Justice 1 Committee, 25 Apr 2001

Meeting date: Wednesday, April 25, 2001

Official Report 281KB pdf

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Regulation of the Legal Profession Inquiry

We move on to item 4, which is, appropriately enough, our inquiry into the regulation of the legal profession.

Members have before them paper J1/01/10/3, which is on the appointment of an adviser. I ask members to consider the terms of reference for the adviser, which are set out in that paper, to make comments, if required, and to agree—I hope—those terms of reference. Do members have any comments on the paper?

The paper seems to cover most of the issues that we would have raised.

If members are happy with the paper, we would hope to consider a list of potential advisers at our meeting on 2 May.

Do members agree that the terms of reference are suitable?

How do the clerks intend to establish who should be approached?

The Scottish Parliament information centre will generate and submit a list, using the criteria in the paper as guidance on the sort of person we are looking for.

Are members happy to proceed on that basis?

Members indicated agreement.