J2/S2/06/32/M

32nd Meeting, 2006 (Session 2)

 Tuesday 21 November 2006

Present:

Apologies were received from Jackie Baillie MSP.

Also present: Fergus McNeill and Susan Wiltshire (Committee advisers)

The meeting opened at 2.17 pm.

1. Declaration of interests: Michael Matheson MSP was invited to declare any relevant interests. No such interests were declared.

2. Custodial Sentences and Weapons (Scotland) Bill: The Committee took evidence from— 

Fiona Moriarty, Director, Scottish Retail Consortium;
Professor Alexander Cameron, Chairman, and Niall Campbell, Member, Parole Board for Scotland;
Professor Roisin Hall, Chief Executive, and Robert Winter, Convener, Risk Management Authority; and
Dr Andrew McLellan, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, and John McCaig, HM Deputy Chief Inspector of Prisons.

3. Custodial Sentences and Weapons (Scotland) Bill (in private): The Committee considered the main themes arising from the evidence session. The Committee agreed to invite the governors of HMP Barlinnie and HMP Cornton Vale to give oral evidence on the Bill at the next meeting of the Committee.  

The meeting closed at 4.59 pm.

Tracey Hawe
Clerk to the Committee