Question reference: S1W-00778
- Asked by: David McLetchie, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 4 August 1999
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Current status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 18 August 1999
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what is the timetable for the Lord MacLean Committee on serious violent and sexual offenders, and the Millan Committee on the review of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 to report, and in the light of the Noel Ruddle decision, whether the timetable will be brought forward with a view to enabling emergency legislation to permit the continued detention of persons who represent a danger to the public.
Answer
I refer to the answer I gave to Ms Gillon's question (S1W-00900).