This is all meetings of Criminal Justice Committee held in 2025. On meeting pages you can find agendas, meeting papers, minutes, and links to Official Reports and Scottish Parliament TV.

12th Meeting

22 December

1. Scottish Government European Union priorities
Show witnesses
• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
and then from:
• Chief Constable Abby Nguyen
  Policy Developer
  Scottish Women's Aid
• Abby Macrae
  Educational Institute of Scotland
• Professor Abby Barnett
  Prison Officers Association (Scotland) 2
and then from:
• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
2. Decision on taking business in private
Show witnesses
• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
and then from:
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
• Aaron B Jennings
  Medical Officer
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
and then from:
• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
3. Legacy paper
Show witnesses
• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
• Aaron B Jennings
  Medical Officer
and then from:
• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
• Aaron B Jennings
  Medical Officer
and then from:
• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
• Aaron B Jennings
  Medical Officer

10th Meeting

15 December

1. Public petitions: PE23454
Show witnesses
• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
• Abby Macrae
  Educational Institute of Scotland
• Professor Abby Barnett
  Prison Officers Association (Scotland) 2
• Chief Constable Abby Nguyen
  Policy Developer
  Scottish Women's Aid
• Professor Abigail Austin
  Financial Adviser
• Adam Jowett
  Coventry University
  Lead author of UK Government commissioned research into conversion therapy
• Adrian Gillespie
  Chief Executive
  Scottish Enterprise
and then from:
• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Aaron B Jennings
  Medical Officer
and then from:
• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Ailsa Garland
  Solicitor
  Scottish Government
2. Public petitions
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• Alan James
  Chief Technology Officer
  Storegga
• Inspector Alan Dron
  Scottish Partnership Against Rural Crime (SPARC) and National Rural Crime Co-ordinator
  Police Scotland
• Ailsa Henderson
  Deputy Chair
and then from:
• Ailsa Garland
  Solicitor
  Scottish Government
• Aiden Lowe
  Chemical Engineer
  sportscotland
• Lord Adrian Parker
  Legal Aid Negotiating Team, Law Society of Scotland
and then from:
• Alan James
  Chief Technology Officer
  Storegga
• Inspector Alan Dron
  Scottish Partnership Against Rural Crime (SPARC) and National Rural Crime Co-ordinator
  Police Scotland
• Ailsa Henderson
  Deputy Chair
3. Declaration of interests
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• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
• Aaron B Jennings
  Medical Officer
• Afrika Priestley
  Lead Anti-Racist and Pro Black Ambassador
  Intercultural Youth Scotland
• Lord Adrian Parker
  Legal Aid Negotiating Team, Law Society of Scotland
• Ailsa Garland
  Solicitor
  Scottish Government
• Ailsa Raeburn
  Chair
  Community Land Scotland
• Ailsa Henderson
  Deputy Chair
• Alex Harrison
  Director
  Ofcom
• Professor Alex Silva
  Financial Adviser

27th Meeting

17 November

1. Subordinate legislation
2. Work programme
3. Subordinate legislation

71st Meeting

13 November

1. Judicial Factors (Scotland) Bill
Show witnesses
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Professor Adrian Hunter
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Rural Property and Business Association
• Lord Adrian Parker
  Legal Aid Negotiating Team, Law Society of Scotland

51st Meeting

29 October

1. Reducing drug deaths in Scotland and tackling problem drug use
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• Craig Brown
  Senior Policy and Research Officer
  Scottish Association for Mental Health

51st Meeting

24 October

1. Reducing drug deaths in Scotland and tackling problem drug use
Show witnesses
• Craig Brown
  Senior Policy and Research Officer
  Scottish Association for Mental Health

