Amendment 49 will place a requirement on the Scottish ministers to consult with the chair of the review oversight committee, the deputy chair, the case review panel chairs and such other persons as ministers consider appropriate in the preparation of periodic reports. That will ensure that the periodic reports reflect the views of those operating the review model, and it is a response to the views of the domestic homicide and suicide review task force and stakeholders, who want to ensure the independence of the process.

Amendment 47 will broaden the information that is required to be included as part of the reporting requirements, so that the periodic reports will be guaranteed to include the number of notices that the Lord Advocate gives under section 18, which is about pausing, discontinuing or resuming a review, and any reasons that are given under section 18(3) in connection with those notices. That will provide further transparency about how the review process is operating.

I move amendment 47.

Amendment 47 agreed to.

Amendments 48 and 49 moved—[Angela Constance]—and agreed to.

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