All meetings of the committee

All meetings of the Criminal Justice Committee held in 2023. On meeting pages you can find agendas, meeting papers, minutes, and links to Official Reports and videos of meetings.

35th Meeting

20 December

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Chief Constable Jo Farrell: vision and priorities for Police Scotland
3. Chief Constable Jo Farrell: vision and priorities for Police Scotland
4. Work programme (in private)

34th Meeting

13 December

1. Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill
2. Victims, Witnesses and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill (in private)

33rd Meeting

06 December

1. Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill

32nd Meeting

29 November

1. Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill
2. Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill (in private)

31st Meeting

22 November

1. Deaths in custody
2. Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018
3. Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill (in private)
4. Pre-Budget Scrutiny (in private)

30th Meeting

15 November

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill
3. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland Thematic Review of Policing Mental Health in Scotland
4. Victims, Witnesses and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill (in private)
5. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland Thematic Review of Policing Mental Health in Scotland

29th Meeting

08 November

1. Pre-Budget Scrutiny
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Subordinate legislation
5. Subordinate legislation
6. Pre-Budget Scrutiny (in private)

28th Meeting

02 November

1. Joint meeting with the Health
2. Social Care and Sport Committee and Social Justice and Social Security Committee on tackling drug deaths and drug harm

27th Meeting

01 November

1. Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill
2. Pre-Budget Scrutiny
3. Victims, Witnesses and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill (in private)
4. Pre-Budget Scrutiny (in private)

26th Meeting

25 October

1. Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill
2. Access to court transcripts
3. Forensic pathology services
4. Victims, Witnesses and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill (in private)
5. Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill (in private)

25th Meeting

04 October

1. Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill (in private)

24th Meeting

27 September

1. Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill
2. Victims, Witnesses and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill (in private)
3. Work programme (in private)

23rd Meeting

26 September

1. Joint meeting with the Health
2. Social Care and Sport Committee and Social Justice and Social Security Committee on tackling drug deaths and drug harm

22nd Meeting

20 September

1. Declaration of interests
2. Decision on taking business in private
3. Deaths in custody
4. Post-legislative scrutiny review of the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018
5. Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Act 2022
6. Deaths in custody
7. Police (Ethics, Conduct and Scrutiny) (Scotland) Bill

21st Meeting

13 September

1. Declaration of interests
2. Decision on taking business in private
3. Pre-Budget Scrutiny
4. Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
5. Pre-budget Scrutiny

20th Meeting

28 June

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Responses to police officer and staff suicides
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Responses to police officer and staff suicides
5. Tackling online child abuse, grooming and exploitation
6. Work programme (in private)

19th Meeting

21 June

1. Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
2. Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
3. Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
4. Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
5. Online Safety Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
6. Online Safety Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
7. Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Act 2022
8. Policing and mental health

18th Meeting

07 June

1. Subordinate legislation
2. Subordinate legislation

17th Meeting

31 May

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Tackling online child abuse, grooming and exploitation
5. Access to court transcripts
6. Tackling online child abuse, grooming and exploitation

16th Meeting

24 May

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
3. Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
4. Priorities in the Justice Sector and an Action Plan
5. Subordinate legislation
6. Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill (in private)
7. Work programme (in private)
8. Annual report

15th Meeting

17 May

1. Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill

14th Meeting

10 May

1. Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill

13th Meeting

03 May

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Subordinate legislation
5. Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill (in private)
6. Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill

12th Meeting

26 April

1. Responses to the Committee’s pre-budget scrutiny of the 2023/24 Budget
2. Policing and mental health
3. Post-legislative scrutiny of the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 (in private)

11th Meeting

19 April

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill
3. Access to court transcripts
4. Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill
5. Work programme (in private)

10th Meeting

29 March

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill
3. Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill
4. Post-legislative scrutiny of the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018

9th Meeting

22 March

1. Joint meeting with the Health
2. Social Care and Sport Committee and Social Justice and Social Security Committee on reducing drug deaths in Scotland and tackling problem drug use

