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The Convener (Audrey Nicoll) SNP

I wish you a very good morning. Welcome to the 18th meeting in 2022 of the Criminal Justice Committee. We have received no apologies. We have two main items...

The Convener SNP

Amendment 81, in the name of Jamie Greene, is grouped with amendments 82 and 83.

Jamie Greene (West Scotland) (Con) Con

Good morning. We have a lot to get through today. The amendments in this small group are technical ones that seek to improve the licensing scheme, should it...

The Minister for Community Safety (Ash Regan) SNP

The amendments in group 11 make provisions relating to the format of a fireworks licence. In particular, they set out entitlement to a paper licence and spec...

Jamie Greene Con

I thank the minister for that response. The reassurance that has been given, with her accepting the point, is helpful and appreciated. For that reason, I wil...

The Convener SNP

I call Jamie Greene to move amendment 82, which has already been debated with amendment 81.

Jamie Greene Con

Can I have clarification of the difference between withdrawing and not moving an amendment?

Seán Wixted (Clerk)

If a member is content not to move an amendment, they do not have to—it will not be debated. If an amendment is moved, it must be debated by the committee, a...

The Convener SNP

Amendment 84, in the name of Jamie Greene, is in a group on its own.

Jamie Greene Con

Amendment 84 is quite self-explanatory—unusually for an amendment—and is based on the premise of an appeals process. It says: “The Scottish Ministers must p...

Ash Regan

Amendment 84 would require the Scottish ministers to provide information about how to appeal a decision to refuse a licence application, attach a condition t...

The Convener SNP

Jamie, do you want to wind up or press or withdraw amendment 84?

Jamie Greene Con

I thank the minister for the offer. I am happy to kick off the morning on a consensual note and agree to work with the minister and her team ahead of stage 3...

The Convener SNP

The question is, that amendment 86 be agreed to. Are we all agreed? Members: No.

The Convener SNP

There will be a division. For Findlay, Russell (West Scotland) (Con) Greene, Jamie (West Scotland) (Con) Against Clark, Katy (West Scotland) (Lab) MacG...

The Convener SNP

The result of the division is: For 2, Against 6, Abstentions 0. Amendment 86 disagreed to. Section 15 agreed to. Section 16—False or altered licences and ...

The Convener SNP

The question is, that amendment 20 be agreed to. Are we all agreed? Members: No.

The Convener SNP

There will be a division. For Clark, Katy (West Scotland) (Lab) MacGregor, Fulton (Coatbridge and Chryston) (SNP) Mackay, Rona (Strathkelvin and Bearsden...

The Convener SNP

The result of the division is: For 6, Against 2, Abstentions 0. Amendment 20 agreed to. Amendment 21 moved—Ash Regan—and agreed to. Section 18, as amended...

The Convener SNP

The question is, that amendment 89 be agreed to. Are we agreed? Members: No.

The Convener SNP

There will be a division. For Clark, Katy (West Scotland) (Lab) Findlay, Russell (West Scotland) (Con) Greene, Jamie (West Scotland) (Con) McNeill, Paul...

The Convener SNP

The result of the division is: For 4, Against 4, Abstentions 0. There is an equality of votes. Therefore, as convener, I shall use my casting vote to vote a...

The Convener SNP

Amendment 90, in the name of Jamie Greene, is grouped with amendments 56, 129 and 57.

Jamie Greene Con

I have two amendments in this group and Colette Stevenson has the other two, which I will come on to. My two amendments are on post-legislative scrutiny, w...

Collette Stevenson (East Kilbride) (SNP) SNP

I am pleased to propose amendments 56 and 57, having raised the issue of post-legislative scrutiny of the bill alongside my colleagues on the Criminal Justic...

Rona Mackay (Strathkelvin and Bearsden) (SNP) SNP

I support Collette Stevenson’s amendments 56 and 57 for the reasons that she has just outlined, which I will not repeat. I do not think that Jamie Greene’s ...

Pauline McNeill (Glasgow) (Lab) Lab

I thank Jamie Greene and Collette Stevenson for their amendments, which are critical. They all align with the committee’s stage 1 report, in which we all exp...

Fulton MacGregor (Coatbridge and Chryston) (SNP) SNP

I speak in support of amendments 56 and 57, in the name of Collette Stevenson, which are a fair reflection of where the committee got to in its discussion of...

Ash Regan SNP

I thank Ms Stevenson for meeting me to discuss her amendments. I welcome the detail that she has given in highlighting the importance of post-legislative scr...

Pauline McNeill Lab

I talked about the licensing scheme, which Jamie Greene’s amendment 90 refers to.