Justice Committee

1. Decisions on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 6 and 7 in private. The Committee will also decide whether its consideration of its draft report on its inquiry into the role and purpose of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service should be taken in private at future meetings. 2. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on the Stop and Search Code of Practice (Appointed Day) (Scotland) Regulations 2017 [draft] from— Michael Matheson, Cabinet Secretary for Justice, Stephen Jones, Head of Police Powers, and Craig French, Directorate for Legal Services, Scottish Government. 3. Subordinate legislation: Michael Matheson (Cabinet Secretary for Justice) to move— S4M-03459—That the Justice Committee recommends that the Stop and Search Code of Practice (Appointed Day) (Scotland) Regulations 2017 [draft] be approved. 4. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instrument— Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 (Rural Housing Bodies) Amendment Order 2017 (SSI 2017/7). 5. Justice Sub-Committee on Policing: The Committee will consider a report back from the Sub-Committee meeting on 2 February 2017. 6. Railway Policing (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider written evidence received and potential witnesses for its scrutiny of the Bill at Stage 1. 7. Inquiry into the role and purpose of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service: The Committee will consider a discussion paper on its inquiry.