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To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to make any announcements during the parliamentary recess; if so, when any such announcements will be made and why they will be made during recess.
Members will also note that the letter questions the timing of the presentation of level 2 figures, which must be presented towards the end of the summer recess—although I am not sure when the summer recess ends.
We have had a draft report, which we deferred because of the cuts and job losses in the Scottish Prison Service, so we must decide how we are now to proceed.Item 2 on the agenda is a short discussion on the practicalities of the committee's work load after the recess. That part of the meeting should be held in private.
Then we can return to the issue and have a wider public discussion at a committee meeting after the recess. I am happy to engage with you on that basis.
I am not looking for extra work, but we have already missed two weeks since we returned from the Christmas recess and we do not want to leave too many gaps.
Delaying the report until after the summer recess would give us time to undertake those visits during the recess, particularly if they were in our constituencies.