Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee
Agenda: 21 September 2021
Tuesday, 21 September 2021
4th Meeting, 2021
Full agenda and available meeting papers
1. Decision on taking business in private
The Committee will decide whether to take items 5 and 6 in private.
2. Subordinate legislation
The Committee will take evidence on the Children’s Legal Assistance (Miscellaneous Amendments and Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 from—
- Ash Denham
Minister for Community Safety
Scottish Government - Jill Stephen Poller
Legal Aid Policy Officer, Access to Justice Unit
Scottish Government - Martin Brown
Solicitor, Constitutional and Civil Law Division
Scottish Government
Papers for this item:
Paper 1 - Subordinate Legislation - Note by the Clerk (92KB, pdf) posted 16 September 2021
3. Subordinate legislation
Ash Denham (Minister for Community Safety) to move—S6M-00998—That the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee recommends that the Children’s Legal Assistance (Miscellaneous Amendments and Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 be approved.
4. Petition PE1817 End Conversion Therapy
The Committee will take evidence from—
- John Wilkes
Head of Scotland
Equality and Human Rights Commission Scotland - Barbara Bolton
Head of Legal and Policy
Scottish Human Rights Commission - Luis Felipe Yanes
Legal Policy Development Officer
Scottish Human Rights Commission - Dr Igi Moon
Chair
Memorandum of Understanding Coalition Against Conversion Therapy (MOU) - Jen Ang
Director of Development and Policy
JustRight Scotland
Papers for this item:
Paper 1 - Petition PE1817 End Conversion Therapy - Note by the Clerk (308KB, pdf) posted 16 September 2021
Paper 2 - Petition PE1817 End Conversion Therapy - SPICe summary of organisational written submissions (171KB, pdf) posted 16 September 2021
1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item
5. Petition PE1817 End Conversion Therapy
The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 4.
6. Petition PE1817 End Conversion Therapy
The Committee will consider its approach to future engagement, evidence and a draft report on the petition.
Papers for this item:
1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item