Justice 2 Committee, 07 Nov 2006

Meeting date: Tuesday, November 7, 2006

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Scottish Parliament Justice 2 Committee Tuesday 7 November 2006

[The Convener opened the meeting at 14:13]

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the 29th meeting of the Justice 2 Committee in 2006. I remind everyone with a mobile phone, pager or BlackBerry to switch it off, and not merely put it on silent mode.

We have received apologies from the deputy convener, Bill Butler. I welcome Cathie Craigie, who is substituting for him. There has been a change of personnel on the committee since our previous meeting: Michael Matheson has been appointed to replace Stewart Maxwell. As Michael Matheson has had to send his apologies for today's meeting, we will not take item 1 on the agenda. Kenny MacAskill has come as his substitute today, and we welcome him to the meeting.

I place on record my thanks to Stewart Maxwell for his contributions and for his diligence while serving as a member of the Justice 2 Committee. We look forward to Michael Matheson joining us in the near future.