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Tuesday, December 23, 2003
Mary Scanlon (Highlands and Islands) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive why 54,704 of the 68,380 cases referred to the Children’s Hearing system from 1 April 2001 to 31 March 2002 were withdrawn, as referred to in The Annual Report of the Scottish Committee of the Council on Tribunals. Scottish Parliament
Michael Matheson (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to reduce the number of fine defaulters. Scottish Parliament
Nicola Sturgeon (Glasgow) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive when it will next discuss with the Home Office the development of the EU framework decision on combating trafficking in human beings. Scottish Parliament
Pauline McNeill (Glasgow Kelvin) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance it issues in respect of the operation of court custody officers. Scottish Parliament
Mr Stewart Maxwell (West of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what its responsibilities are in respect of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS). Scottish Parliament
Margaret Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what provision there is in the contract to operate HM Prison Kilmarnock for the transfer of prisoners from a public sector prison to the prison
Margaret Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what provision is made when prisoners who have caused damage to public property in public sector prisons are transferred to HM Prison Kilmarnock.
Margaret Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what lessons have been learned from the experience of HM Prison Kilmarnock.
Margaret Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what examination and accreditation of health care facilities is undertaken at HM Prison Kilmarnock
Margaret Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what assistance it provides to HM Prison Kilmarnock regarding the employment of staff. Scottish Parliament
Alex Neil (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-3454 by Colin Boyd QC on 12 November 2003, whether it will now consider recording the number of cases in which evidence of the Scottish Criminal Record Office is disputed and what the reasons are for its position on the matter.
Alex Neil (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-3454 by Colin Boyd QC on 12 November 2003, whether it will now record incidents when Scottish Criminal Record Office (SCRO) fingerprint evidence is challenged and record, and publish, the number of cases where SCRO fingerprinting evidence has not been used by the Crown Office or Procurator Fiscal Service because of any unreliability.
Alex Neil (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what the criteria are for the selection of fingerprint experts within the Scottish Criminal Record Office (SCRO); how many such experts there are in SCRO; what the level of staff turnover is, and how many cases of disciplinary action there have been in each of the last five years.
Alex Neil (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive when it announced that it was no longer seeking independent external checks of fingerprint evidence provided by the Scottish Criminal Record Office (SCRO); who was involved in the decision, and what criteria were taken into account.
Alex Neil (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-3509 by Colin Boyd QC on 14 November 2003, what the justification is of the Lord Advocate’s satisfaction with the Scottish Criminal Record Office (SCRO) Scottish Fingerprinting Service and its adoption of an appropriate quality assurance management system when, in the recent case of Mark Sinclair at the High Court in Ayr, the SCRO fingerprint evidence that was to have been presented to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service was not presented. Scottish Parliament
Posted by MM
on Tue 23rd Dec 2003
at 1:18 pm
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