Committee
Justice 2 Committee, 07 Mar 2006
07 Mar 2006 · S2 · Justice 2 Committee
Item of business
Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
This group of amendments is technical and relates to the arrangements for the transfer of staff that are set out in part 1 of schedule 3. Amendment 69 is a technical amendment to reflect the fact that constables who transfer to "relevant service" with the Scottish police services authority or the Scottish crime and drug enforcement agency are more accurately described as transferring from police forces than transferring from police authorities or joint police boards, as the bill currently provides.Amendments 70 to 73 are consequential on that change and make it clear that a staff transfer order that is made by the Scottish ministers in respect of such constables may include provision that requires a police authority or joint board to make a transfer scheme for the constables to whom the order relates. It is envisaged that a staff transfer order that is made by the Scottish ministers will set out the matters that the transfer scheme should cover, while the transfer scheme will set out the detailed arrangements that will govern the transfer and identify those who are to be transferred.I move amendment 69.
In the same item of business
The Convener:
Con
Item 3 is day 2 of our stage 2 consideration of the Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill. Members should have a copy of the bill, the ma...
Sections 24 to 27 agreed to.
Section 28—Directions
Amendment 64 moved—Hugh Henry—and agreed to.
Section 28, as amended, agreed to.
Section 29 agreed to.
Schedule 3Transfers of staff and property
The Convener:
Con
Amendment 69, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendments 70 to 73.
Hugh Henry:
Lab
This group of amendments is technical and relates to the arrangements for the transfer of staff that are set out in part 1 of schedule 3. Amendment 69 is a t...
Amendment 69 agreed to.
Amendments 70 to 73 moved—Hugh Henry—and agreed to.
The Convener:
Con
Amendment 74, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendments 75, 76, 133, 77 and 78.
Hugh Henry:
Lab
This group of amendments relates to the arrangements for the transfer of property rights and liabilities to the new Scottish police services authority that a...
Amendment 74 agreed to.
Amendments 75, 76, 133, 77 and 78 moved—Hugh Henry—and agreed to.
Schedule 3, as amended, agreed to.
Section 30 agreed to.
Before section 31
The Convener:
Con
Amendment 134, in the name of Jackie Baillie, is grouped with amendments 135 to 147 and 131. If amendment 138 is agreed to, it will pre-empt amendment 107, w...
Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Lab):
Lab
I hope that members realise that I will not spend too long speaking to amendments 135 to 147 because they are consequential on amendment 134. I agree absolut...
Hugh Henry:
Lab
I am pleased that Jackie Baillie has recognised the need to deliver an independent police complaints commissioner. A commissioner would be able to satisfy th...
Mr Maxwell:
SNP
I am sympathetic to the idea of not setting up unnecessary bureaucracy. I can see where Jackie Baillie is coming from on that point. The one-stop shop has an...
Jeremy Purvis:
LD
There is a superficiality to saying that one body can handle everything. Although that is attractive, what Jackie Baillie proposes would make the system weak...
The Convener:
Con
I have some comments of my own on the amendments. We have great sympathy with Jackie Baillie's proposal to cut down on bureaucracy, the number of institution...
Colin Fox (Lothians) (SSP):
SSP
Because I arrived during the debate on this group of amendments, I will not go into the issue at great length. The motive behind Jackie Baillie's amendments ...
Hugh Henry:
Lab
If I may, I will comment just before Jackie Baillie winds up. On Colin Fox's point, one thing about which Jackie Baillie and I agree is that we do not want a...
The Convener:
Con
I invite Jackie Baillie to wind up and decide whether she wishes to press or withdraw amendment 134.
Jackie Baillie:
Lab
I will try to pick up on all the points that members have raised—in a way, they are grouped together. First, I say to Stewart Maxwell that, although it came ...
Amendment 134, by agreement, withdrawn.
Section 31—The Police Complaints Commissioner for Scotland