J1/S2/05/24/M

24th Meeting, 2005 (Session 2)

Thursday 30 June 2005

Present:

Apologies were received from Bruce McFee, Margaret Mitchell and Stewart Stevenson.

The meeting opened at 1.45 pm.

1. Family Law (Scotland) Bill (in private): The Committee agreed its Stage 1 report subject to specified changes being made.

2. Work Programme (in private): The Committee considered its work programme and agreed to meet jointly with the Justice 2 Committee to consider the budget proposals for this year and to scrutinise the draft budget for 2006/7 along with selected parts of the Efficient Government Technical Notes.

The Committee also agreed to meet jointly and in private with the Justice 2 Committee in order to receive a briefing from SPICe and to consider possible witnesses for its consideration of stage 2 of the budget process.

The Committee also agreed not to appoint an adviser in relation to its consideration of the budget process.

The meeting closed at 2.14 pm.

Callum Thomson
Clerk to the Committee