Criminal Justice Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 7 in private. The Committee will also decide whether consideration of the oral evidence heard and draft letter on its pre-budget scrutiny should be taken in private at future meetings. 2. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Act 2020 (Code of Practice) (Appointed Day) (Scotland) Regulations 2022 [draft] from— Keith Brown, Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Veterans, Elaine Hamilton, Forensics Policy Team Leader, Police: Workforce, Equality and Forensics, and David Scott, Policy Manager, Police: Workforce, Equality and Forensics, Scottish Government. 3. Subordinate legislation: Keith Brown (Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Veterans) to move— S6M-05906—That the Criminal Justice Committee recommends that the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Act 2020 (Code of Practice) (Appointed Day) (Scotland) Regulations 2022 [draft] be approved. 4. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instrument— Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland (Membership) Modification Order 2022 (SSI 2022/268) 5. Pre-Budget Scrutiny: The Committee will take evidence as part of its Pre-Budget Scrutiny from— Lynn Brown, Chief Executive, Scottish Police Authority; David Page, Deputy Chief Officer, and James Gray, Chief Financial Officer, Police Scotland; and then from— Ross Haggart, Interim Chief Officer, Stuart Stevens, Interim Deputy Chief Officer, and John Thomson, Acting Director of Finance and Procurement, Scottish Fire and Rescue Service. 6. Correspondence: The Committee will consider recent correspondence. 7. Pre-Budget Scrutiny: The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 5.