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Minutes


1st Meeting, 2021

Date: Tuesday, June 22, 2021
Session: 6
Location: www.scottishparliament.tv
Meeting opened at: 09:30am
Meeting closed at: 10:41am

Committee Members Attendees

Audrey Nicoll (Convener) 
Russell Findlay (Deputy Convener) 
Katy Clark 
Jamie Greene 
Fulton MacGregor  
Rona Mackay 
Pauline McNeill 
Collette Stevenson 


1 Declaration of interests: 

Members of the Committee were invited to declare any relevant interests. The following interests were declared— 

Katy Clark indicated that she is a non-practicing solicitor in Scotland, England and Wales and that her father is a forensic psychiatrist and sits as a Mental Health tribunal panel member. 

Russell Findlay indicated that as a journalist he reported extensively on policing and organised crime and that he is married to a police officer. 

Fulton MacGregor declared an interest as a registered social worker and indicated that he was a practising criminal justice social worker for approximately 5 years prior to his election as an MSP in 2016. 

Pauline McNeill indicated that her husband was formerly a member of the Criminal Bar but is no longer practising. 


2 Choice of Convener:

The Committee chose Audrey Nicoll as its Convener. 


3 Choice of Deputy Convener:

The Committee chose Russell Findlay as its Deputy Convener.


4 Decision on taking business in private:

The Committee agreed to take item 5 in private.


 5 Work programme (in private):

The Committee considered its approach to developing its work programme and agreed to invite the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Veterans to give evidence and to hold a series of roundtable evidence sessions after the summer recess. The Committee also agreed to hold a business planning day. 

 

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