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Title    : Scottish Parliament: Committees: Justice 1: Minutes: Meeting 2,
2001
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JUSTICE 1 COMMITTEE

MINUTES

2nd Meeting, 2001 (Session 1)

Tuesday 30 January 2001

 
   
 
Present:


Gordon Jackson (Deputy Convener) 
Phil Gallie 
Maureen Macmillan  
Michael Matheson 
Alasdair Morgan (Convener) 
Euan Robson  
  

Apologies were received from Paul Martin.


The meeting opened at 2.01 pm.


1. Declaration of Interests: No member had any relevant interest to
declare. 


2. Convention Rights (Compliance) (Scotland) Bill (in private): The
Committee considered areas of questioning on the general principles of the
Bill at Stage 1. 


3. Item in private: The Committee agreed to take item 8 in private. 


4. Convention Rights Compliance (Scotland) Bill: The Committee took
evidence on the general principles of the Bill at Stage 1 from- 

Niall Campbell, Head of Criminal and Civil Law Group, Ian Allen, Head of
Legal Aid Branch, Jacqueline Conlan, Head of the Bill team, Jane
Richardson, Criminal Justice Division, Gillian Russell and Stuart
Foubister, both of the Solicitor's Office, Scottish Executive;

John Scott, Chair, Scottish Human Rights Centre; 

Susan Matheson, Chief Executive, Donald Dickie, Senior Manager (Policy and
Standards), SACRO (Safeguarding Communities - Reducing Offending).


5. Proposed Protection from Abuse Bill: The Committee agreed that the
Convener should now instruct the Non-Executive Bills Unit to draft its
proposed Committee Bill on Protection from Abuse. 


6. Subordinate Legislation: The Committee considered and noted the
following negative instrument - 

The Births, Deaths, Marriages and Divorces (Fees) (Scotland) Amendment
Regulations 2000 (SSI 2000/447)


7. Petitions: The Committee considered the following petitions- 

PE89 by Eileen McBride. The Committee agreed to consider whether an
individual should be informed that a request to view an enhanced criminal
record certificate has been made at its next meeting.

PE265 by George McAulay on behalf of the UK Men's Movement. The Committee
agreed to consult relevant organisations on the issue of anonymity of the
accused in cases of rape and sexual offences against children. The
Committee agreed that the Clerks should compile a list of organisations to
be contacted, and that the list should be circulated to members for
approval.


8. Committee Operation (in private): The Committee considered how it will
operate, and how it will interact with the Justice 2 Committee. The
Committee agreed to a paper on this matter by the Clerk and that this paper
should be distributed to members of both Committees. 

The meeting closed at 4.08 pm.

 



Lynn Tullis, Clerk to the Committee


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