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Criminal Justice Committee, Health, Social Care and Sport Committee, Social Justice and Social Security Committee: Joint Committee
Meeting date: 24 November 2022
Audrey Nicoll
Finally, I come to Katy Clark, and then we will bring the session to a close.
Criminal Justice Committee, Health, Social Care and Sport Committee, Social Justice and Social Security Committee: Joint Committee
Meeting date: 24 November 2022
Audrey Nicoll
We move on to questions on lived experience. I will bring in Gillian Martin and then Miles Briggs.
Criminal Justice Committee, Health, Social Care and Sport Committee, Social Justice and Social Security Committee: Joint Committee
Meeting date: 24 November 2022
Audrey Nicoll
I move to Paul O’Kane, then I will bring in Alex Cole-Hamilton.
Criminal Justice Committee, Health, Social Care and Sport Committee, Social Justice and Social Security Committee: Joint Committee
Meeting date: 24 November 2022
Audrey Nicoll
I will bring in Alex Cole-Hamilton.
Criminal Justice Committee
Meeting date: 23 November 2022
Audrey Nicoll
Leading on from that, in addition to moving and adjusting figures, I am interested in opportunities for efficiency savings and new ways of working. Can you expand a little on what opportunities there are, within the constraints of a very difficult budget, for that to be very much part of individual portfolios’ thinking with regard to their budgets?
Criminal Justice Committee
Meeting date: 23 November 2022
Audrey Nicoll
Our next item of business is the conclusion of our evidence taking on pre-budget scrutiny of the Scottish Government’s forthcoming budget for 2023-24. I refer members to papers 1 and 2.
I welcome to the meeting the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Veterans, Keith Brown; Neil Rennick, the Scottish Government’s director of justice; and Donald McGillivray, the director of safer communities.
To get us under way, I invite the cabinet secretary to make a short opening statement, and we will then move to questions.
Criminal Justice Committee
Meeting date: 23 November 2022
Audrey Nicoll
Welcome to the Criminal Justice Committee’s 29th meeting in 2022. There are no apologies this morning.
Item 1 on our agenda is to decide whether to take item 7 in private. Do we agree to do so?
Members indicated agreement.
Criminal Justice Committee
Meeting date: 23 November 2022
Audrey Nicoll
Pauline McNeill wants to come in with further questions on prisons, and then I will bring in Jamie Greene.
Criminal Justice Committee
Meeting date: 23 November 2022
Audrey Nicoll
Thank you. Is there any indication around timescales? I do not want to stray off budget, but that obviously correlates with budget, as you have just said.
Criminal Justice Committee
Meeting date: 23 November 2022
Audrey Nicoll
As there are no other questions from members, we move straight to consideration of the motion. I invite the cabinet secretary to move motion S6M-06291.
Motion moved,
That the Criminal Justice Committee recommends that the International Organisations (Immunities and Privileges) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2022 [draft] be approved.—[Keith Brown.]
Motion agreed to.