Justice 2 Committee,

Meeting date: Wednesday, May 22, 2002

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Scottish Parliament Justice 2 Committee Wednesday 22 May 2002

[The Convener opened the meeting in private at 09:36]

Meeting continued in public.

Good morning everyone and welcome to the 21st meeting this year of the Justice 2 Committee. The meeting will be held in the morning and the afternoon, so it will be a long day for our witnesses and for us. We will hear from eight sets of witnesses today, some in the morning and some in the afternoon. We are taking evidence mainly on part 7 and, in particular, section 43 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill, but we will go beyond that in our lines of questioning.

I ask members to check that their mobile phones are switched off. I have received apologies only from Duncan Hamilton, who cannot join us this morning, but who will, I hope, be with us this afternoon.