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Chamber and committees

Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee


Agenda: 18 April 2022

Monday, 18 April 2022

23rd Meeting, 2022

Start time: 09:00am
Location: Glasgow Concert Hall
Agenda items:

  1. Oral Evidence Session
  2. Scottish Local Government Elections (Candidacy Rights of Foreign Nationals) Bill (in private)
  3. Music Tuition in Schools
  4. Legacy paper
  5. Consideration of a continued petition
  6. Consideration of a new petition
  7. Consideration of continued petitions
  8. Consideration of new petitions
  9. Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill
  10. Instruments subject to negative procedure
  11. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
  12. Public petitions: PE1706

Agenda published: Friday, 22 April 2022 02:20pm

Full agenda and available meeting papers


1. Oral Evidence Session

The Committee will take evidence from—

  • Chief Constable Aaron Georges
    Fundraiser
    Scottish Government
  • Aaron Stone
    Manager
    Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
  • and then from:

  • Andrea Wheeler
    Scottish Sports Association
  • Calvin Lambert
    Scottish Sports Association
  • Lord Allie Mccoy
    Public Works Manager
    Scottish Sports Association
  • and then from:

  • Lesley Nope
    Senior Business Manager
    Scotland Office
  • April Brown
    Fundraiser
  • Adam Jowett
    Coventry University
    Lead author of UK Government commissioned research into conversion therapy

Papers for this item:


2. Scottish Local Government Elections (Candidacy Rights of Foreign Nationals) Bill (in private)

The Committee will consider a draft report to the Equalities Committee.

Papers for this item:


3. Music Tuition in Schools

The Committee will consider a draft remit for its inquiry.

Papers for this item:


4. Legacy paper

The Committee will consider a draft legacy paper.

Added closing text.

Papers for this item:

1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item


5. Consideration of a continued petition

The Committee will consider the following continued petition— State regulated licensing system for gamebird hunting in Scotland


6. Consideration of a new petition

The Committee will consider the following new petition- Interstitial Lung Disease and Home Management


7. Consideration of continued petitions

The Committee will consider the following continued petitions—

PE1706 Introduce a law to allow pets in rented and supported accommodation
PE1682 Access to specialist support for hidradenitis suppurativa sufferers in Scotland
PE1615 State regulated licensing system for gamebird hunting in Scotland


8. Consideration of new petitions

The Committee will consider the following new petitions—

PE1674 Managing the Cat Population in Scotland
PE1701 Change the law to allow adoption for people over the age of 18
PE1709 Install CCTV cameras and provide full time social work support in all additional support needs schools
PE1658 Compensation for those who suffered a neurological disability following administration of the Pluserix vaccine between 1988 and 1992


9. Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill

The Committee will consider the response from the Member-in-charge to points raised on the delegated powers provisions in this Bill at Stage 1.




12. Public petitions: PE1706

The Committee will consider the following petition— PE1706 by harry Catkins, on Introduce a law to allow pets in rented and supported accommodation

Papers for this item:

1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item