Justice 2 Committee, 14 Nov 2006
Meeting date: Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Official Report
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Items in Private
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the 30th meeting in 2006 of the Justice 2 Committee. I ask everyone present to switch off mobile phones, pagers, BlackBerrys and anything that goes bleep.
Apologies have been received from Bill Butler and from Michael Matheson, who has been appointed as a committee member but has not yet managed to take up his place on the committee due to illness. I hope that he recovers soon.
I welcome the committee's advisers, Fergus McNeill and Susan Wiltshire, and its researchers from the Scottish Parliament information centre, Graham Ross and Frazer McCallum.
Due to the illness of Michael Matheson, agenda item 1 will be deferred.
Item 2 is to ask the committee to agree to take items 4 and 5 in private. Item 4 is consideration of the written evidence that we have received on the Custodial Sentences and Weapons (Scotland) Bill and item 5 is consideration of the main themes arising from today's evidence session on the bill. Is it agreed that we take those items in private?
Members indicated agreement.
The committee is also asked to agree to consider the main themes that arise in future evidence sessions on the bill in private. Is that agreed?
Members indicated agreement.