1. Decision on taking business in private

The Committee will decide whether to take item 5 in private.

2. Subordinate legislation

The Committee will take evidence on—

The First-tier Tribunal for Scotland General Regulatory Chamber and Upper Tribunal for Scotland (Composition and Rules of Procedure) (Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 2023 [draft]; and

The First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Allocation of Functions to the General Regulatory Chamber) Regulations 2023 [draft]

from—

• Siobhian Brown
  Minister for Victims and Community Safety
  Scottish Government
• Marcus Chalmers
  Senior Policy Officer
  Scottish Government
• Emma Thomson
  Solicitor, Legal Directorate
  Scottish Government

3. Subordinate legislation

Siobhian Brown, (Minister for Victims and Community Safety) to move—

S6M-08337—That the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee recommends that the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland General Regulatory Chamber and Upper Tribunal for Scotland (Composition and Rules of Procedure) (Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 2023 [draft] be approved; and

S6M-08338—That the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee recommends that the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Allocation of Functions to the General Regulatory Chamber) Regulations 2023 [draft] be approved.

4. Asylum Seekers in Scotland

The Committee will take evidence from—

• Bronagh Andrew
  Operations Manager
  TARA - Trafficking Awareness Raising Alliance
• Superintendent Claire Dobson
  Partnerships, Prevention and Community Wellbeing Division
  Police Scotland
• Chief Inspector Elaine Tomlinson
  Safer Communities Team, Greater Glasgow Division
  Police Scotland
• Gayle Findlay
  Policy Manager
  COSLA
• Thomas Glen
  Chief Executive
  Perth & Kinross Council
• Dr Nina Koruth
  Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Glasgow Psychological Trauma Service
  NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
• Louise Long
  Chief Executive
  Inverclyde Council
• Susanne Millar
  Chair of the Scottish Asylum Dispersal Partnership Board and Chief Officer
  Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership

5. Consideration of evidence

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