Justice 2 Committee, 28 Feb 2001

Meeting date: Wednesday, February 28, 2001

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Scottish Parliament Justice 2 Committee Wednesday 28 February 2001 (Morning)

[The Convener opened the meeting at 10:34]

Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the Justice 2 Committee's third meeting of 2001. The agenda is short but important, because we must work out our future work programme, so that the committee knows what it will do in the foreseeable future.

I have some apologies. Karen Whitefield is attending the Social Justice Committee, which is dealing with its stage 1 report on the Housing (Scotland) Bill; Lyndsay McIntosh is attending the funeral of Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish; and Euan Robson, unfortunately, has lost his electricity supply. I think that he is also snowed in.

I had nothing to do with that. I want that to be known.

As a member of the Scottish Parliament who represents the area in which Euan Robson lives, I hope that you are looking after his interests, Christine.

Agenda item 1 is to obtain the committee's permission to deal with item 2, on our work programme, in private. Item 3 concerns subordinate legislation, which we will discuss with the Deputy Minister for Justice at 11.15. Do we agree to take item 2 in private?

Members indicated agreement.

Meeting continued in private.

Meeting continued in public.