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I have given a clear commitment to the independence of the report, but I have no difficulty in supporting amendments 36 and 41 and I encourage the committee to agree to them.Although I am sympathetic to amendment 35, the appointment date that he specifies is too restrictive.
I reiterate that ACPOS does not wish to delay the process in any way, but we wish there to be, at some future date, a single piece of stand-alone legislation that covers all hate crime, whether it involves aggravators and/or criminal offences.
Given the situation with the existing bridge, which we will come to shortly, is there any possibility of an earlier start date and earlier legislation to allow that to happen?
What other information might she receive at a further date that might allow her to review her decision that she has full confidence in Mr Mackay's prosecution of the case?
Work Programme Item 5 is the committee's work programme from Easter until the summer recess. As a result of the meeting of the Parliament in Aberdeen in May, the committee's scheduled meeting on 28 May will be lost.
Therefore, I have provisionally scheduled an evidence session for our first meeting after the recess. That should give us sufficient time to consider our draft report before the motion is timetabled for chamber debate.