Justice 2 Committee, 05 Nov 2002
Meeting date: Tuesday, November 5, 2002
Official Report
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Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill
The first item is a motion for the committee to consider the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill in a different order from usual, starting with parts 5 and 6 and then parts 1 to 4 and 7 to 12. Each schedule will be considered immediately after the section that introduces it. The rationale for considering the bill in that extraordinary order is to ensure that the committee feels briefed enough about the sections of the bill that might be more time consuming and controversial.
I felt that the committee would want a briefing on part 1 of the bill, particularly since the Mental Health (Scotland) Bill has been introduced and there is some crossover with our work on the MacLean committee report. I thought that the committee would appreciate a briefing from officials about how they are integrating one with the other. There are also some parts of the bill that the Executive is still considering, so we should ensure that all the bits fit together. The order in which we consider the bill does not particularly matter, as long as we understand the basis on which we are doing it.
I propose to have a briefing for members in advance of part 1 on 19 November. So that the committee knows, I should say that the note on Reliance Monitoring Services, which might be useful for our examination of restriction orders, is so far only a note. It has not been formally agreed by Reliance Monitoring Services. As members know, we usually check that organisations agree with the content of notes. We still have to do that formally, but members have the note in their papers and might find it useful.
Will you remind me what parts 5 and 6 of the bill deal with again?
Part 5 concerns the drugs courts and part 6 is about non-custodial punishments, which deals with interim anti-social behaviour orders and the requirement for remote monitoring. Part 7, as you know, deals with children, and part 1 concerns lifelong restriction. The rest deal with a whole range of issues that are probably boxed off into individual compartments.
I move,
That the Justice 2 Committee consider the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill in the following order: Parts 5 and 6, Parts 1 to 4, Parts 7 to 12, each schedule being considered immediately after the section that introduces it.
Motion agreed to.