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The Convener: Lab Committee

Subordinate Legislation

That is very kind indeed. I thank all the committee members. I think that we have worked well as a committee. I also thank the clerks, the official report and members of the Scottish Parliament information centre, who keep us informed and up to date on all that we need to know...

The Convener: Lab Committee

Subordinate Legislation

If no further information is required on today's business, I am happy to close the meeting.

The Convener: Lab Committee

Subordinate Legislation

The two sets of regulations were initially considered last week. The Subordinate Legislation Committee has now advised that it has no comments on any of the instruments. If members have no comments, are they therefore content with the instruments and happy to make no recommend...

The Convener: Lab Committee

Subordinate Legislation

We considered the order last week, when members asked the minister for clarification on the map accompanying the order. A response was received, acknowledging anomalies and replacing the map with a new version, which was circulated in the committee papers. If members are conte...

The Convener: Lab Committee

Subordinate Legislation

We initially considered the instruments last week and we now have the Subordinate Legislation Committee's report on them, which allows us to conclude our consideration. The Subordinate Legislation Committee has comments on all three instruments and members have the relevant ex...

The Convener: Lab Committee

Subordinate Legislation

We move to consideration of a further seven Scottish statutory instruments. If members wanted further clarification or information on any of the instruments, we would need to have an extra meeting this week. I just say that for members' information.

The Convener: Lab Committee

Subordinate Legislation

The committee is therefore content with the order and will make no recommendation on it to the Parliament.I suspend the meeting briefly to allow the minister and his officials to leave.

The Convener: Lab Committee

Subordinate Legislation

The result of the division is: For 3, Against 6, Abstentions 0.

The Convener: Lab Committee

Subordinate Legislation

There will be a division.

The Convener: Lab Committee

Subordinate Legislation

The question is, that motion S2M-5776, in the name of Jamie McGrigor, be agreed to. Are we agreed?

The Convener: Lab Committee

Subordinate Legislation

I invite Jamie McGrigor to wind up the debate.

The Convener: Lab Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Minister, do you want to respond?

The Convener: Lab Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Thank you very much. Several other members want to take part in the debate.

The Convener: Lab Committee

Subordinate Legislation

We move to the debate on Jamie McGrigor's motion S2M-5776. I invite Mr McGrigor to speak to and move his motion.

The Convener: Lab Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Andrew Arbuckle may ask a final, very short question.

The Convener: Lab Committee

Subordinate Legislation

You may continue if you are brief. Many other members want to ask questions.

The Convener: Lab Committee

Subordinate Legislation

How long do you expect the closure to last? How long will the investigation take?

The Convener (Maureen Macmillan): Lab Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Good morning. I welcome members of the committee, the public and the press to the meeting and remind everyone to switch off their mobile phones so that they do not disturb us.Apologies have been received from Nora Radcliffe, who is unable to be at the meeting; Andrew Arbuckle ...

Maureen Macmillan (Highlands and Islands) (Lab): Lab Chamber

One of the schools that Malcolm Fraser took exception to is a school in the Black Isle that I visited recently. I found that his comments on the school are nonsense. I will show Robin Harper the photos to prove it, if he wishes.

Maureen Macmillan: Lab Chamber

SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE · Affordable Housing (Highlands)

I thank the minister for her commitment to address the housing shortage in the Highland Council area and, particularly, for introducing an innovative way of promoting affordable home ownership.Is the minister aware of the successful studies that are being carried out on the Or...

1. Maureen Macmillan (Highlands and Islands) (Lab): Lab Chamber

SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE · Affordable Housing (Highlands)

To ask the Scottish Executive how it will address the shortage of affordable housing in the Highland Council area. (S2O-12455)

Maureen Macmillan: Lab Chamber

Cairngorms National Park Boundary Bill: Stage 1

Would the member not say that the House of Bruar is quite a good visitor experience?

