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In order to aid the Committee’s consideration, you may wish to be aware of a particular rape conviction case where an absolute discharge was issued by the High Court.
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS Parliamentary Year 4, No. 106, Session 6 Meeting of the Parliament Tuesday 6 May 2025 Note: (DT) signifies a decision taken at Decision Time.
Questions must be lodged no later than 12 noon on Thursday 04 May 2023. These will then appear in this section of the Business Bulletin on Friday 05 May 2023.
• Lord Advocate’s statement – the non-legislative proposals set out in her statement and how this may work out in practice, and what impact you consider this may have on remand levels?
A full BRIA will be published alongside the bill when it is introduced in May next year. I am happy to answer any further questions the Committee may have on the above.
The letter also asked that if there were specific reasons why FMPG could not provide this information, it would be helpful if they could set these out so that the Committee may be aware of them. The Committee requested a response by 13 May, otherwise FMPG would be invited to provide oral evidence. • 13 May - FMPG response from new CEO – the substantive update on timelines and costs that the Committee had been seeking.