What's On

The committee will meet at 8:45am at TG.60-CR3 The Fleming Room.

1. Decisions on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 4 and 5 in private.

2. Employment Rights Bill (UK Parliament legislation): The Committee will take evidence on supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum LCM-S6-53b from—

• Tom Arthur, Minister for Social Care and Mental Wellbeing, Scottish Government
• Anne Cairns, Solicitor, Scottish Government
• Danny Duffy, Fair Work, Social Care, Scottish Government
• David Holmes, Fair Work, Economy, Scottish Government
• Rachael Thomas, Fair Work, Social Care, Scottish Government

3. Good Food Nation: The Committee will take evidence from—

• Mhairi Brown, Head of Food Futures, Food, Farming and Countryside Commission Scotland
• Anna Chworow, Deputy Director, Nourish Scotland
• Claire Hislop, Organisational Lead for Food and Physical Activity, Public Health Scotland
• Professor Lindsay Jaacks, Deputy Director and Personal Chair of Global Health and Nutrition, University of Edinburgh

and then from—

• Mairi Gougeon, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands, Scottish Government
• James Hamilton, Lawyer, Scottish Government
• Tracy McCollin, Head of Good Food Nation Team, Scottish Government
• Jo Mitchell, Procurement Policy Manager, Scottish Government
• James Wilson, Population Health Strategy and Improvement, Scottish Government

4. Employment Rights Bill (UK Parliament legislation): The Committee will consider a draft report on supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum LCM-S6-53b.

5. Good Food Nation: The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 3.

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Alex Bruce on 85229 or at Alex.Bruce@Parliament.scot

The committee will meet at 9:15am at T4.40-CR2 The Fairfax Somerville Room.

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 3 and 4 in private.

2. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 (Scottish Carbon Budgets) Amendment Regulations 2025 from—

• Dr James Richardson, Chief Analyst, Climate Change Committee
• Dr Eoin Devane, Head of Carbon Budgets, Climate Change Committee

3. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.

4. Work programme: The Committee will consider its work programme.

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Peter McGrath on 85232 or at peter.mcgrath@parliament.scot

The committee will meet at 9:30am at TG.40-CR1 The Burns Room.

1. Recent Scottish Government and Scottish Fiscal Commission publications: The Committee will take evidence from—

• Professor Graeme Roy, Chair, Scottish Fiscal Commission
• Professor Francis Breedon, Commissioner, Scottish Fiscal Commission
• Professor David Ulph, Commissioner, Scottish Fiscal Commission
• Claire Murdoch, Head of Fiscal Sustainability and Public Funding, Scottish Fiscal Commission

and then from—

• Shona Robison, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government, Scottish Government
• Jennie Barugh, Director of Exchequer Strategy, Scottish Government
• Richard McCallum, Director of Public Spending, Scottish Government
• Lorraine King, Deputy Director, Tax Strategy, Engagement and Performance, Scottish Government

2. Work programme (in private): The Committee will consider its work programme.

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Joanne McNaughton, at FPA.committee@parliament.scot.

The committee will meet at 10:00am at T1.40-CR5 The Smith Room.

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 5, 6, 7 and 8 in private.

2. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure: The Committee will consider the following— Social Security (Cross-border Provision, Case Transfer and Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 (SSI 2025/Draft)Climate Change (Local Development Plan) (Repeals) (Scotland) Order 2025 (SSI 2025/Draft)Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 (Scottish Carbon Budgets) Amendment Regulations 2025 (SSI 2025/Draft)

3. Instruments subject to negative procedure: The Committee will consider the following— Firefighters’ Pensions (Remediable Service) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2025 (SSI 2025/187)Teachers’ Pensions (Remediable Service) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2025 (SSI 2025/197)Council Tax Reduction (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) (No. 4) Regulations 2025 (SSI 2025/212)Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes (Amendment) Order 2025 (SI 2025/678)

4. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure: The Committee will consider the following— Vulnerable Witnesses (Criminal Evidence) (Scotland) Act 2019 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2025 (SSI 2025/179 (C.19))

5. Housing (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the delegated powers provisions in this Bill after Stage 2.

6. Crime and Policing Bill (UK Parliament legislation): The Committee will consider the Legislative Consent Memorandum, the supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum, the second supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum, and powers to make subordinate legislation within devolved competence in the Bill.

7. Employment Rights Bill (UK Parliament legislation): The Committee will consider the second supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum and powers to make subordinate legislation within devolved competence in the Bill.

8. Work of the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee 2024-25: The Committee will consider a draft report outlining the work of the Committee during the parliamentary year 2024-25.

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Greg Black on 86266 or at Greg.Black@parliament.scot

The committee will meet at 10:00am at T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room.

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 3, 4 and 5 in private.

2. Proposed National Good Food Nation Plan: The Committee will take evidence from—

• Hugh Carr, Director of Strategic Procurement & Commissioning, Scotland Excel
• Nicola Joiner, National Chair, ASSIST FM
• Andrew Kennedy, Head of Facilities and Property Management, East Ayrshire Council
• Phil Mackie, Consultant in Public Health/Prevention Lead, Aberdeen City Health & Social Care Partnership, Aberdeen City Council
• Laura Muir, Strategic Procurement Manager, Scotland Excel

and then from—

• Jane Beasley, Director of Circular Economy Delivery, Zero Waste Scotland
• Anna Chworow, Deputy Director, Nourish Scotland
• Professor Emilie Combet, Commissioner, Scottish Food Commission

3. Proposed National Good Food Nation Plan: The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.

4. National Planning Framework 4: The Committee will consider a draft letter to the Minister for Public Finance.

5. Electoral Boundaries: Independent Review of the Process for Determining Electoral Boundaries in Scotland: The Committee will consider a draft letter to the Chair of the Review.

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Jenny Mouncer at localgov.committee@parliament.scot