Criminal Justice Committee
Minutes: 29 March 2023
Wednesday, 29 March 2023
10th Meeting, 2023
Minutes
1. Decision on taking business in private:
The Committee agreed to take items 3 and 4 in private.
2. Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill:
The Committee took evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—
Linda Allan;
Kate Wallace, Chief Executive Officer, Victim Support Scotland;
and then from—
Jim Shields, Service Manager and Professor Lorraine Johnstone, Consultant Forensic and Clinical Psychologist, St Mary's Kenmure Secure Care Centre;
Wendy Sinclair-Gieben, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland, HM Inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland;
Gerald Michie, Governor, HMP & YOI Polmont and Sue Brookes, Interim Director for Strategy and Stakeholder Engagement, Scottish Prison Service;
Alison Bavidge, National Director, Scottish Association of Social Work (SASW).
3. Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill (in private):
The Committee considered the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 2.
4. Post-legislative scrutiny of the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 (in private):
The Committee agreed to defer consideration of a draft report to a future meeting.