Scottish Parliament Justice 1 Committee and Justice 2 Committee (Joint Meeting) Wednesday 4 April 2001 (Morning)
[The Convener opened the meeting at 11:36]
As Maureen Macmillan has just arrived, the meeting is now quorate. Thank you, Maureen. I declare the meeting open.
Our main item of business is a joint discussion of the budget process by the Justice 1 Committee and the Justice 2 Committee. Before we begin, I ask members to perform the usual ceremony of turning off their mobile phones and pagers.
I have received apologies from Margo MacDonald, Tavish Scott and Jamie Stone. I welcome Mary Mulligan, who has joined the Justice 2 Committee, and invite her to make any relevant declarations of interest.
Thank you, convener. I look forward to serving on the Justice 2 Committee, and I have no interests to declare at this stage.
Do you not have any criminal convictions, Mary?
Not that I am going to declare. [Laughter.]
You are required only to declare interests that may conflict with matters that the Justice 2 Committee might discuss.
We move on to item 1 of the agenda. I ask members to agree to take in private item 4, which will be a detailed discussion of whom we wish to appoint as our adviser.
Members indicated agreement.