Justice Committee

Meeting date: Tuesday, May 28, 2013

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Decision on Taking Business in Private

I welcome everyone to the 17th meeting of the Justice Committee in 2013. Please switch off mobile phones and other electronic devices completely, as they interfere with the broadcasting system even when they are switched to silent. We have apologies from David McLetchie; John Lamont will attend as his substitute.

Item 1 is a decision on whether to take items 4, 5 and 6 in private. It is proposed that item 4 be taken in private because it is a discussion about our approach to scrutiny of the Tribunals (Scotland) Bill, which will include a discussion about potential witnesses. Item 5 is consideration of a draft stage 1 report on the Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Bill, including our final conclusions and recommendations to the Parliament. Item 6 is consideration of a draft report on our inquiry into the effectiveness of the provisions in the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003—the item was deferred last week. Do members agree to take those items in private?

Members indicated agreement.