Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee
14th Meeting, 2023
The Committee agreed to take items 4 and 5 in private.
The Committee took evidence on the Forced Marriage etc. (Protection and Jurisdiction) (Scotland) Act 2011 (Application to Civil Partnerships and Consequential Provision) Order 2023 [draft] from—
Shirley-Anne Somerville, Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Scottish Government.
Shirley-Anne Somerville (Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice) moved—S6M-08951—That the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee recommends that the Forced Marriage etc. (Protection and Jurisdiction) (Scotland) Act 2011 (Application to Civil Partnerships and Consequential Provision) Order 2023 [draft] be approved.
The motion was agreed to without division.
The Committee considered and agreed a draft annual report for the parliamentary year from 13 May 2022 to 12 May 2023.
The Committee considered its work programme.