91st Meeting

14 October

1. Work programme

90th Meeting

09 October

1. Oral Evidence
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• Rachel McKinlay
  Solicitor, Scottish Government Legal Directorate, Criminal Justice, Police and Fire Division
  Scottish Government
• Aoife Deery
  Senior Social Justice Policy Officer
  Citizens Advice Scotland
and then from:
• Sarah Oliver
  Prison Officers Association (Scotland) 2
• Professor Nicole Miles
  CEO
  Prison Officers Association (Scotland) 2
and then from:
• Lord Abbie Ellis
  Policy Developer
  Edinburgh Napier University
• Professor Alfredo Terry
  Resource Developer
  Edinburgh College
2. Work programme

27th Meeting

08 October

1. Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Bill
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• Diane Martin CBE
  A Model for Scotland
• Amanda Jane Quick
  Nordic Model Now!
• Bronagh Andrew
  Operations Manager
  TARA and Routes Out Services
and then from:
• Niki Adams
  English Collective of Prostitutes
• Lynsey Walton
  Chief Executive
  National Ugly Mugs
• Laura Baillie
  Political Officer
  Scotland for Decrim
2. Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Bill (in private)

96th Meeting

30 September

1. Legacy paper

40th Meeting

29 September

1. Deer Management
2. Work programme
3. Hybrid Bill 50 (Scotland)

1st Meeting

26 September

37th Meeting

24 September

1. Annual report
2. Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill (in private)
3. Inquiry in car parking charges
4. Education (Scotland) Bill (in private)

20th Meeting

12 September

1. Transition from King Charles IV to King Michael (Tindle) I
2. Work programme

20th Meeting

10 September

1. Transition from King Charles IV to King Michael (Tindle) I
2. Work programme

20th Meeting

20 August

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Natural Environment (Scotland) Bill
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• Mairi Gougeon
  Minister for Rural Affairs and the Natural Environment
  Scottish Government
• Nicola Bradley-Martin
  Solicitor
  Scottish Government
• Brittany Brown
  Policy Lead
  Scottish Government
• Jenny Gibbons
  Team Leader, National Parks
  Scottish Government
• Felicity Hollands
  Deputy Bill Team Leader
  Scottish Government
3. Galloway and Ayrshire national park proposal
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• Mairi Gougeon
  Minister for Rural Affairs and the Natural Environment
  Scottish Government
• Brittany Brown
  Policy Lead
  Scottish Government
• Jenny Gibbons
  Team Leader, National Parks
  Scottish Government
4. Crofting and Scottish Land Court Bill
5. Natural Environment (Scotland) Bill (in private)
6. Work programme

97th Meeting

14 August

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure
3. Legacy paper
4. Work programme

66th Meeting

07 August

1. Work programme
2. Oral evidence
Show witnesses
• Rachel McKinlay
  Solicitor, Scottish Government Legal Directorate, Criminal Justice, Police and Fire Division
  Scottish Government
• Inspector Alan Dron
  Scottish Partnership Against Rural Crime (SPARC) and National Rural Crime Co-ordinator
  Police Scotland

99th Meeting

06 August

1. Affordable Housing in Scotland

90th Meeting

28 July

10th Meeting

22 July

1. Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill
2. Witnesses from Police Scotland & POA & Justice League
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• Professor Alice Ruiz
  Police Scotland
• Elizabeth Snyder
  Police Scotland
• Isaiah Matthews
  Attorney
  Police Scotland
• Chief Constable Leah Adams
  Chief of Media Relations
  Police Scotland
and then from:
• Professor Abby Barnett
  Prison Officers Association (Scotland) 2
• Lord Cody Ray
  Officer
  Prison Officers Association (Scotland) 2
• Professor Nicole Miles
  CEO
  Prison Officers Association (Scotland) 2
and then from:
• Rachel McKinlay
  Solicitor, Scottish Government Legal Directorate, Criminal Justice, Police and Fire Division
  Scottish Government
• Chief Constable Debra Collins
  Chemical Engineer
  Department for Work and Pensions
• Lord Kelly Collins
  Public Works Manager
3. Work programme

20th Meeting

16 July

10th Meeting

09 June

1st Meeting

16 April

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Police (Ethics, Conduct and Scrutiny) (Scotland) Bill
3. Work programme

