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Next Meeting: 23rd Meeting, Tuesday 7 September 2010
The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in Committee Room 2.
1. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instruments—
the Criminal Legal Aid (Fixed Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2010 (SSI 2010/237);
the Criminal Legal Aid (Fixed Payments) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2010 (SSI 2010/267);
the Grampian Joint Fire and Rescue Board (Specified Equipment) (Scotland) Order 2010 (SSI 2010/252).
2. European Commission Work Programme: The Committee will take evidence from—
Michael Clancy, Director of Law Reform, the Law Society of Scotland;
Julia Bateman, Head of the UK Law Societies Brussels Office;
Ian Duncan, European Officer, the Scottish Parliament.
The Committee will then decide whether to consider the main themes arising from the evidence session and identify any follow-up work in private at its next meeting.
3. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether its consideration of candidates for the post of adviser on the Scottish Government's draft budget 2011-12 should be taken in private at its next meeting.
4. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 7 and 8 in private and also whether any consideration of main themes arising from written and oral evidence received on the Damages (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1 should be taken in private at future meetings.
5. Members' Bills — witness expenses: The Committee will be invited to delegate to the Convener responsiblity for arranging for the SPCB to pay, under Rule 12.4.2, any expenses of witnesses on the Damages (Scotland) Bill, the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Bill, the Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Bill or the Criminal Sentencing (Equity Fines) (Scotland) Bill.
6. Damages (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—
Graeme Garrett, Obligations Committee, Law Society of Scotland.
7. Damages (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the written evidence received so far and decide whom to invite to give oral evidence at its meeting on 21 September 2010.
8. Damages (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the main themes arising from the oral evidence heard earlier in the meeting.
Last Meeting: 22nd Meeting, Tuesday 29 June 2010
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