Justice 2 Committee, 02 Dec 2003
Meeting date: Tuesday, December 2, 2003
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Scottish Parliament Justice 2 Committee Tuesday 2 December 2003 (Afternoon)
[The Convener opened the meeting at 14:00]
Good afternoon and welcome to the 16th meeting in this session of the Justice 2 Committee.
Irene Fleming, who has been a very supportive senior assistant clerk to the committee, has moved on to higher, if not greater, things in the Education Committee. In her place, I welcome to the meeting Anne Peat, who will take over Irene Fleming's role.
In the course of the afternoon, we shall be joined by Margaret Smith, who will attend as a Liberal Democrat substitute for Mike Pringle. I have received apologies from Mike Pringle and from Colin Fox, who is away. His substitute, Rosemary Byrne, cannot be with us and has tendered an apology.
We are also joined by Patrick Harvie, who is here as an attender. That means that he can participate in the committee's discussions, but not vote in the proceedings. We welcome him to the meeting.