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Justice Committee

Tuesday 05 September 2017 10:00 AM

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1. Declaration of interests: Maurice Corry and Liam Kerr will be invited to declare any relevant interests. 2. Decisions on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 5, 6 and 7 in private. The Committee will also decide whether consideration of a draft Stage 1 report on the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Bill should be taken in private at future meetings. 3. 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. 4. Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from— Hamish Goodall, Civil Law and Legal System Division, and Greig Walker, Solicitor, Directorate for Legal Services, Scottish Government. 5. Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider written evidence received and potential witnesses for the scrutiny of the Bill at Stage 1. 6. Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Repeal) (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider written evidence received and potential witnesses for the scrutiny of the Bill at Stage 1. 7. Work programme: The Committee will consider its work programme.

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