PE1370: Justice for Megrahi
PE1458: Register of Interests for members of Scotland's Judiciary
Consideration of these petitions by Session 4 Justice Committee can be found here:
http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/CurrentCommittees/44107.aspx
Petitions considered and closed by the Session 5 Justice Committee can be found here:
http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/CurrentCommittees/106143.aspx
The Committee is currently considering the following public petitions
Petition PE1458
PE1458 is a petition by Peter Cherbi calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to create a Register of Pecuniary Interests of Judges Bill or amend present legislation to require all members of the Judiciary in Scotland to submit their interests and hospitality received to a publicly available Register of Interests.
The petition was referred to the Justice Committee on 31 May 2018.
The following submissions were received:
Correspondence
Petition PE1370
PE1370 is a petition by Dr Jim Swire, Professor Robert Black QC, Mr Robert Forrester, Father Patrick Keegans and Mr Iain McKie on behalf of Justice for Megrahi on opening an independent inquiry into the 2001 Kamp van Zeist conviction of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi for the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 in December 1988.
At its meetings on 27 September 2016, 17 January 2017, 2 May 2017 , 5 September 2017 and 19 December 2017 the Committee agreed to keep the petition open pending the completion of Operation Sandwood.
Prior to its meeting on 27 March 2018, the Committee received the following written submission from the petitioners:
At its meeting on 27 March 2018, the Committee decided to keep the petition open, and write to Police Scotland and the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission requesting information on issues raised during discussion of the petition; and ask the Scottish Parliament Information Centre to provide a briefing on the petition.
The following responses were received:
Following the meeting on 27 March 2018, the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC) announced a review into the subject matter broadly covered by the petition in order to decide whether it would be appropriate to refer the matter for a fresh appeal. The Committee intends, therefore, to keep the petition open pending the outcome of that review but will not be considering the petition until the review is complete.