Justice 1 Committee, 13 Nov 2001

Meeting date: Tuesday, November 13, 2001

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Scottish Parliament Justice 1 Committee Tuesday 13 November 2001 (Afternoon)

[The Convener opened the meeting at 13:37]

Good afternoon. I welcome everybody to the 30th meeting this year of the Justice 1 Committee. As usual, I remind everyone to turn off their mobile phones and pagers. I have received apologies from Michael Matheson and Paul Martin and interim apologies from Gordon Jackson, who may come to the meeting at some point. We welcome Stewart Stevenson MSP to the meeting. His interest is in Peterhead prison, which is in his constituency.

Members will already know this, but I announce to the public that the Protection from Abuse (Scotland) Act 2001, which the Justice 1 Committee considered, received royal assent on 6 November. It is the first Scottish Parliament committee bill to receive royal assent, something of which the Parliament and both justice committees should be proud.