Maureen Macmillan (Highlands and Islands) (Lab): Lab Chamber

Cairngorms National Park Boundary Bill: Stage 1

I thank the committee's clerks for their invaluable support and I thank all those who supplied written and oral evidence. In particular, I thank the people of Blair Atholl for their hospitality and the excellent evidence that they gave.The Environment and Rural Development Com...

The Convener: Lab Committee

Subordinate Legislation

We will consider these five instruments next week. We cannot conclude our consideration of the instruments today, because the Subordinate Legislation Committee has not yet reported on them. As next week's meeting will be our last, I thought that it would be helpful to put the ...

The Convener: Lab Committee

Subordinate Legislation

The Subordinate Legislation Committee made no comment on either set of regulations. Are members content with the instruments and happy to make no recommendation to the Parliament?Members indicated agreement.

The Convener: Lab Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Are members content with the instruments and happy to make no recommendation to the Parliament, given that the instrument about which there is controversy will come before us again?Members indicated agreement.

The Convener: Lab Committee

Subordinate Legislation

We will check and clarify the matter for next week.

The Convener: Lab Committee

Subordinate Legislation

I believe that the motion has been lodged, so we can put that on the record. Next week we will take evidence from the minister and debate the motion to annul the order.

The Convener: Lab Committee

Subordinate Legislation

The Subordinate Legislation Committee had no comments on any of the instruments. Members may wish to note that the Executive has noted a flaw in the drafting of SSI 2007/186; new instruments were laid last week to revoke and replace the order, and we will consider those instru...

The Convener: Lab Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Members may recollect that the deputy minister wrote to us recently about SSI 2007/182. The Subordinate Legislation Committee had no comments on any of the regulations. As members have no comments, are they content with the regulations and happy to make no recommendation to th...

The Convener: Lab Committee

Subordinate Legislation

The Subordinate Legislation Committee made no comments on the instruments. As members have no comments, are they content with the instruments and happy to make no recommendation to the Parliament?Members indicated agreement.

The Convener: Lab Committee

Subordinate Legislation

The Subordinate Legislation Committee commented only on SSI 2007/127 and the relevant extract of its report has been circulated to members. As members have no comments, are they content with the instruments and happy to make no recommendation to the Parliament?Members indicate...

The Convener (Maureen Macmillan): Lab Committee

Subordinate Legislation

I remind people to switch off mobile phones and I welcome committee members, the public and the press to the meeting, although I do not see many members of the public or the press here. We have received apologies from Nora Radcliffe, who is still travelling.We have 17 negative...

Maureen Macmillan: Lab Chamber

SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE · Small Pharmacies (Medicine Distribution)

The minister will be aware of my letter to him about the difficulty that Mr David Raeburn, the pharmacist in Strathpeffer, had in accessing a painkilling drug prescribed for a patient, which meant that the patient was, distressingly, without pain relief for a whole week. I und...

4. Maureen Macmillan (Highlands and Islands) (Lab): Lab Chamber

SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE · Small Pharmacies (Medicine Distribution)

To ask the Scottish Executive what impact the proposal by Pfizer to distribute its medicines through a single United Kingdom wholesaler will have on small pharmacies, particularly those in rural areas of the Highlands. (S2O-12372)

Maureen Macmillan: Lab Committee

Child Sex Offenders

I want to ask about the use of VISOR. The sub-committee recommended that information on VISOR and the Scottish intelligence database should be made accessible to all police officers and officers from other relevant agencies. The Justice 2 Committee welcomes the Executive's pla...

Maureen Macmillan: Lab Committee

Child Sex Offenders

Maureen Macmillan: Lab Committee

Child Sex Offenders

What if the offender is not willing to engage?

Maureen Macmillan: Lab Committee

Child Sex Offenders

What happens in practice once the licence conditions come to an end?

Maureen Macmillan: Lab Committee

Child Sex Offenders

The sub-committee's recommendation 14 aimed to ensure that all sex offenders receive thorough and continuing risk assessment, which we have been discussing, and that monitoring and supervision should not end until the assessment shows that offenders do not pose any further ser...

