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Chamber and committees

Justice 2 Committee, 06 Feb 2007

Meeting date: Tuesday, February 6, 2007


Contents


Serious Crime Bill

The Convener:

Item 3 is the Serious Crime Bill, which is United Kingdom legislation. The legislative consent memorandum on the bill was referred to the committee. A paper has been circulated that sets out a possible timetable for consideration and I invite the committee to agree an approach to the bill.

There are a couple of questions. First, do we wish to take oral evidence from the Minister for Justice? Secondly, do we wish to seek oral or written evidence from anyone else?

Bill Butler:

I think that the clerk's suggested timetable is appropriate. I agree that we should take oral evidence from the Minister for Justice, but I am minded to suggest that we should seek only written evidence from other organisations that have an interest in the LCM. We should proceed on that basis.

The Convener:

We will be pretty tightly pushed for time, but I believe that the minister might be able to make herself available to the committee. I will ask the clerk to send letters on the committee's behalf to those organisations that are listed in paragraph 10 of the clerk's paper. Are there any other organisations that members feel should be added to that list?

In that case, we will proceed in the way that Bill Butler desires.