Justice Committee

1. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on the— Sheriff Court Simple Procedure (Limits on Award of Expenses) Order 2016 [draft]; Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (Relevant Officer and Consequential Provisions) Order 2016 [draft]; from— Annabelle Ewing, Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs, Walter Drummond-Murray, Civil Law and Legal System Division, and Greig Walker, Directorate for Legal Services, Scottish Government. 2. Subordinate legislation: Annabelle Ewing (Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs) to move— S5M-01714—That the Justice Committee recommends that the Sheriff Court Simple Procedure (Limits on Award of Expenses) Order 2016 [draft] be approved. S5M-02128—That the Justice Committee recommends that the Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (Relevant Officer and Consequential Provisions) Order 2016 [draft] be approved. 3. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on the Maximum Number of Judges (Scotland) Order 2016 [draft] from— Annabelle Ewing, Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs, Walter Drummond-Murray, Civil Law and Legal System Division, and Greig Walker, Directorate for Legal Services, Scottish Government. 4. Subordinate legislation: Annabell Ewing (Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs) to move— S5M-01715—That the Justice Committee recommends that the Maximum Number of Judges (Scotland) Order 2016 [draft] be approved; 5. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instruments— Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2016 (SSI 2016/290); Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) (Fees) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2016 (SSI 2016/317). 6. The future of British Transport Police in Scotland: The Committee will take evidence, in round-table format, from— Chief Superintendent Gordon Crosson, President, Association of Scottish Police Superintendents; Deputy Chief Constable Adrian Hanstock, British Transport Police; Nigel Goodband, Chairman, and Darren Townsend, General Secretary, British Transport Police Federation Scotland; Assistant Chief Constable Bernard Higgins, Operations and Justice, Police Scotland; Professor Nick Fyfe, Founding Director, Scottish Institute for Policing Research; John Foley, Chief Executive, Scottish Police Authority. 7. Inquiry into the role and purpose of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service: The Committee will take evidence from— Liz Dahl, Chief Executive, Circle; Steve Farrell, Lead Organiser for Scotland, Community; Professor Nancy Loucks, Chief Executive, Families Outside; Audrey Howard, Social Work Scotland. Published by the Scottish Parliament Corporate Body. www.parliament.scot // We do not facilitate discussions on our YouTube page but encourage you to share and comment on our videos on your own channels. // If you would like to join in our conversations please follow @ScotParl on Twitter or like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/scottishparliament