Justice Committee - 2 October 2018
Channel: The Scottish Parliament
Date: 2018-10-02

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The Committee will meet at 10:00 am in the Mary Fairfax Somerville Room (CR2)
1. Post-legislative scrutiny of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012: The Committee will take evidence from- 
Chief Superintendent Mark Hargreaves, Head of Professional Standards, Police Scotland;
Lindsey McNeill, Director of Governance and Assurance, Scottish Police Authority.

2. Pre-Budget Scrutiny: The Committee will take evidence as part of its Pre-Budget Scrutiny from—

Fiona Eadie, Secretary, Procurators Fiscal Society Section, FDA Union;
Stephen Murray, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service Branch, and Brian Carroll, Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service Branch, PCS Union;
and then from—
Chris McCully, Development Co-ordinator, Criminal Justice Voluntary Sector Forum;
Euan McIlvride, Casework Team, Miscarriages of Justice Organisation Scotland;
Stuart Valentine, Chief Executive, Relationships Scotland;
Tom Halpin, Chief Executive, SACRO.

3. European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018: The Committee will consider a proposal by the Scottish Government to consent to the UK Government legislating using the powers under the Act in relation to the following UK statutory instrument proposals—
The Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements 2005) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018; The International Recovery of Maintenance (Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance 2007) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018.

Proposed future business
At its next meeting, on 23 October, the Committee expects to continue taking evidence on its post-legislative scrutiny of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 and on pre-budget scrutiny of the Scottish Government's Draft Budget 2019-20. For further information, contact Stephen Imrie, the Clerk to the Committee on 0131 348 5195 or by email stephen.imrie@parliament.scot 
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