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The practical experience of the police to date has shown that that eight-day period is considered far too long and means that the police can be unaware that an offender has left the country.
We are well aware of the issues behind the petition and I hope that we can resolve them at a later date. We should draw attention to the fact that we will take evidence from the minister once the strategic plan is published.
Members will recall that we agreed on 23 September that the clerks would merge the reports of committee reporters Dorothy-Grace Elder and Malcolm Chisholm. The suggested date for us to reconsider that merged report is 5 December.
Our comments have produced positive responses—some measures are in place, some will be effective from a set date and some work is on-going with set dates for completion.
Fundable Bodies (Scotland) Order 2007 (draft) We asked the Executive to explain the lack of a commencement date for the order and why it had not revised the explanatory note.
The typo, which will be corrected in the printed version of the order, relates to the date at which certain parts of section 15 of the act are to come into force.
The only function of having the item on the agenda is therefore to ask members whether it would be appropriate for the committee to consider the item and put it on the agenda for discussion at a later date. Do members agree to that action?