86th Meeting

19 February

1. Criminal Justice Modernisation and Abusive Domestic Behaviour Reviews (Scotland) Bill
Show witnesses
• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
• Aaron B Jennings
  Medical Officer
2. Criminal Justice Modernisation and Abusive Domestic Behaviour Reviews (Scotland) Bill (in private)
3. Criminal Justice Modernisation and Abusive Domestic Behaviour Reviews (Scotland) Bill
4. Work programme (in private)

80th Meeting

04 February

1. Annual report
2. Education (Scotland) Bill
Show witnesses
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Chief Constable Alex Taylor
  Chemical Engineer
  Lews Castle College
• Lord Alison Ryan
  Grant Officer
  Law Society of Scotland
3. Education (Scotland) Bill

81st Meeting

14 January

1. Criminal Justice Modernisation and Abusive Domestic Behaviour Reviews (Scotland) Bill
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• Chief Constable Abby Nguyen
  Policy Developer
  Scottish Women's Aid
• Abby Macrae
  Educational Institute of Scotland

This is all meetings of Criminal Justice Committee held in 2024. On meeting pages you can find agendas, meeting papers, minutes, and links to Official Reports and Scottish Parliament TV.

5th Meeting

10 October

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. European Charter of Local Self-Government (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill
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• Lord Clifford Green
  Lews Castle College
• Hanna Green
  Chief of Media Relations
  Unison Police Staff Scotland Branch
• Chief Constable Hanna Green
  Head of Public Relations
  Scottish Government
• Kirk Green
  Scottish Trades Union Congress
3. Legacy paper
4. Work programme

4th Meeting

08 October

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Aggregates Tax and Devolved Taxes Administration (Scotland) Bill
Show witnesses
• Professor Paul Brown
  Officer
  University of Edinburgh
• Rebecca Brown
  Fundraiser
  Edinburgh Napier University
3. Work programme

3rd Meeting

23 September

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Legacy paper
3. Mental Health (Scotland) Bill
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• Eva Welch
  Full-Stack Developer
• Professor Felicity-Anne Ableson
  Deputy Chief Advisor

2nd Meeting

19 September

1. International Human Rights Day 2016 (in private)
2. Mental Health (Scotland) Bill
Show witnesses
• TEST Edna McIntyre
  Analyst Developer
  Scottish Decorators Federation
3. Transition from Queen to King (In Private)

1st Meeting

28 August

This is all meetings of Criminal Justice Committee held in 2023. On meeting pages you can find agendas, meeting papers, minutes, and links to Official Reports and Scottish Parliament TV.

15th Meeting

17 May

1. Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill

93rd Meeting

10 May

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure
3. Defective and Dangerous Buildings (Recovery of Expenses) (Scotland) Bill
Show witnesses
• helen Costello
  Head of MI5
• Helen Smith
  Chief Executive
  Audit Scotland
and then from:
• Catherine Stevens
  Full-Stack Developer
  Unison Police Staff Scotland Branch
• Fiona Stevens
  Caledonian MacBrayne
• Professor Mia Stevens
  Fundraiser
  Social Work Scotland
4. Work programme

14th Meeting

10 May

1. Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill

13th Meeting

03 May

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Subordinate legislation
Show witnesses
• Siobhian Brown
  Minister for Victims and Community Safety
  Scottish Government
• Mary Hockenhull
  Safer Communities Policy
  Scottish Government
• Fiona McDiarmid
  Unit Head, Building Safer Communities
  Scottish Government
• Clare McKinlay
  Solicitor, Legal Directorate
  Scottish Government
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Subordinate legislation
5. Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill (in private)
6. Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill

12th Meeting

26 April

1. Responses to the Committee’s pre-budget scrutiny of the 2023/24 Budget
2. Policing and mental health
3. Post-legislative scrutiny of the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 (in private)

