Scottish ParliamentJustice 1 CommitteeWednesday 31 May 2006 Scottish ParliamentJustice 1 CommitteeWednesday 31 May 2006 The Convener opened the meeting at 09:57Criminal Proceedings etc (Reform) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1 Criminal Proceedings etc (Reform) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1 Good morning and welcome to the 20th meeting in 2006 of the Justice 1 Committee. I introduce our adviser, Des McCaffrey, who has been with us for the duration of our consideration of the Criminal Proceedings etc (Reform) (Scotland) Bill, and Frazer McCallum and Graham Ross from the Scottish Parliament information centre.