Justice Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 6 in private. 2. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on the Home Detention Curfew Licence (Amendment) (Scotland) Order 2016 [draft] from— Annabelle Ewing, Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs, Quentin Fisher, Community Justice Division, Susan Bulloch, Community Justice Division, and Craig McGuffie, Directorate for Legal Services, Scottish Government. 3. Subordinate legislation: Annabelle Ewing (Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs) to move— S5M-02127—That the Justice Committee recommends that the Home Detention Curfew Licence (Amendment) (Scotland) Order 2016 [draft] be approved. 4. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instruments— Community Justice Outcomes Improvement Plan and Performance Report (Scotland) Regulations 2016 (SSI 2016/309); Act of Sederunt (Fees of Solicitors and Shorthand Writers in the Court of Session, Sheriff Appeal Court and Sheriff Court Amendment) 2016 (SSI 2016/316). 5. Inquiry into the role and purpose of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service: The Committee will take evidence from— Chief Superintendent Gordon Crossan, President, Association of Scottish Police Superintendents; Rachael Weir, Vice President, and Fiona Eadie, Secretary, Procurators Fiscal Society Section of the FDA; Stephen Murray, Branch Executive Committee member, PCS Scotland; Calum Steele, General Secretary, Scottish Police Federation; and then from— Michael Meehan, Law Reform Committee member, and Derek Ogg QC, Faculty of Advocates. 6. Work programme: The Committee will consider its work programme, including considering further its approach to the scrutiny of the Scottish Government's Draft Budget 2017-18.