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Seòmar agus comataidhean

Criminal Justice Committee


Agenda: 22 January 2025

Wednesday, 22 January 2025

3rd Meeting, 2025

Start time: 09:30am
Location: T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room
Agenda items:

  1. Subordinate legislation
  2. Subordinate legislation
  3. Subordinate legislation
  4. Criminal Justice Modernisation and Abusive Domestic Behaviour Reviews (Scotland) Bill
  5. Criminal Justice Modernisation and Abusive Domestic Behaviour Reviews (Scotland) Bill (in private)

Agenda published: Friday, 17 January 2025 04:50pm

Full agenda and available meeting papers


1. Subordinate legislation

The Committee will take evidence on the International Organisations (Immunities and Privileges) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2025 [draft] from—

  • Angela Constance
    Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs
    Scottish Government
  • Susan Black
    Senior Policy Officer, Civil Law and Legal Systems Unit
    Scottish Government
  • Emma Thomson
    Solicitor, Legal Directorate
    Scottish Government

Papers for this item:


2. Subordinate legislation

Angela Constance (Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs) to move—

S6M-15946—That the Criminal Justice Committee recommends that the International Organisations (Immunities and Privileges) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2025 [draft] be approved.


3. Subordinate legislation

The Committee will consider the following negative instrument—

Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Prescribed Police Stations) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2024 (SS1 2024/377)

Papers for this item:


4. Criminal Justice Modernisation and Abusive Domestic Behaviour Reviews (Scotland) Bill

The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—

  • Simon Brown
    President
    Scottish Solicitors Bar Association
  • Stuart Munro
    Criminal Law Committee Convener
    Law Society of Scotland
  • Paul Smith
    President
    Edinburgh Bar Association
  • and then from -

  • Kate Wallace
    Chief Executive Officer
    Victim Support Scotland
  • Adam Stachura
    Associate Director of Policy, Communications and External Affairs
    Age Scotland

Papers for this item:

1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item


5. Criminal Justice Modernisation and Abusive Domestic Behaviour Reviews (Scotland) Bill (in private)

The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 4.