11th Meeting

19 April

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill
Show witnesses
• Angela Constance
  Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs
  Scottish Government
• Natalie Don
  Minister for Children, Young People and Keeping the Promise
  Scottish Government
• Catriona Dalrymple
  Deputy Director, Community Justice
  Scottish Government
• Tom McNamara
  Head of Youth Justice & Children’s Hearings
  Scottish Government
• Barry McCaffrey
  Solicitor, Legal Directorate
  Scottish Government
3. Access to court transcripts
4. Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill
5. Work programme (in private)

10th Meeting

29 March

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill
Show witnesses
• Linda Allan
• Kate Wallace
  Chief Executive Officer
  Victim Support Scotland
and then from:
• Jim Shields
  Service Manager
  St Mary's Kenmure Secure Care Centre
• Professor Lorraine Johnstone
  Consultant Forensic and Clinical Psychologist
  St Mary's Kenmure Secure Care Centre
• Wendy Sinclair-Gieben
  HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland
  HM Inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland
• Gerald Michie
  Governor, HMP & YOI Polmont
  Scottish Prison Service
• Sue Brookes
  Interim Director for Strategy and Stakeholder Engagement
  Scottish Prison Service
• Alison Bavidge
  National Director
  Scottish Association of Social Work (SASW)
3. Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill
4. Post-legislative scrutiny of the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018

9th Meeting

22 March

8th Meeting

08 March

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Subordinate legislation
Show witnesses
• Keith Brown
  Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Veterans
  Scottish Government
• Vivienne McColl
  Policy Manager, International Justice Cooperation Unit
  Scottish Government
• Ruth Swanson
  Legal Directorate
  Scottish Government
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Subordinate legislation
5. Post-legislative scrutiny review of the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018
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• Dr Claire Houghton
  Lecturer in Social Policy and Qualitative Research
  University of Edinburgh
• Professor Michele Burman
  Professor of Criminology, Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research
  University of Glasgow
• Amanda Masson
  Partner
  Harper Macleod LLP
• Dr Marsha Scott
  Chief Executive Officer
  Scottish Women's Aid
and then from:
• Moira Price
  National Procurator Fiscal for Domestic Abuse and Head of Victims and Witnesses Policy Team
  Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
• Craig Naylor
  Chief Inspector
  HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland
• Detective Chief Superintendent Sam Faulds
  Head of Public Protection, Specialist Crime Division
  Police Scotland
6. Post-legislative scrutiny review of the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018

7th Meeting

01 March

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Scottish Mental Health Law Review
Show witnesses
• Professor Colin McKay
  Centre for Mental Health and Capacity Law, Edinburgh Napier University and Member of the Scottish Mental Health Law Review Team
3. Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Act 2022 Implementation Timetable
4. Scottish Mental Health Law Review
5. Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill (in private)

6th Meeting

22 February

1. Transgender prisoners and Scottish prisons
Show witnesses
• Keith Brown
  Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Veterans
  Scottish Government
• Neil Rennick
  Director of Justice
  Scottish Government
• Teresa Medhurst
  Chief Executive
  Scottish Prison Service
• Jim Kerr
  Interim Deputy Chief Executive
  Scottish Prison Service
2. Subordinate legislation
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• Keith Brown
  Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Veterans
  Scottish Government
• Sandra Wallace
  Parole Policy Manager
  Scottish Government
• Nicholas Duffy
  Senior Principal Legal Officer
  Scottish Government
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Priorities in the Justice Sector and an Action Plan
5. Policing and mental health
6. Virtual trials
7. Access to court transcripts
8. Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill (in private)

5th Meeting

08 February

1. Budget Scrutiny 2023-24
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill (in private)
4. National Care Service (Scotland) Bill (in private)

4th Meeting

01 February

1. Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill
Show witnesses
• Keith Brown
  Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Veterans
  Scottish Government
• Jennifer Stoddart
  Community Justice Division
  Scottish Government
• Philip Lamont
  Criminal Justice Division
  Scottish Government
• Linsey Mackay
  Criminal Justice Division
  Scottish Government
• Ruth Swanson
  Legal Directorate
  Scottish Government
• Jamie MacQueen
  Legal Directorate
  Scottish Government
2. Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill (in private)
3. Work programme (in private)

