Chamber and committees

Membership of the Expert Ferry Group is on the basis of an individual’s knowledge and expertise rather than as a representative of a particular stakeholder group. Members of the Expert Ferry Group includes key transport professionals, academics and operators of ferry services.

The trade unions are not represented on this group, with separate arrangements applying to allow dialogue between the Minister for Transport and the Islands and the trade union on matters of relevance to the trade unions. The Minister meets regularly with the relevant trade unions and the STUC.

To date the Expert Ferry Group has not published any specific group recommendations.

Minutes of Expert Ferry Group meetings, indicating aspects which have been explored and discussed are published on the Transport Scotland website.

Under EU Regulations governing the scheme, the changes proposed by NFUS would require a modification to the rules for granting the support, and as such would have to be notified to Europe. Unfortunately the Regulations only provided one opportunity to submit such a modification and that had to be notified to the European Commission by 1 August 2016, so there is currently no scope within the rules to make these changes at present.

However potential changes to the EC regulations are currently being discussed in Europe that may allow more flexibility for future years, if that happens, Scottish Government will be happy to engage with NFUS and any other stakeholders to consider any evidence presented to us that suggests change is necessary. In the meantime we will continue to monitor the scheme and evaluate its impact.

The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service's case management database is a live, operating database. It is designed to meet our business needs in relation to the processing of criminal cases, and the information within it is structured accordingly. We do not have a separate database, and hold only operational data needed for business purposes. The database classifies the most common outcomes but does not classify every conceivable outcome that may be reached in respect of a case. The numbers of cases where prosecutors have relinquished title to prosecute in favour of the prosecuting authorities of another jurisdiction are so numerically small that COPFS has no business need to classify them separately.

The Scottish Government believes that access to all EU security, law enforcement and civil judicial co-operation measures are of clear benefit to Scotland. Leaving the EU will put at risk participation in these measures and threatens the deep and special relationship that currently exists between our justice agencies and legal professionals and their EU counterparts including Europol and EUROJUST.

Since the outcome of the EU referendum we have urged the UK Government to provide clarity and certainty on co-operation measures, which have a direct impact on Scotland’s independent Justice system. We believe that access to all of these measures and agencies, like EUROJUST, are threatened by the exit pathway set by the UK Government to-date and reflected in the negotiating priorities set.

The Scottish Government believes that access to all EU security, law enforcement and civil judicial co-operation measures are of clear benefit to Scotland. Leaving the EU will put at risk participation in these measures and threatens the deep and special relationship that currently exists between our justice agencies and legal professionals and their EU counterparts.

Since the outcome of the EU referendum we have urged the UK Government to provide clarity and certainty on co-operation measures, which have a direct impact on Scotland’s independent Justice system. We believe that access to all of these measures, including family law judgements, is threatened by the exit pathway set by the UK Government to-date and reflected in the negotiating priorities set.

The Scottish Government believes that access to all EU security, law enforcement and civil judicial co-operation measures are of clear benefit to Scotland. Leaving the EU will put at risk participation in these measures and threatens the deep and special relationship that currently exists between our justice agencies and legal professionals and their EU counterparts including Europol and EUROJUST.

Since the outcome of the EU referendum we have urged the UK Government to provide clarity and certainty on co-operation measures, which have a direct impact on Scotland’s independent Justice system. We believe that access to all of these measures and agencies, including the use of the European Arrest Warrant, is threatened by the exit pathway set by the UK Government to-date and reflected in the negotiating priorities set.

The Scottish Government believes that access to all EU security, law enforcement and civil judicial co-operation measures are of clear benefit to Scotland. Leaving the EU will put at risk participation in these measures and threatens the deep and special relationship that currently exists between our justice agencies and legal professionals and their EU counterparts including Europol and EUROJUST.

Since the outcome of the EU referendum we have urged the UK Government to provide clarity and certainty on co-operation measures, which have a direct impact on Scotland’s independent Justice system. We believe that access to all of these measures, including direct civil judicial cooperation instruments, is threatened by the exit pathway set by the UK Government to-date and reflected in the negotiating priorities set.

The Scottish Government believes that access to all EU security, law enforcement and civil judicial co-operation measures are of clear benefit to Scotland. Leaving the EU will put at risk participation in these measures and threatens the deep and special relationship that currently exists between our justice agencies and legal professionals and their EU counterparts.

Since the outcome of the EU referendum we have urged the UK Government to provide clarity and certainty on co-operation measures, which have a direct impact on Scotland’s independent Justice system. We believe that access to all of these measures, including civil court judgements, such as court interdicts, is threatened by the exit pathway set by the UK Government to-date and reflected in the negotiating priorities set.

The Scottish Government believes that access to all EU security, law enforcement and civil judicial co-operation measures are of clear benefit to Scotland. Leaving the EU will put at risk participation in these measures and threatens the deep and special relationship that currently exists between our justice agencies and legal professionals and their EU counterparts including Europol and EUROJUST.

Since the outcome of the EU referendum we have urged the UK Government to provide clarity and certainty on co-operation measures, which have a direct impact on Scotland’s independent Justice system. We believe that access to all of these measures, including data-sharing measures where the protection of personal data is so vital in co-operation on a wide spectrum of matters including law enforcement, is threatened by the exit pathway set by the UK Government to-date and reflected in the negotiating priorities set.