Committee
Criminal Justice Committee 11 March 2026 [Draft]
11 Mar 2026 · S6 · Criminal Justice Committee
Item of business
Subordinate Legislation
Police Service of Scotland (Vetting) Regulations 2026 (SSI 2026/46)
I agree that the additional information has been useful. I am inclined to agree with Pauline McNeill that, just because a set of circumstances exists in other parts of the UK, that is not on its own reason enough to replicate that here. However, there are good reasons to have the ability to have intermittent vetting processes for police officers, given the powers that they hold.The answer that Craig Naylor gave to the question that I asked gives me further reassurance. However, I have always been reassured that an assessor is involved and that an independent process will be carried out to look at the issue. On balance, I remain satisfied with the instrument.
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12:53
The Convener
SNP
Our next item of business is consideration of a negative Scottish statutory instrument that was held over from last week. Members will note that there was a ...
Pauline McNeill
Lab
I, too, put on record my thanks for the documentation accompanying the SSI, which was considerable and necessary. I want to set out why I decided not to proc...
The Convener
SNP
I agree that the supplementary information that we received this week has been extremely helpful.
Jamie Hepburn
SNP
I agree that the additional information has been useful. I am inclined to agree with Pauline McNeill that, just because a set of circumstances exists in othe...
The Convener
SNP
Are members content that the SSI comes into force?Members indicated agreement.
The Convener
SNP
We were due to move on to our final agenda item, which is on our legacy report. However, given the time, do members agree to defer that item to next week, wh...
The Convener
SNP
With that, I close the meeting.Meeting closed at 13:00.