3rd Meeting

25 January

1. Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill
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• John Watt
  Chair
  Parole Board for Scotland
• Mark McSherry
  Chief Executive
  Risk Management Authority
• Jim Kerr
  Interim Deputy Chief Executive
  Scottish Prison Service
and then from:
• Kenny Donnelly
  Procurator Fiscal, Policy and Engagement
  Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
• David Fraser
  Executive Director Court Operations
  Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service
2. National Care Service (Scotland) Bill (in private)
3. Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill (in private)

2nd Meeting

18 January

1. Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill
Show witnesses
• Fred Mackintosh KC
  Faculty of Advocates
• Stuart Munro
  Convenor, Criminal Law Committee
  Law Society of Scotland
• Joanne McMillan
  Committee Member
  Glasgow Bar Association
and then from:
• Professor Nancy Loucks OBE
  Chief Executive
  Families Outside
• David Mackie
  Howard League Scotland
• Wendy Sinclair-Gieben
  HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland
  HM Inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland
and then from:
• Chief Superintendent Gordon McCreadie
   Divisional Commander, Criminal Justice Services Division
  Police Scotland
• Chief Inspector Nick Clasper
  Policy and Partnerships, Criminal Justice Services Division
  Police Scotland
2. Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill (in private)

1st Meeting

11 January

1. Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill
Show witnesses
• Kate Wallace
  Chief Executive Officer
  Victim Support Scotland
• Emma Bryson
  Speak Out Survivors
and then from:
• Dr Hannah Graham
  Senior Lecturer, Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology
  University of Stirling
• Professor Fergus McNeill
  Professor of Criminology and Social Work
  University of Glasgow
• Professor Lesley McAra
  Professor of Penology, Edinburgh Law School
  University of Edinburgh
2. Public Order Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
3. Priorities in the Justice Sector and an Action Plan
4. Virtual trials and charges for court transcripts
5. Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill (in private)

This is all meetings of Criminal Justice Committee held in 2022. On meeting pages you can find agendas, meeting papers, minutes, and links to Official Reports and Scottish Parliament TV.

33rd Meeting

21 December

1. National Care Service (Scotland) Bill
Show witnesses
• Kevin Stewart
  Minister for Mental Wellbeing and Social Care
  Scottish Government
• Anna Kynaston
  Deputy Director, National Care Service
  Scottish Government
• Catriona Dalrymple
  Deputy Director, Community Justice
  Scottish Government
2. Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
3. Priorities in the Justice Sector and an Action Plan
4. National Care Service (Scotland) Bill (in private)

32nd Meeting

14 December

1. Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill
Show witnesses
• Tracey McFall
  Member of Executive Committee
  Criminal Justice Voluntary Sector Forum
• Lynne Thornhill
  Director of Justice Services
  Sacro
• Charlie Martin
  Stakeholder and Policy Lead
  The Wise Group
and then from:
• Rhoda MacLeod
  Head of Adult Services (Sexual Health, Police Custody & Prison Healthcare)
  Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership
• Sandra Cheyne
  National CIAG Policy & Professional Practice Lead
  Skills Development Scotland
• Gillian Booth
  Justice Service Manager
  South Lanarkshire Council
and then from:
• Keith Gardner
  CJS Specialist Adviser
  Community Justice Scotland
• Suzanne McGuinness
  Executive Director of Social Work
  Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland
• Sharon Stirrat
  Justice Social Work Policy and Practice Lead
  Social Work Scotland
2. Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill (in private)

31st Meeting

07 December

1. Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
Show witnesses
• Keith Brown
  Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Veterans
  Scottish Government
• Helen Nisbet
  Deputy Director for Defence, Security and Cyber Resilience
  Scottish Government
• Michael Sim
  Defence Policy Manager
  Scottish Government
• Nicholas Duffy
  Senior Principal Legal Officer
  Scottish Government
2. Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
3. Policing and mental health
4. Correspondence
5. Pre-Budget Scrutiny (in private)