8th Meeting

08 March

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Subordinate legislation
5. Post-legislative scrutiny review of the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018
6. Post-legislative scrutiny review of the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018

7th Meeting

01 March

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Scottish Mental Health Law Review
3. Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Act 2022 Implementation Timetable
4. Scottish Mental Health Law Review
5. Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill (in private)

6th Meeting

22 February

1. Transgender prisoners and Scottish prisons
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Priorities in the Justice Sector and an Action Plan
5. Policing and mental health
6. Virtual trials
7. Access to court transcripts
8. Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill (in private)

5th Meeting

08 February

1. Budget Scrutiny 2023-24
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill (in private)
4. National Care Service (Scotland) Bill (in private)

4th Meeting

01 February

1. Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill
2. Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill (in private)
3. Work programme (in private)

3rd Meeting

25 January

1. Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill
2. National Care Service (Scotland) Bill (in private)
3. Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill (in private)

2nd Meeting

18 January

1. Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill
2. Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill (in private)

1st Meeting

11 January

1. Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill
2. Public Order Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
3. Priorities in the Justice Sector and an Action Plan
4. Virtual trials and charges for court transcripts
5. Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill (in private)

All meetings of the Criminal Justice Committee held in 2022. On meeting pages you can find agendas, meeting papers, minutes, and links to Official Reports and videos of meetings.

33rd Meeting

21 December

1. National Care Service (Scotland) Bill
2. Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
3. Priorities in the Justice Sector and an Action Plan
4. National Care Service (Scotland) Bill (in private)

32nd Meeting

14 December

1. Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill
2. Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill (in private)

31st Meeting

07 December

1. Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
2. Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
3. Policing and mental health
4. Correspondence
5. Pre-Budget Scrutiny (in private)

30th Meeting

24 November

1. Joint meeting with the Health
2. Social Care and Sport Committee and Social Justice and Social Security Committee on reducing drug deaths in Scotland and tackling problem drug use

29th Meeting

23 November

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Pre-Budget Scrutiny
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Subordinate legislation
5. National Care Service (Scotland) Bill
6. Pre-Budget Scrutiny (in private)
7. National Care Service (Scotland) Bill

28th Meeting

09 November

1. Pre-Budget Scrutiny
2. National Care Service (Scotland) Bill
3. Correspondence
4. Pre-Budget Scrutiny (in private)
5. Work programme (in private)

27th Meeting

02 November

1. Pre-Budget Scrutiny
2. Correspondence
3. Pre-Budget Scrutiny (in private)
4. Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill (in private)

26th Meeting

26 October

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Subordinate legislation
5. Pre-Budget Scrutiny
6. Correspondence
7. Pre-Budget Scrutiny

25th Meeting

05 October

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Correspondence
3. Policing and mental health

24th Meeting

21 September

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill (in private)
5. Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill (in private)
6. National Care Service (Scotland) Bill

23rd Meeting

07 September

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Correspondence
4. Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill
5. Pre-Budget Scrutiny

22nd Meeting

29 June

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill
4. Work programme (in private)

21st Meeting

22 June

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Police numbers and the potential impact of new pension arrangements
3. Priorities in the Justice Sector and an Action Plan
4. Work programme (in private)

20th Meeting

15 June

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Draft Code of Practice
3. Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Draft Code of Practice
4. Annual report
5. Business planning day
6. Work programme (in private)

19th Meeting

08 June

1. Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill
2. Online Safety Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
3. Online Safety Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
4. Subordinate legislation
5. Subordinate legislation

18th Meeting

01 June

1. Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Subordinate legislation

17th Meeting

25 May

1. Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill

16th Meeting

18 May

1. Policing and mental health
2. Tackling online child abuse, grooming and exploitation
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Proposed Bail and Release from Custody Bill
5. Work programme (in private)

15th Meeting

27 April

1. Final report of the Misogyny and Criminal Justice in Scotland Working Group
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill (in private)

14th Meeting

20 April

1. Priorities in the justice sector and an Action Plan
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill (in private)

13th Meeting

30 March

1. Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill
2. Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill (in private)
3. Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill (in private)

