CONTENTS

Wednesday 3 November 1999

JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
8^th Meeting

CONVENER:

*Roseanna Cunningham (Perth) (SNP)

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:

*Scott Barrie (Dunfermline West) (Lab)
*Phil Gallie (South of Scotland) (Con)
*Christine Grahame (South of Scotland) (SNP)
*Gordon Jackson (Glasgow Govan) (Lab)
*Mrs Lyndsay McIntosh (Central Scotland) (Con)
*Kate MacLean (Dundee West) (Lab)
*Maureen Macmillan (Highlands and Islands) (Lab)
*Pauline McNeill (Glasgow Kelvin) (Lab)
*Tricia Marwick (Mid Scotland and Fife) (SNP)
*Euan Robson (Roxburgh and Berwickshire) (LD)

*attended

THE FOLLOWING MEMBER ALSO ATTENDED:

Michael Matheson (Central Scotland) (SNP)

WITNESSES:

Ms Kay Barton (Scottish Executive Justice Department)
Mrs Micheline Brannan (Scottish Executive Justice Department)
Jim Brown (Scottish Executive Health Department)
Dr James Dyer (Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland)
George Kappler (Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland)
Mrs Liz Lewis (Scottish Executive Health Department)
Mrs Lynda Towers (Office of the Solicitor to the Scottish Executive)
Adrian Ward (Law Society of Scotland)

COMMITTEE CLERK:

Andrew Mylne

SENIOR ASSISTANT CLERK:

Richard Walsh

ASSISTANT CLERK:

Fiona Groves