Equal Opportunities Committee - Scottish Parliament: 20th November 2014
Channel: The Scottish Parliament
Date: 20/11/2014

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk - Scottish Parliament Equal Opportunities Committee. Agenda:

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 7, on its approach to its report on the Draft Budget 2015-16, in private.

2. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether its consideration of its approach to an inquiry into Age and Social Isolation should be taken in private at future meetings.

3. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on the—
Marriage Between Civil Partners (Procedure for Change and Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2014 [draft]; 
Marriage (Same Sex Couples) (Jurisdiction and Recognition of Judgments) (Scotland) Regulations 2014 [draft].
from—
Alex Neil, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing, Simon Stockwell, Family and Property Law, Julia McCombie, Family and Property Law, and Cecilia McCullough, Constitutional and Civil Law Division, Legal Department, Scottish Government.

4. Subordinate legislation: Alex Neil (Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing) to move—
S4M-11569—That the Equal Opportunities Committee recommends that the Marriage Between Civil Partners (Procedure for Change and Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2014 [draft] be approved; 
S4M-11570—That the Equal Opportunities Committee recommends that Marriage (Same Sex Couples) (Jurisdiction and Recognition of Judgments) (Scotland) Regulations 2014 [draft] be approved.

5. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instrument—
Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 3, Saving,Transitional Provision and Revocation) Order 2014 (SSI 2014/287)

6. Draft Budget Scrutiny 2015-16: The Committee will take evidence on the Scottish Government’s Draft Budget 2015-16 from—
John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth, Shona Robison, Cabinet Secretary for Commonwealth Games, Sport, Equalities and Pensioners’ Rights, Yvonne Strachan, Deputy Director for Equality, Human Rights and Third Sector, and Alison Taylor, Health and Social Care Integration Directorate, Scottish Government.

7. Draft Budget Scrutiny 2015-16: The Committee will consider its approach to its draft report to the Finance Committee on the Scottish Government’s Draft Budget 2015-16.