Mr. SiliarsTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make it his policy to ensure that when the Scottish Grand Committee sits in the Scottish Assembly building, the notice at the public entrance gives details of the time the public can enter; and if he will ensure that the public are given access to wait in the cloakroom area until admitted to the gallery, and that such admission to that area be from 10 am.
§ Mr. RifkindAt present members of the public are normally admitted to meetings of the Scottish Grand Committee in the Crown Office building from 10.20 am but are allowed to enter earlier at officials' discretion if the weather is inclement. I have decided that in future members of the public will be admitted to the public gallery from 10 am. The notice at the public entrance will so indicate.