Part of Protection from Abuse (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3 – in the Scottish Parliament at 9:45 am on 4 October 2001.
Bill Aitken's concession is welcome. The Parliament is grateful to him for focusing on the situation of those who are originally detained under the bill's provisions but against whom criminal charges are subsequently made.
It is important that there should be clarification for the police on the interaction between the bill's provisions and the criminal law. Amendment 12 achieves that aim, as it clarifies the position for the police and provides an important measure of protection for the accused person.
In the circumstances, the Executive will support amendment 12.
Amendment 12 agreed to.
[Amendment 2 not moved.]
Amendment 13 moved—[Christine Grahame]—and agreed to.
[Amendment 3 moved—[Bill Aitken].]