Criminal Justice Committee
31st Meeting, 2024
The Committee agreed to take item 6 in private.
The Committee took evidence on the Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Act 2022 (Early Expiry of Provisions) Regulations 2024 (SSI 2024/246) and the Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Act 2022 (Extension of Temporary Justice Measures) Regulations 2024 [draft] from—
Angela Constance, Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs and Patrick Down, Criminal Justice Division, Scottish Government.
Angela Constance (Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs) moved—
S6M-14590—That the Criminal Justice Committee recommends that the Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Act 2022 (Extension of Temporary Justice Measures) Regulations 2024 [draft] be approved.
The motion was agreed to (by division: For 4; Against 4; Abstentions 0). The motion was agreed to on the casting vote of the Convener.
The Committee considered the following negative instrument—
Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Act 2022 (Early Expiry of Provisions) Regulations 2024 (SSI 2024/246)
The Committee agreed to make no recommendations in relation to the instrument.
The Committee took evidence as part of its Pre-Budget Scrutiny from—
Lynsey Smith, Chair of the Justice Standing Committee, Social Work Scotland;
Karyn McCluskey, Chief Executive and Keith Gardner, Specialist Advisor, Community Justice Scotland.
The Committee considered the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 5.