Scottish Socialist Party MSPs
Parliamentary Newsletter
Week Commencing 1/12/03
This list is to give a flavour of the work our MSPs will be involved in during the coming week. It is illustrative of the work undertaken and is not intended to be comprehensive. Please note that the amount of public/branch meetings etc that each MSP is committed to tends to vary from week to week.
NB: Colin Fox only returns from Australia and New Zealand on Wed 3/12/3 and his diary dates for the coming week have not been included.
NB X 2: All our MSPs do surgeries and other constituency work on Mondays and Fridays of each week (and sometimes Saturdays and Sundays as well)
Parliamentary Committees:
- 2/12 Equal Opportunities - Frances Curran
- 2/12 Transport and Rural Affairs - Tommy Sheridan
- 3/12 Health Ctte - Carolyn Leckie (not a member but attending to move SSP amendments to Primary Medical Services Bill).
- 3/12 Education Ctte - Rosemary Byrne
- 3/12 Public Petitions Ctte - Carolyn Leckie
Cross Party Groups/Parliament related/Representing SSP Group
- 1/12 M74 Public Enquiry - Rosie Kane
- 1/12 School Visit - Tommy Sheridan
- 1/12 National Autistic Society - Carolyn Leckie
- 2/12 Free School Meals Campaign group - Tommy Sheridan or Rosie Kane
- 2/12 Parliamentary Business Bureau - Carolyn Leckie
- 2/12 Active Citizenship Event - Rosie Kane
- 3/12 Mtg about Non Executive Bills Unit - Carolyn Leckie
- 3/12 CPG on Drug Misuse - Rosemary Byrne
- 3/12 School Visit - Tommy Sheridan
- 3/12 Hansard Society - Carolyn Leckie
- 5/12 School Visit - Rosemary Byrne
- 5/12 STUC pensions Conference - Tommy Sheridan
- 5/12 SACRO event - Colin Fox
SSP/Public Meetings:
- 1/12 Clydebank SSP branch - Frances Curran
- 1/12 East Kilbride branch - Carolyn Leckie
- 1/12 Rutherglen Public Mtg - Tommy Sheridan
- 2/12 Queen Mothers Hospital Mtg - Carolyn Leckie
- 2/12 Hospitals Public Mtg Partick - Tommy Sheridan
- 3/12 Multinationals in our Schools - Frances Curran
- 4/12 Columbian Trade Unionists - Frances Curran and Tommy Sheridan
- 4/12 March Against Violence Against Women - Rosie Kane
- 5/12 Tweeddale Peace Group - Rosemary Byrne Press/Media Work
- 2/12 Launch Drug Re-Hab Bill - Rosemary Byrne
Parliamentary Debates and Question Times:
- 3/12 2.30 - 5.00 pm Executive debate on Modernising Access to Legal Services
- 3/12 5.00 - 6.00 pm Members debate on Fisheries Inshore Exclusion Zone
- 4/12 9.00 - 10.30 am SNP debate on Financial Powers of the Scottish Parliament
- 4/12 10.30 - 12.00pm SNP debate on European Parliament Seat Numbers
- 4/12 12.00 - 12.45 pm First Minister' Questions - Tommy has question on Childhood Obesity
- 4/12 2.30 - 3.10 pm Ministers' Questions - SSP members have several questions tabled
- 4/12 3.10 - 5.00 pm Executive debate on Protecting Bathing Water Quality
SSP Group Meeting
- 2/12 12.30 - 2.00pm To allocate speakers for debates; responding to invitations; representatives at events/public meetings; allocating researchers for briefings; updates on progress of bills and campaigns etc.
Issues of the moment
Some of the issues being dealt with in research at the moment.
Ongoing - Briefings for debates; preparation of parliamentary questions; writing amendments to Executive Bills; assisting MSPs with campaigning and research in connection with their private members bills.
Research and/or press work in connection with - Asylum and Immigration ; Public Ownership; Primary Medical Services Bill; Drugs Rehabilitation; Environmental Audit; Anti-Social Behaviour Bill; Railways Re-nationalisation; Local Government Bill (STV voting) ; Abolition of Prescription Charges; Free School Meals
Hope this gives some insight into what MSPs and parliamentary staff get up to.
Bill Scott SSP Press, Policy and Research Unit
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