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Our approach paper on the bill suggests that we adopt level 1 scrutiny, which would involve sending our standard questionnaire to organisations on which costs fall, and forwarding any responses to the lead committee.
Item in Private Good morning and welcome to the 34th meeting in 2005 of the Justice 1 Committee. I have received apologies from Mike Pringle, but Jim Wallace is here in his place.
We might also be joined by Jamie McGrigor—I think only for item 3—depending on whether his other meeting finishes on time.Item 1 is to ask the committee to agree to take item 5 in private.
We have received apologies from Andrew Welsh, who is unable to attend.I welcome our new committee member, Margaret Smith, and invite her, under agenda item 1, to declare any registered interests that are relevant to her committee membership.
Bill Butler is currently appearing before the Health Committee in connection with his member's bill, but I understand that he hopes to join us during the afternoon.Agenda item 1 is consideration of whether to take item 5 in private.
Our legal advice points out that, conversely, it would seem that subsection (6) of section 12B(1)(b) of the 1968 act is a relevant enabling power, but it has not been cited in the preamble.
Before us are our draft report and the proposed standing order changes. I invite comments on pages 1 or 2 of the draft report. Do members agree to the recommendation that has been made?