Parliamentary History
278.The following table sets out, for each Stage of the proceedings in the Scottish Parliament on the Bill for this Act, the dates on which the proceedings at that Stage took place, the references to the Official Report of those proceedings, the dates on which Committee Reports and other papers relating to the Bill were published, and references to those Reports and other papers.
| Proceedings and Reports | Reference |
|---|---|
| Introduction | |
| Preliminary discussion by lead Committee (Justice 2), 21st meeting, 13 September 2005 (in private – no Official Report) | minutes |
| Bill as introduced, 30 September 2005 | Bill as introduced (SP46) |
| Stage 1 | |
| (a) Justice 2 Committee | |
| 25th Meeting, 25 October 2005 | Col1678 |
| 28th Meeting, 1 November 2005 | Col 1723 |
| 30th Meeting, 8 November 2005 | Col 1749 |
| 31st Meeting, 14 November 2005 | Col1773 |
| 32nd Meeting, 22 November 2005 | Col 1829 |
| 33rd Meeting, 29 November 2005 | Col 1870 |
| 35th Meeting, 13 December 2005 (in private – no Official Report) | minutes |
| 1st Meeting, 10 January 2006 (in private – no Official Report) | minutes |
| 2nd Meeting, 17 January 2006 (in private – no Official Report) | minutes |
| (b) Finance Committee | |
| 25th Meeting, 8 November 2005 | Col 3051 |
| 26th Meeting, 15 November 2005 | Col3107 |
| 28th Meeting, 29 November 2005 (in private – no Official Report) | minutes |
| (c) Subordinate Legislation Committee | |
| 33rd Meeting, 29 November 2005 | Col 1411 |
| 34th Meeting, 6 December 2005 | Col 1429 |
Stage 1 Report (Justice 2 Committee), published on 23 January 2006
| Stage 1Report (SPPaper 491) |
| (d) Consideration by the Parliament | |
| Stage 1 Debate, 2 February 2006 | Cols 23044-23091 |
| Stage 2 | |
| (a) Justice 2 Committee | |
| Pre-stage 2 discussion, 3rd Meeting, 31 January 2006 (in private – no Official Report) | minutes |
| 4th Meeting, 21 February 2006 | Col 1959 |
| 5th Meeting, 28 February 2006 | Col 1996 |
| 6th Meeting, 7 March 2006 | Col 2014 (evidence) and Col 2025 |
| 7th Meeting, 14 March 2006 | Col 2058 (evidence) and Col 2064 |
| 8th Meeting, 21 March 2006 | Col 2088 (evidence) |
| 9th Meeting, 28 March 2006 | Col 2135 (evidence) and Col 2146 |
| 10th Meeting, 18 April 2006 | Col 2193 |
| Bill as amended at Stage 2, 19 April 2006 | Bill asamended at Stage 2 (SP Bill 46A) |
| (b) Subordinate Legislation Committee | |
| 16th Meeting, 16 May 2006 | Col 1805 |
| 17th Meeting, 23 May 2006 | Col 1836 |
| Report (24 May 2006) on Bill as amended at Stage 2 | Stage2 Report (SP Paper 565) |
| Stage 3 | |
| Consideration by the Parliament | |
| Stage 3 Debate, 25 May 2006 | Cols 25971–26017 and 26055-26111 |
| Bill as passed, 31 May 2006 | Bill as passed |
| Royal Assent – 4 July 2006 | Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006 |
