Criminal Justice Committee
Minutes: 11 January 2024
Thursday, 11 January 2024
2nd Meeting, 2024
Minutes
1. Management of transgender prisoners in Scotland:
The Committee took evidence from—
Angela Constance, Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs and Jamie MacQueen, Legal Directorate, Scottish Government;
Teresa Medhurst, Chief Executive, Scottish Prison Service.
2. Subordinate legislation:
Russell Findlay moved—
S6M-11817—That the Criminal Justice Committee recommends that the Gender Recognition (Disclosure of Information) (Scotland) Order 2023 (SSI 2023/364) be annulled.
S6M-11816—That the Criminal Justice Committee recommends that the Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Amendment Rules 2023 (SSI 2023/366) be annulled.
The motions were, with the agreement of the Committee, withdrawn.
3. Subordinate legislation:
The Committee considered the following negative instrument—
Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2023 (SSI 2023/369)
The Committee agreed to make no recommendations in relation to the instrument.