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Thank you for that permission. Are members agreed?

Members indicated agreement.

We move swiftly on to our next agenda item, which is access to court transcripts and consideration of the Scottish Government’s response on that issue, which we recently raised. I refer members to paper 6. Once again, I invite any views from members on the correspondence.

Thank you for that. Jamie Greene wants to come in.

Does anybody else want to come in very quickly?

Russell Findlay has a final point to make.

Okay.

We move on to “Misuse of drugs and the criminal justice system”, which is on page 17.

We are here to discuss the specifics of the lessons learned review. I would be grateful if you could refine your questions to focus on the review.

Rona Mackay has a supplementary question.

Finally, I bring in Pauline McNeill.

Our next agenda item is oral evidence on a motion to annul a negative Scottish statutory instrument. I refer members to paper 2.

I welcome back to the meeting the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Veterans, Keith Brown, and his officials, Ms Sandra Wallace, parole policy manager, and Mr Nicholas Duffy, senior principal legal officer, who joins us online.

I invite Jamie Greene to speak to and move his motion.