The next item is consideration of the committee’s draft annual report, which summarises its work over the past parliamentary year. Members might wish to note that the report has a prescribed format and word limit—I think that we are being told not to touch it—but does anyone have any comments? Roddy Campbell is pulling a face that suggests that a comment is coming.
I had not realised that there was a prescribed word limit, which is probably why paragraph 40 on human rights seems a bit perfunctory and could be worded better. If there is a word limit, I will withdraw the suggestion.
Thank you very much.
Did we not have a round-table session on the speech and language needs of prisoners, convener?
Yes.
Perhaps we should refer to that and note the committee’s concerns about the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012. Obviously, that was passed outwith the period that the annual report covers, but questions have certainly been raised in committee about how the act has operated in practice.
The problem is that we have not done any work on that matter. The report covers our actual work; we simply discussed and sent out correspondence on the issue that you have raised. However, you have put the point on the record. The issue will be covered in next year’s report.
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