Justice Committee

Meeting date: Tuesday, April 18, 2017

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Justice Sub-Committee on Policing (Report Back)

Agenda item 4 is the consideration of feedback from the Justice Sub-Committee on Policing on its meeting on 30 March. I refer members to paper 3, which is a note by the clerk. I invite Mary Fee to provide feedback from the sub-committee.

On 30 March, the Justice Sub-Committee on Policing took evidence from the Auditor General for Scotland on the review of the i6 programme. It heard that it is critical that the Scottish Police Authority and Police Scotland now put in place a plan that sets out how the benefits that i6 was supposed to deliver will be secured. That is particularly important, given the emphasis on use of technology in the recent “Policing 2026” draft strategy.

The next meeting of the sub-committee is scheduled for Thursday 20 April, when it will take evidence from the Scottish Police Federation, from the Association of Scottish Police Superintendents and from Unison on the financial planning of Police Scotland and the SPA. As ever, members are welcome to attend.

I will be happy to answer questions.

As members have no questions, we will move into private session. The next committee meeting will be on 25 April, when we will consider our draft stage 1 report on the Railway Policing (Scotland) Bill. I ask that the gallery be cleared.