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Seòmar agus comataidhean

Criminal Justice Committee


Minutes: 12 March 2025

Wednesday, 12 March 2025

9th Meeting, 2025

Start time: 09:30am
End time: 01:21pm
Location: T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room
Published: Thursday, 13 March 2025
Also present:
  • Angela Constance, Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs, Siobhian Brown, Minister for Victims and Community Safety, Maggie Chapman, Pam Gosal, Jamie Greene and Russell Findlay

Minutes


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

The Committee considered the Bill at Stage 2 (Day 1).

The following amendments were agreed to (without division): 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140 and 172.

The following amendments were agreed to (by division)—
         173 (For 6, Against 0, Abstentions 2)
         174 (For 6, Against 0, Abstentions 2)
         175 (For 6, Against 0, Abstentions 2)
         176 (For 6, Against 0, Abstentions 2)
         177 (For 6, Against 0, Abstentions 2)
         178 (For 6, Against 0, Abstentions 2)

Amendment 235 was disagreed to (by division: For 4, Against 4, Abstentions 0; amendment disagreed to on casting vote).

The following amendments were moved and, no member having objected, withdrawn: 94, 1, 234, 104, 60, 67, 78 and 79.

The following amendments were not moved: 2, 95, 96, 97, 3, 4, 98, 99, 5, 6, 7, 8, 100, 101, 9, 10, 102, 103, 11, 12, 105, 13, 14, 106, 15, 107, 16, 108, 109, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 110, 22, 111, 23, 112, 113,114, 115, 116, 24, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 25, 236, 86, 87, 61, 80, 81, 82, 83 and 84. 

The following provisions were agreed to without amendment: section 1, schedule 1 sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 20, 21 and 22, schedule 2, sections 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 and 29.

The following provisions were agreed to as amended: sections 16, 17, 19 and 23.

The Committee ended consideration of the Bill for the day amendment 84 having been disposed of.



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