Decision Time

There are two questions to be put as a result of today’s business. The first question is, that motion S4M-00165, in the name of Bruce Crawford, on the establishment of committees, be agreed to.

Motion agreed to,

That the Parliament shall establish committees of the Parliament as follows:

Name of Committee: Equal Opportunities

Remit: Set out in Rule 6.9

Number of members: 7

Convenership: The Convener will be a member of the Scottish Labour Party and the Deputy Convener will be a member of the Scottish National Party.

Name of Committee: European and External Relations

Remit: Set out in Rule 6.8

Number of members: 7

Convenership: The Convener will be a member of the Scottish National Party and the Deputy Convener will be a member of the Scottish Labour Party.

Name of Committee: Finance

Remit: Set out in Rule 6.6

Number of members: 7

Convenership: The Convener will be a member of the Scottish National Party and the Deputy Convener will be a member of the Scottish National Party.

Name of Committee: Public Audit

Remit: Set out in Rule 6.7

Number of members: 9

Convenership: The Convener will be a member of the Scottish Labour Party and the Deputy Convener will be a member of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.

Name of Committee: Public Petitions

Remit: Set out in Rule 6.10

Number of members: 7

Convenership: The Convener will be a member of the Scottish Labour Party and the Deputy Convener will be a member of the Scottish National Party.

Name of Committee: Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments

Remit: Set out in Rule 6.4

Number of members: 7

Convenership: The Convener will be a member of the Scottish National Party and the Deputy Convener will be a member of the Scottish Labour Party.

Name of Committee: Subordinate Legislation

Remit: Set out in Rule 6.11

Number of members: 7

Convenership: The Convener will be a member of the Scottish National Party and the Deputy Convener will be a member of the Scottish National Party.

Name of Committee: Economy, Energy and Tourism

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

Number of members: 9

Convenership: The Convener will be a member of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party and the Deputy Convener will be a member of the Scottish National Party

Duration: For the whole session of the Parliament.

Name of Committee: Education and Culture

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

Number of members: 9

Convenership: The Convener will be a member of the Scottish National Party and the Deputy Convener will be a member of the Scottish Labour Party

Duration: For the whole session of the Parliament.

Name of Committee: Health and Sport

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

Number of members: 9

Convenership: The Convener will be a member of the Scottish Labour Party and the Deputy Convener will be a member of the Scottish National Party

Duration: For the whole session of the Parliament.

Name of Committee: Infrastructure and Capital Investment

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

Number of members: 7

Convenership: The Convener will be a member of the Scottish National Party and the Deputy Convener will be a member of the Scottish National Party

Duration: For the whole session of the Parliament.

Name of Committee: Justice

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

Number of members: 9

Convenership: The Convener will be a member of the Scottish National Party and the Deputy Convener will be a member of the Scottish Labour Party

Duration: For the whole session of the Parliament.

Name of Committee: Local Government and Regeneration

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

Number of members: 7

Convenership: The Convener will be a member of the Scottish National Party and the Deputy Convener will be a member of the Scottish National Party

Duration: For the whole session of the Parliament.

Name of Committee: Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment

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

Number of members: 9

Convenership: The Convener will be a member of the Scottish National Party and the Deputy Convener will be a member of the Scottish National Party

Duration: For the whole session of the Parliament.

The second question is, that motion S4M-00178, in the name of Bruce Crawford, on committee membership, be agreed to.

Motion agreed to,

That the Parliament agrees the membership of committees of the Parliament as follows:

Equal Opportunities Committee

Membership: Clare Adamson, Claudia Beamish, John Finnie, Siobhan McMahon, Stuart McMillan, Margaret Mitchell, Dennis Robertson

European and External Relations Committee

Membership: Helen Eadie, Annabelle Ewing, Bill Kidd, Hanzala Malik, Jamie McGrigor, Christina McKelvie, Aileen McLeod

Finance Committee

Membership: Kenneth Gibson, Alex Johnstone, Derek Mackay, John Mason, Margaret McCulloch, John Pentland, Paul Wheelhouse

Public Audit Committee

Membership: George Adam, Colin Beattie, Willie Coffey, Murdo Fraser, Hugh Henry, Mark McDonald, Tavish Scott, Drew Smith, Humza Yousaf

Public Petitions Committee

Membership: Neil Bibby, Richard Lyle, Nanette Milne, David Stewart, Bill Walker, Sandra White, John Wilson

Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee

Membership: Margaret Burgess, Bob Doris, Helen Eadie, Margaret McDougall, Nanette Milne, Dave Thompson, Paul Wheelhouse

Subordinate Legislation Committee

Membership: Chic Brodie, Nigel Don, James Dornan, Kezia Dugdale, Mike MacKenzie, John Scott, Drew Smith

Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee

Membership: Chic Brodie, Gavin Brown, Rhoda Grant, Patrick Harvie, Angus MacDonald, Mike MacKenzie, Stuart McMillan, Anne McTaggart, John Wilson

Education and Culture Committee

Membership: Clare Adamson, Claire Baker, Marco Biagi, Jenny Marra, Stewart Maxwell, Joan McAlpine, Liam McArthur, Liz Smith, Jean Urquhart

Health and Sport Committee

Membership: Bob Doris, Jim Eadie, Mary Fee, Richard Lyle, Fiona McLeod, Duncan McNeil, Gil Paterson, Mary Scanlon, Richard Simpson

Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee

Membership: Jackson Carlaw, Malcolm Chisholm, Neil Findlay, Jamie Hepburn, Adam Ingram, Gordon MacDonald, Maureen Watt

Justice Committee

Membership: Roderick Campbell, John Finnie, Christine Grahame, Colin Keir, James Kelly, John Lamont, Alison McInnes, Graeme Pearson, Humza Yousaf

Local Government and Regeneration Committee

Membership: Ruth Davidson, Kezia Dugdale, Joe FitzPatrick, Mark Griffin, Kevin Stewart, David Torrance, Bill Walker

Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee

Membership: Graeme Dey, Annabelle Ewing, Alex Fergusson, Rob Gibson, Jim Hume, Jenny Marra, Mark McDonald, Aileen McLeod, Elaine Murray

Meeting closed at 17:01.