Maureen Macmillan: Lab Committee

Child Sex Offenders

What stage are we at with that? Has it been evaluated or validated?

Maureen Macmillan (Highlands and Islands) (Lab): Lab Committee

Child Sex Offenders

I have questions about the robustness of the risk assessment. The sub-committee recommended that the utmost priority be given to developing and validating specialist risk assessment tools. I note that the Executive says that risk matrix 2000 has been developed as an actuarial ...

The Convener: Lab Committee

The report will be published after our final committee meeting of the session—probably on Wednesday 28 March.As was agreed at our meetings on 24 January and 28 February, we will now move into private session to discuss two draft reports. The first is our draft legacy paper for...

The Convener: Lab Committee

Okay.Do members agree to the draft annual report, subject to the changes that we have discussed?

The Convener: Lab Committee

I realise that.

The Convener: Lab Committee

Why not? Let us make ourselves seem as important and as hard working as we are.

The Convener: Lab Committee

That we did not get.

The Convener: Lab Committee

The report mentions videolinks, but not that one specifically. Perhaps we could put that in.

The Convener: Lab Committee

Yes.My other point is about our visit to Arran, which was an away day, although we did some work on crofting and the marine environment when we were there. Perhaps we could reflect that in the report.Do members have any points to make?

The Convener: Lab Committee

Agenda item 4 is our draft annual report, which is fairly factual. I have a couple of points to make. The draft report does not mention our meeting in Stornoway, although we mention the meetings in Oban and Inverness. I believe that that is because the meeting in Stornoway too...

The Convener: Lab Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Apart from that, are members content that we will make no recommendation to Parliament on the instruments?

The Convener: Lab Committee

Subordinate Legislation

We can ask about that, too.

The Convener: Lab Committee

Subordinate Legislation

We could write to the minister and ask for clarification on how that information is to be disseminated.

The Convener: Lab Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Agenda item 3 is the consideration of four Scottish statutory instruments under the negative procedure. The Subordinate Legislation Committee commented on SSI 2007/69, on avian influenza, and an extract from that committee's report has been circulated to members. Do members ha...

The Convener: Lab Committee

Subordinate Legislation

I thank the minister for attending. We will now have a short suspension to allow him and his official to leave.

The Convener: Lab Committee

Subordinate Legislation

The question is, that motion S2M-5621 be agreed to.

The Convener: Lab Committee

Subordinate Legislation

There are no further questions from members, so we move to the debate. I invite the minister to move motion S2M-5621.

The Convener: Lab Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Can we move on? Other members are waiting to ask questions.

The Convener: Lab Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Other members still want to ask questions.

The Convener: Lab Committee

Subordinate Legislation

I invite members to ask questions or request any points of clarification.

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Environment and Rural Development Committee, 28 Mar 2007

28 Mar 2007 · S2 · Environment and Rural Development Committee

Item of business

Subordinate Legislation

Inshore Fishing (Prohibited Methods of Fishing) (Firth of Lorn) Revocation Order 2007 (SSI 2007/239)

Macmillan, Maureen Lab Highlands and Islands Watch on SPTV

That is very kind indeed. I thank all the committee members. I think that we have worked well as a committee. I also thank the clerks, the official report and members of the Scottish Parliament information centre, who keep us informed and up to date on all that we need to know for our committee work.

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The Convener: Lab

The two sets of regulations were initially considered last week. The Subordinate Legislation Committee has now advised that it has no comments on any of the ...

Members indicated agreement.

The Convener: Lab

If no further information is required on today's business, I am happy to close the meeting.

Richard Lochhead: SNP

Given that this is our last meeting before dissolution, on behalf of the committee, I put on record our thanks to you, convener, for chairing the meetings ov...

The Convener: Lab

That is very kind indeed. I thank all the committee members. I think that we have worked well as a committee. I also thank the clerks, the official report an...

Meeting closed at 12:43.