30th Meeting

24 November

29th Meeting

23 November

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Pre-Budget Scrutiny
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• Keith Brown
  Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Veterans
  Scottish Government
• Neil Rennick
  Director of Justice
  Scottish Government
• Donald McGillivray
  Director of Safer Communities
  Scottish Government
3. Subordinate legislation
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• Keith Brown
  Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Veterans
  Scottish Government
• Walter Drummond-Murray
  Head of Civil Courts, Inquiries, Private & International Law
  Scottish Government
• Emma Thomson
  Legal Directorate
  Scottish Government
4. Subordinate legislation
5. National Care Service (Scotland) Bill
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• Claire Wilson
  Lead Social Worker
  Aberdeen City Health and Social Care Partnership
• Anil Gupta
  Chief Officer, Communities
  COSLA
• Lynsey Smith
  Chair of the Justice Standing Committee
  Social Work Scotland
• Kate Ramsden
  National Executive Member
  UNISON Scotland
6. Pre-Budget Scrutiny (in private)
7. National Care Service (Scotland) Bill

28th Meeting

09 November

1. Pre-Budget Scrutiny
Show witnesses
• Wendy Sinclair-Gieben
  HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland
  HM Inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland
2. National Care Service (Scotland) Bill
3. Correspondence
4. Pre-Budget Scrutiny (in private)
5. Work programme (in private)

27th Meeting

02 November

1. Pre-Budget Scrutiny
Show witnesses
• Eric McQueen
  Chief Executive
  Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service
• John Logue
  Interim Crown Agent
  Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
and then from:
• Teresa Medhurst
  Chief Executive
  Scottish Prison Service
• Gerry O'Donnell
  Interim Director of Finance
  Scottish Prison Service
2. Correspondence
3. Pre-Budget Scrutiny (in private)
4. Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill (in private)

26th Meeting

26 October

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Subordinate legislation
Show witnesses
• Keith Brown
  Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Veterans
  Scottish Government
• Elaine Hamilton
  Forensics Policy Team Leader, Police: Workforce, Equality and Forensics
  Scottish Government
• David Scott
  Policy Manager, Police: Workforce, Equality and Forensics
  Scottish Government
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Subordinate legislation
5. Pre-Budget Scrutiny
Show witnesses
• Lynn Brown
  Chief Executive
  Scottish Police Authority
• David Page
  Deputy Chief Officer
  Police Scotland
• James Gray
  Chief Financial Officer
  Police Scotland
and then from:
• Ross Haggart
  Interim Chief Officer
  Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
• Stuart Stevens
  Interim Deputy Chief Officer
  Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
• John Thomson
  Acting Director of Finance and Procurement
  Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
6. Correspondence
7. Pre-Budget Scrutiny

25th Meeting

05 October

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Correspondence
3. Policing and mental health

24th Meeting

21 September

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Subordinate legislation
Show witnesses
• Ash Regan
  Minister for Community Safety
  Scottish Government
• Justin Haccius
  Unit Head, Access to Justice
  Scottish Government
• Martin Brown
  Solicitor, Legal Directorate
  Scottish Government
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill (in private)
5. Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill (in private)
6. National Care Service (Scotland) Bill

23rd Meeting

07 September

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Correspondence
4. Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill
5. Pre-Budget Scrutiny

66th Meeting

09 July

22nd Meeting

30 June

1. Legacy paper

22nd Meeting

29 June

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill
4. Work programme (in private)

4th Meeting

27 June

1. Legacy paper

77th Meeting

24 June

1. Annual report
2. Public petitions
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Budget Scrutiny 2021-22
5. Work programme (in private)
6. Deer Management

21st Meeting

22 June

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Police numbers and the potential impact of new pension arrangements
3. Priorities in the Justice Sector and an Action Plan
4. Work programme (in private)

20th Meeting

14 June

1. Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill
Show witnesses
• Chief Superintendent Test Flynn
  Chief Superintendent
  Scottish SPCA
• Test Jenkinson
  Access and Countryside Advisor
  Kennel Club
• Test Boyden
  Director
  Dogs Trust
• Test Jones
  Strategic Paths and Projects Manager
  Nature Scotland

