Justice Committee - 23 October 2018
Channel: The Scottish Parliament
Date: 2018-10-23

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The Committee will meet at 10:00 am in the Mary Fairfax Somerville Room (CR2)
1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 8 in private.

2. Post-legislative scrutiny of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012: The Committee will take evidence from- 
Chief Superintendent Ivor Marshall, President, Association of Scottish Police Superintendents;
Stuart Aitken, Acting Chair for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, Fire and Rescue Services Association;
Chris McGlone, Executive Council Member, Fire Brigades Union;
Calum Steele, General Secretary, Scottish Police Federation;
Derek Jackson, Branch Secretary, Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Branch, Unison Scotland.

3. Pre-Budget Scrutiny: The Committee will take evidence as part of its Pre-Budget Scrutiny from- 
Humza Yousaf, Cabinet Secretary for Justice, Neil Rennick, Director of Justice, Willie Cowan, Deputy Director, Criminal Justice, and Donna Bell, Deputy Director, Police Division, Scottish Government;
Rt Hon James Wolffe QC, Lord Advocate, and David Harvie, Crown Agent and Chief Executive, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service.

4. Offensive Weapons Bill (UK Parliament legislation): The Committee will take evidence on legislative consent memorandum LCM-S5-17 from—
Humza Yousaf, Cabinet Secretary for Justice, Philip Lamont, Criminal Justice Division, and Isobel Joiner, Directorate for Legal Services, Scottish Government.

5. Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Bill (UK Parliament legislation): The Committee will take evidence on legislative consent memorandum LCM-S5-18 from—
Humza Yousaf, Cabinet Secretary for Justice, Neil Devlin, Police Division, and Louise Miller, Directorate for Legal Services, Scottish Government.

6. 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 Law Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018.

7. Justice Sub-Committee on Policing: The Committee will consider a report back from the Sub-Committee meeting held on 4 October 2018.

8. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider its approach to the forthcoming Drug Driving (Specified Limits) (Scotland) Regulations 2018 [draft].

Proposed future business
At its next meeting, on 30 October, the Committee expects to continue taking evidence on post-legislative scrutiny of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012. 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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