1st Report, 2007 (Session 2)

Stage 1 Report on the Prostitution (Public Places) (Scotland) Bill

CONTENTS

REMIT AND MEMBERSHIP

REPORT

ANNEXE A:  REPORTS FROM OTHER COMMITTEES

Report from Subordinate Legislation Committee

ANNEXE B:  EXTRACTS FROM MINUTES

            19 September (22nd Meeting, 2006 (Session 2))
            3 October (24th Meeting, 2006 (Session 2))
            24 October (25th Meeting, 2006 (Session 2))
            31 October (26th Meeting, 2006 (Session 2))
            7 November (27th Meeting, 2006 (Session 2))
            21 November (29th Meeting, 2006 (Session 2))
            28 November (30th Meeting, 2006 (Session 2))
            5 December (31st Meeting, 2006 (Session 2))
            19 December (33rd Meeting, 2006 (Session 2))

ANNEXE C:  ORAL EVIDENCE AND ASSOCIATED WRITTEN EVIDENCE

3 October (24th Meeting, 2006 (Session 2))

Oral Evidence
            Alison Douglas, Head of Corporate Killing and Prostitution Team, Scottish Executive;
            Patrick Down, Policy Officer, Corporate Killing and Prostitution Team, Scottish Executive;
            Margo MacDonald, MSP

Written Evidence
            Margo MacDonald, MSP

Supplementary Evidence
            Scottish Executive Bill Team

24 October (25th Meeting, 2006 (Session 2))

Oral Evidence
            Ruth Morgan Thomas, Manager, Scot-PEP;
            Jinty Kerr, Co-Chair, Scot-PEP Board of Directors;
            Cath Smith, Routes Out Intervention Team;
            Anne Fallon, Routes Out Intervention Team;
            Amanda Bell, Chairperson, Calton for All;
            Jennifer McCarey, Committee Member, Calton for All;
            Alan Beatson, Chair, Leith Links Residents Association;
            Senga Bethune, Member, Leith Links Residents Association 

Written Evidence
            SCOT-PEP
            Routes Out Partnership Glasgow
           
31 October (26th Meeting, 2006 (Session 2))

Oral Evidence
            Leslie Brown, Community Safety Strategist, Aberdeen City Council;
            Ann Hamilton, Principal Policy Officer, Corporate Policy, Glasgow City Council;
            Councillor Kingsley Thomas, City of Edinburgh Council;
            Assistant Chief Constable John Neilson, Strathclyde Police;
            Assistant Chief Constable Neil Richardson, Lothian and Borders Police;
            Detective Superintendent James Cameron, Tayside Police;
            Chief Inspector Mark Cooper, Grampian Police;
            Dr Teela Sanders, Senior Lecturer in Sociology of Crime and Deviance, Leeds University

Written Evidence
            Aberdeen City Council
            Glasgow City Council
            Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland (ACPOS)
            Dr Teela Sanders
           
Supplementary Evidence
            Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland (ACPOS)
            Assistant Chief Constable John Neilson

7 November (27th Meeting, 2006 (Session 2))

Oral Evidence
            George Lyon MSP, Deputy Minister for Finance and Public Service Reform; Alison Douglas, Head of Corporate             Killing and Prostitution Team, Scottish Executive;
            Patrick Down, Policy Officer, Corporate Killing and Prostitution Team, Scottish Executive;
            Paul Johnston, Solicitor, OSSE;
            Andrew McIntyre, Principal Procurator Fiscal Depute, Victims and Diversity Policy and Development Department,             Scottish Executive

Written Evidence
            Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service

Supplementary Evidence
            Scottish Executive Bill Team

28 November (30th Meeting, 2006 (Session 2))

Oral Evidence
            George Lyon MSP, Deputy Minister for Finance and Public Service Reform;
            Patrick Down, Policy Officer, Corporate Killing and Prostitution Team, Scottish Executive;
            Paul Johnston, Solicitor, OSSE;
            Andrew McIntyre, Principal Procurator Fiscal Depute, Victims and Diversity Policy and Development Department,             Scottish Executive

Written Evidence
            George Lyon MSP, Deputy Minister for Finance and Public Service Reform

Supplementary Evidence
            George Lyon MSP, Deputy Minister for Finance and Public Service Reform (Letter dated 4 December 2006)
            George Lyon MSP, Deputy Minister for Finance and Public Service Reform (Letter dated 18 December 2006)

ANNEXE D:  LIST OF OTHER WRITTEN EVIDENCE

Remit and membership

Remit:

To consider and report on matters relating to local government (including local government finance), cities and community planning and such other matters (excluding finance other than local government finance) which fall within the responsibility of the Minister for Finance and Public Services; and matters relating to transport which fall within the responsibility of the Minister for Transport.

Membership:

Bristow Muldoon (Convener)
Fergus Ewing
Dr Sylvia Jackson
Paul Martin
David McLetchie
Mr Michael McMahon
Mike Rumbles
Tommy Sheridan
Ms Maureen Watt

Committee Clerking Team:

Clerk to the Committee
Martin Verity

Senior Assistant Clerk
Alastair Macfie

Assistant Clerk
Rebecca Lamb

Committee Assistant
Fiona McCraw