Chamber and committees

Criminal Justice Committee

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Meeting Minutes

7th Meeting, 2021

• Date: Wednesday, October 6, 2021
• Session: 6
• Location: T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room
• Meeting opened at: 10:01
• Meeting closed at: 13:06
• Published: Wednesday, October 6, 2021 03:46pm

Committee Members Attendees

• Audrey Nicoll (Convener)
• Russell Findlay (Deputy Convener)
• Jamie Greene (Member)
• Fulton MacGregor (Member)
• Rona Mackay (Member)
• Pauline McNeill (Member)
• Collette Stevenson (Member)

Apologies received from

• Katy Clark (Member)

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1 Decision on taking business in private:

The Committee agreed to take items 4 and 5 in private.

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2 Pre-Budget Scrutiny:

The Committee took evidence as part of its Pre-Budget Scrutiny from—

Deputy Chief Officer David Page and James Gray,Chief Financial Officer, Police Scotland ;

Chris Brown, Acting Chief Executive and Accountable Officer, Scottish Police Authority;

and then from—

Colin Lancaster, Chief Executive, Scottish Legal Aid Board.

Russell Findlay indicated that he is married to a serving police officer.

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3 Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (UK Parliament legislation):

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4 Work programme (in private):

The Committee considered its work programme.

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5 Pre-Budget Scrutiny (in private):

The Committee considered the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 2.

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