Justice Committee

1. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on the— First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Transfer of Functions of the Private Rented Housing Panel) Regulations 2016 [draft]; First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Transfer of Functions of the Homeowner Housing Panel) Regulations 2016 [draft]; First-tier Tribunal for Scotland Housing and Property Chamber and Upper Tribunal for Scotland (Composition) Regulations 2016 [draft]; Scottish Tribunals (Offences in Relation to Proceedings) Regulations 2016 [draft]; First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Chambers) Regulations 2016 [draft]; First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Transfer of Functions of the Homeowner Housing Committees) Regulations 2016 [draft]; First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Transfer of Functions of the Private Rented Housing Committees) Regulations 2016 [draft]; from— Annabelle Ewing, Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs, Sandra Wallace, Civil Law and Legal System Division, Hannah Frodsham, Civil Law and Legal System Division, and John St Clair, Directorate for Legal Services, Scottish Government. 2. Subordinate legislation: Annabelle Ewing (Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs) to move— S5M-01516—That the Justice Committee recommends that the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Transfer of Functions of the Private Rented Housing Panel) Regulations 2016 [draft] be approved; S5M-01517—That the Justice Committee recommends that the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Transfer of Functions of the Homeowner Housing Panel) Regulations 2016 [draft] be approved; S5M-01518—That the Justice Committee recommends that the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland Housing and Property Chamber and Upper Tribunal for Scotland (Composition) Regulations 2016 [draft] be approved; S5M-01519—That the Justice Committee recommends that the Scottish Tribunals (Offences in Relation to Proceedings) Regulations 2016 [draft] be approved; S5M-01523—That the Justice Committee recommends that the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Chambers) Regulations 2016 [draft] be approved; S5M-01524—That the Justice Committee recommends that the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Transfer of Functions of the Homeowner Housing Committees) Regulations 2016 [draft] be approved; S5M-01525—That the Justice Committee recommends that the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Transfer of Functions of the Private Rented Housing Committees) Regulations 2016 [draft] be approved. 3. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instruments— Scottish Tribunals (Time Limits) Regulations 2016 (SSI 2016/231); Upper Tribunal for Scotland (Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2016 (SSI 2016/232). 4. Investigatory Powers Bill (UK Parliament legislation): The Committee will take evidence on legislative consent memorandum LCM(S5)2 from— Assistant Chief Constable Steve Johnson, and Detective Superintendent Brenda Smith, Police Scotland; and then from— Michael Matheson, Cabinet Secretary for Justice, Graeme Waugh, Defence, Security and Cyber Resilience Division, and Lauri Mitchell, Directorate for Legal Services, Scottish Government. 5. Public petitions: The Committee will consider the following petitions— PE1370 by Dr Jim Swire, Professor Robert Black QC, Robert Forrester, Father Patrick Keegans and Iain McKie on Justice for Megrahi; PE1501 by Stuart Graham on public inquiries into self-inflicted and accidental deaths following suspicious death investigations; PE1567 by Donna O'Halloran on investigating unascertained deaths, suicides and fatal accidents in Scotland; PE1510 by Jody Curtis on the closure of police, fire and non-emergency service centres north of Dundee; PE1511 by Laura Ross on the decision made by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service to close Inverness control room.