Meeting Minutes
1st Meeting, 2021
Date: Tuesday, June 22, 2021
Session: 6
Location: www.scottishparliament.tv
Meeting opened at: 09:30am
Meeting closed at: 10:41am
Committee Members Attendees
Audrey Nicoll (Convener)
Russell Findlay (Deputy Convener)
Katy Clark
Jamie Greene
Fulton MacGregor
Rona Mackay
Pauline McNeill
Collette Stevenson
1 Declaration of interests:
Members of the Committee were invited to declare any relevant interests. The following interests were declared—
Katy Clark indicated that she is a non-practicing solicitor in Scotland, England and Wales and that her father is a forensic psychiatrist and sits as a Mental Health tribunal panel member.
Russell Findlay indicated that as a journalist he reported extensively on policing and organised crime and that he is married to a police officer.
Fulton MacGregor declared an interest as a registered social worker and indicated that he was a practising criminal justice social worker for approximately 5 years prior to his election as an MSP in 2016.
Pauline McNeill indicated that her husband was formerly a member of the Criminal Bar but is no longer practising.
2 Choice of Convener:
The Committee chose Audrey Nicoll as its Convener.
3 Choice of Deputy Convener:
The Committee chose Russell Findlay as its Deputy Convener.
4 Decision on taking business in private:
The Committee agreed to take item 5 in private.
5 Work programme (in private):
The Committee considered its approach to developing its work programme and agreed to invite the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Veterans to give evidence and to hold a series of roundtable evidence sessions after the summer recess. The Committee also agreed to hold a business planning day.