Criminal Justice Committee
Meeting Minutes
26th Meeting, 2022
- Date: Wednesday, October 26, 2022
- Session: 6
- Location: T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room
- Meeting opened at: 09:30
- Meeting closed at: 12:42
- Published: Monday, October 31, 2022 01:36pm
Committee Members Attendees
- Audrey Nicoll (Convener)
- Russell Findlay (Deputy Convener)
- Katy Clark (Member)
- Jamie Greene (Member)
- Fulton MacGregor (Member)
- Rona Mackay (Member)
- Pauline McNeill (Member)
- Collette Stevenson (Member)
1 Decision on taking business in private:
The Committee agreed to take item 7 in private. The Committee also agreed that consideration of the oral evidence heard and any draft letter on its pre-budget scrutiny should be taken in private at future meetings.
2 Subordinate legislation:
The Committee took evidence on the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Act 2020 (Code of Practice) (Appointed Day) (Scotland) Regulations 2022 [draft] from—
Keith Brown, Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Veterans.
3 Subordinate legislation:
Keith Brown (Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Veterans) moved—
S6M-05906—That the Criminal Justice Committee recommends that the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Act 2020 (Code of Practice) (Appointed Day) (Scotland) Regulations 2022 [draft] be approved.
The motion was agreed to.
4 Subordinate legislation:
The Committee considered the following negative instrument—
Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland (Membership) Modification Order 2022 (SSI 2022/268)
5 Pre-Budget Scrutiny:
The Committee took evidence as part of its Pre-Budget Scrutiny from—
Lynn Brown, Chief Executive, Scottish Police Authority;
David Page, Deputy Chief Officer and James Gray, Chief Financial Officer, Police Scotland;
and then from—
Ross Haggart, Interim Chief Officer, Stuart Stevens, Interim Deputy Chief Officer and John Thomson, Acting Director of Finance and Procurement, Scottish Fire and Rescue Service.
6 Correspondence:
The Committee considered recent correspondence. The Committee agreed to the recommendations set out in paper 5.
7 Pre-Budget Scrutiny (In Private):
The Committee agreed to defer consideration of the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 5, to a future meeting.