

Jun 13

Total

Central Scotland 1 5 0 0 2 2 11 2 5 3 31

Glasgow 2 5 3 4 0 0 1 1 5 2 23

Highlands & Islands 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 12

Lothians 11 11 4 5 3 5 5 10 17 9 80

Mid Scotland & Fife 3 1 0 0 3 6 1 0 5 6 25

North East Scotland 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 7 15

South Scotland 3 3 2 2 2 3 1 1 3 7 27

West Scotland 2 4 3 1 4 8 7 0 4 8 41

Totals 27 30 14 14 14 24 27 14 44 46 254

Sept 12

Oct 12

Nov 12

Dec 12

Jan 13

Feb 13

Mar 13

Apr 13

May 13

Jun 13

Total

Outreach Events 54 42 66 16 39 47 69 28 64 37 462

Participants 1270 981 1673 388 1047 1202 1785 375 1390 775 10886


Unique Pageviews - A unique pageview aggregates pageviews that are generated by the same user during the same session. A unique pageview represents the number of sessions during which that page was viewed one or more times. Unique pageviews provide a more realistic and accurate assessment of popularity. 8.5 Freedom of Information Statistics The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act was passed by the Scottish Parliament on 24th April 2002 and received Royal Assent on 28th May 2002. It came into force on 1 January 2005. These statistics refer to requests for information made to the Scottish Parliament under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOI(S)A). Such requests seek non published information held by the Scottish Parliament at the time of the request being made. Under FOI(S)A, any requester can ask the Scottish Parliament to review the way it replied to a request for information and to ask us to review our decision or actions. If the requester is dissatisfied with the outcome of a review, an appeal can be submitted to the Scottish Information Commissioner. Request Statistics These figures are based on the date when the freedom of information request was received.

Reviews Statistics These figures are based on the date when the request for a review was received

Appeals Statistics These figures are based on the date when the concluding decision for an appeal is confirmed by the Scottish Information Commissioner.

FOI requests FOI reviews FOI appeals

From 11 May 2012 8 0 0

June 2012 5 0 0

July 2012 14 0 0

August 2012 15 0 0

September 2012 7 0 0

October 2012 24 1 1

November 2012 13 1 0

December 2012 7 0 0

January 2013 24 0 0

February 2013 13 0 0

March 2013 17 2 1

April 2013 14 0 0

To 10 May 2013 7 0 0

Totals 168 4 2


9. Other 9.1 Official inward visits and outward delegations arranged through UKIRO

Official visits to the Parliament

Delegations* to other Parliaments, Assemblies, Bodies

From 11 May 2012 5 4

June 2012 8 3

July 2012 4 1

August 2012 4 0

September 2012 3 2

October 2012 5 3

November 2012 5 2

December 2012 4 1

January 2013 6 1

February 2013 5 0

March 2013 9 4

April 2013 4 1

To 10 May 2013 2 0

Total 64 22

*includes Parliament officials 9.2 Official Gifts

Type Number

Received by the Parliament 32

9.3 Memberships of Other Bodies 9.3.1 British-Irish Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (BIPA) The BIPA (formerly known as the British-Irish Inter-Parliamentary Body) was established in 1990 by Members of Parliament at Westminster and in Dublin. In February 2001 it was enlarged to include representatives of the Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales, the Northern Ireland Assembly, the High Court of Tynwald and the States of Guernsey and Jersey. The Body consists of twenty-five Members each from Westminster and Dublin, five each from the Scottish Parliament, National Assembly for Wales, and Northern Ireland Assembly, and one each from the High Court of Tynwald and States of Guernsey and Jersey. There are also twenty Associate Members from Westminster and Dublin, four each from the Scottish Parliament, National Assembly for Wales and Northern Ireland Assembly, and one each from the Tynwald and each of the Channel Island States. These may replace Full Members either at Plenary Sessions or at Committee meetings.


Scottish Parliament Members of the Body

Full Members Associate Members

Willie Coffey James Dornan

Alison McInnes Gordon MacDonald

Michael McMahon David McLetchie

Mary Scanlon Siobhan McMahon

John Scott

9.3.2 Committee of the Regions (CoR) The CoR is a political assembly and the official voice of sub-national authorities within the European Union (EU) and it provides a forum for the consultation of local and regional authorities on issues affecting them, giving formal recognition to the role of sub-national government in the EU decision making process. CoR is made up of 344 members and 344 alternate members of local and regional authorities from the 27 Member States. Members are proposed by Member States for a four year mandate. The UK has 24 members and, within this, Scotland has four full and four alternate members: two full and two alternate members are nominated by local authorities through Cosla and two full and two alternates are nominated by the Scottish Government and Scottish Parliament and are ratified by a motion of the Scottish Parliament.

Scottish Members of the UK delegation to the Committee of the Regions

Full Members Alternate Members

Stewart Maxwell Jim Hume

Patricia Ferguson Jamie McGrigor

9.3.3 Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) On Thursday 4 May 2000 the Scottish Parliament approved motion S1M-789 which established a Scottish Parliament Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA). The Executive Committee consists of a President (usually the Presiding Officer), two ex-officio Vice-Presidents (usually the leaders of the Scottish Government and opposition parties), and 4 Members elected annually by the Members of the Branch. All Members of the Scottish Parliament are automatically Members of the Branch

Executive Committee

President Vice Presidents Elected Members

Tricia Marwick Alex Salmond Patricia Ferguson

Johann Lamont Margaret Mitchell

Tavish Scott

Sandra White


9.3.4 Conference of Regional Legislative Assemblies (CALRE) Founded in October 1997, the aim of this organisation is to increase the influence of regional parliaments within the EU and to allow networking between them. Membership is limited to Presiding Officers/Speakers and there are 74 member regions from 8 EU Member States. The Scottish Parliament has observer status within CALRE and the Presiding Officer can attend the plenary meeting. The Scottish Parliament has observer status only, as membership could require the Presiding Officer to make commitments on behalf of the Scottish Parliament. Under the Scotland Act 1998, the Presiding Officer does not have the powers necessary to make such commitments on behalf of the Parliament. 9.3.5 Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe (CLRAE) CLRAE is a consultative body of the Council of Europe, advising the Committee of Ministers and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council on all aspects of local and regional policy. The Congress provides a forum where issues, experiences and views can be expressed and discussed on a pan-European basis. It is divided into a Local Chamber and a Regional Chamber. The UK has 18 full and 18 substitute places on CLRAE divided equally between the two chambers. Representatives qualifying for membership are those who are ―directly responsible to an elected regional body‖. Members have a two-year mandate. Members attend in a personal capacity and do not represent the institution from which they are drawn but the regional or local level of governance within their Member State. As part of the UK delegation, Scotland is allocated one full and one substitute member in the Local Chamber (a Scottish local authority representative, nominated through COSLA) and in the Regional Chamber (Members of the Scottish Parliament). In the Regional Chamber the full member is a member of the Scottish Government and the substitute member is a backbench MSP.

Scottish Members of the Regional Chamber

Full Member Substitute Member

Christina McKelvie Helen Eadie

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