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Official Report: search what was said in Parliament

The Official Report is a written record of public meetings of the Parliament and committees.  

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 30 November 2024
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Criminal Justice Committee

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

Meeting date: 4 October 2023

Pauline McNeill

Are you talking about changing the procedure for those cases where there has been a conviction and there is a civil case?

Criminal Justice Committee

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

Meeting date: 4 October 2023

Pauline McNeill

What you are saying, Dr Hill, is quite concerning—that legislation that we have passed in the Parliament has not been implemented. Have you raised those concerns with the Scottish ministers?

Criminal Justice Committee

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

Meeting date: 4 October 2023

Pauline McNeill

Sometimes special measures for a child will have to be applied for. Is that not being done?

Criminal Justice Committee

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

Meeting date: 4 October 2023

Pauline McNeill

My questions are more for Kate Wallace and Ann Marie Cocozza, because their organisations support the proposal to have a commissioner. Kate Wallace, how would you see the interaction between Victim Support Scotland and a victims commissioner working?

Criminal Justice Committee

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

Meeting date: 4 October 2023

Pauline McNeill

What response did you get from them?

Criminal Justice Committee

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

Meeting date: 4 October 2023

Pauline McNeill

Thank you, convener. Dr Louise Hill said that a lot of the legislation that we had passed here had not been implemented. I was trying to establish what measures are currently being used in court.

Criminal Justice Committee

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

Meeting date: 4 October 2023

Pauline McNeill

Just to be clear, you have had cases in which special measures have been applied for but not implemented by the court.

Criminal Justice Committee

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

Meeting date: 4 October 2023

Pauline McNeill

Okay. I was just asking because of the evidence that was given. That is fine.

Criminal Justice Committee

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

Meeting date: 4 October 2023

Pauline McNeill

Would non-harassment orders be included in that list?

Criminal Justice Committee

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

Meeting date: 4 October 2023

Pauline McNeill

I understand that point, Sandy. However, given the range of cases that we are talking about, are you saying that special measures should be applied in every case, such as divorce proceedings or anything else, that has not been heard in the criminal courts and where no conviction has taken place? I am trying to get clarity on that.