12th Meeting

23 March

1. Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill
2. Review of evidence (in private)
3. Work programme (in private)
4. Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill (in private)

11th Meeting

21 March

1. Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill
2. Review of evidence (in private)

10th Meeting

16 March

1. Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Review of evidence (in private)
4. Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill (in private)

9th Meeting

09 March

1. Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Risk assessment in the justice system
4. Review of evidence (in private)

8th Meeting

02 March

1. Subordinate legislation
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill
5. Review of evidence (in private)

7th Meeting

23 February

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill
3. Photocopying of prisoners’ mail
4. Review of Evidence

6th Meeting

09 February

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill
3. Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill
4. Review of evidence

5th Meeting

02 February

1. Joint meeting with the Health
2. Social Care and Sport Committee and Social Justice and Social Security Committee on reducing drug deaths in Scotland and tackling problem drug use

4th Meeting

01 February

1. Joint meeting with the Health
2. Social Care and Sport Committee and Social Justice and Social Security Committee on reducing drug deaths in Scotland and tackling problem drug use

3rd Meeting

26 January

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Public petitions
3. Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
4. Work programme

2nd Meeting

19 January

1. Subordinate legislation
2. Scottish Government response to the Committee’s pre-budget report
3. Work programme (in private)

1st Meeting

12 January

1. Subordinate legislation
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Subordinate legislation (in private)
4. Work programme (in private)

All meetings of the Criminal Justice Committee held in 2021. On meeting pages you can find agendas, meeting papers, minutes, and links to Official Reports and videos of meetings.

15th Meeting

22 December

1. What now for the prosecution of violence against women and girls?
2. What now for the prosecution of violence against women and girls? (in private)

14th Meeting

15 December

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. What now for the prosecution of violence against women and girls?
3. Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill and Judicial Review and Courts Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
4. Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill and Judicial Review and Courts Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
5. What now for the prosecution of violence against women and girls?
6. Roundtable evidence sessions (in private)

13th Meeting

08 December

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. What now for the prosecution of violence against women and girls?
3. What now for the prosecution of violence against women and girls?
4. Roundtable evidence sessions (in private)

12th Meeting

01 December

1. Roundtable evidence sessions (in private)
2. Work programme (in private)

11th Meeting

17 November

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Pre-Budget Scrutiny
3. Roundtable evidence sessions

10th Meeting

10 November

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Pre-Budget Scrutiny
3. Control of Dogs (Scotland) Act 2010
4. Pre-Budget Scrutiny
5. Work programme

9th Meeting

03 November

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Pre-Budget Scrutiny
3. Pre-Budget Scrutiny

8th Meeting

27 October

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. The misuse of drugs and the criminal justice system
3. Work programme
4. The misuse of drugs and the criminal justice system

7th Meeting

06 October

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Pre-Budget Scrutiny
3. Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
4. Work programme
5. Pre-Budget Scrutiny

6th Meeting

29 September

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Legal aid
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Subordinate legislation
5. Post-legislative scrutiny - Control of Dogs (Scotland) Act 2010
6. Legal aid

5th Meeting

22 September

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Priorities for domestic abuse, gendered-violence and sexual offences in session 6
3. Victims’ rights and victim support
4. Subordinate legislation
5. Evidence Sessions

4th Meeting

15 September

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Prisons and prison policy
5. Reducing youth offending, offering community justice solutions and alternatives to custody
6. Evidence Sessions

3rd Meeting

08 September

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. COVID and the justice sector
3. Pre-Budget Scrutiny
4. COVID and the justice sector

2nd Meeting

01 September

1. Police, Crime Sentencing and Courts Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
2. Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
3. Scottish Government priorities for the criminal justice remit in session 6
4. Subordinate legislation
5. Pre-Budget Scrutiny
6. Decision on taking business in private
7. Scottish Government priorities for the criminal justice remit in session 6

1st Meeting

22 June

1. Declaration of interests
2. Choice of Convener
3. Choice of Deputy Convener
4. Decision on taking business in private and Work programme