Justice 2 Committee, 25 Jun 2002

Meeting date: Tuesday, June 25, 2002

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Scottish Parliament Justice 2 Committee Tuesday 25 June 2002

[The Convener opened the meeting at 09:50]

Good morning and welcome to the 25th meeting in 2002 of the Justice 2 Committee. Several MSPs who are non-committee members are with us today. There are too many to mention, but I welcome them. I am sure that they will all have something to say, which will get their names into the Official Report. As usual, I ask members to switch off their mobile phones and anything else that makes a noise.

I have received apologies from Bill Aitken, who unfortunately is in hospital. Members might know that he had an operation last week. I pass on our good wishes to him. Bill's absence means that we have a committee substitute, Lord James Douglas-Hamilton. As this is the first time that he has attended the committee as a substitute, I ask him to declare any interests.

I declare my interests as set out in the register of members' interests. I mention at the outset of proceedings that I am here on behalf of Bill Aitken.