40th Meeting

09 June

1. Ball Green Inquiry
Show witnesses
• Chief Superintendent Test Flynn
  Chief Superintendent
  Scottish SPCA
• Test Jenkinson
  Access and Countryside Advisor
  Kennel Club
• Test Boyden
  Director
  Dogs Trust
• Test Jones
  Strategic Paths and Projects Manager
  Nature Scotland
2. Budget Strategy 2020-21
3. Annual report
Show witnesses
• Test Hatton
  Assistant Team Leader, Operations, Mid Argyll, Kintyre & Islay, Argyll and Bute Council
• Test Watson
  Director
  Dogs Trust
• Test 1 Hatton
  Assistant Team Leader, Operations, Mid Argyll, Kintyre & Islay
• Test A Anderson
  Director
  Scottish Government
4. Section 22 report
5. Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill (in private)
Show witnesses
• Test B Anderson
  Chief Executive
  Scottish Government
• Test C Anderson
  Chief Financial Officer
  Scottish Government
• Test D Anderson
  Director of Resourcing
  Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership and Chair, Rights Advice Scotland
• TEST Edna McIntyre
  Analyst Developer
  Scottish Decorators Federation
6. Miners’ Strike (Pardons) (Scotland) Bill (in private)

19th Meeting

08 June

1. Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill
2. Online Safety Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
Show witnesses
• Keith Brown
  Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Veterans
  Scottish Government
• Patrick Down
  Criminal Justice Division
  Scottish Government
3. Online Safety Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
4. Subordinate legislation
Show witnesses
• Keith Brown
  Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Veterans
  Scottish Government
• Justin Haccius
  Unit Head, Access to Justice
  Scottish Government
5. Subordinate legislation

5th Meeting

06 June

1. Sexual harassment and inappropriate conduct
2. Non-Domestic Rates (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Bill
3. Consideration of a continued petition
4. Consideration of continued petitions
5. Public petitions: PE1661
6. Budget (Scotland) Bill
Show witnesses
• Professor Amanda Sutton
  Head of Public Relations
7. Subordinate legislation
8. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
9. Consideration of evidence
10. Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
11. Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill
Show witnesses
• Lord Amy May
  University of Glasgow School of Law
• Alexander Obrien
  University of Edinburgh
12. Work programme (in private)

2nd Meeting

02 June

1. Instruments subject to negative procedure
2. Early Learning and Child care
Show witnesses
• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
3. Deer Management
4. Mandatory Committees’ remits
5. Good Food Nation (Scotland) Bill (in private)
6. Consideration of new petitions
7. Consideration of a continued petition
8. Consideration of continued petitions
9. Instruments subject to negative procedure
10. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure
11. Subordinate legislation
12. Subordinate legislation
13. Coronavirus (Discretionary Compensation for Self-isolation) (Scotland) Bill
Show witnesses
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
14. Legacy paper
15. Prison Reform
Show witnesses
• Lord Abbie Ellis
  Policy Developer
  Edinburgh Napier University
• Chief Constable Abbie Edwards
  NHS Lothian
16. Choice of Deputy Convener
17. Work programme (in private)

18th Meeting

01 June

1. Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill
2. Subordinate legislation
Show witnesses
• Ash Regan
  Minister for Community Safety
  Scottish Government
• Philip Lamont
  Criminal Justice Division
  Scottish Government
• Jamie MacQueen
  Legal Directorate
  Scottish Government
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Subordinate legislation

17th Meeting

25 May

1. Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill

16th Meeting

18 May

1. Policing and mental health
Show witnesses
• Alan Staff
  Chief Executive
  Apex Scotland
• Dr Inga Heyman
  Associate Professor
  Edinburgh Napier University
• Assistant Chief Constable John Hawkins
  ACC Local Policing North
  Police Scotland
• Superintendent Mairi Macinnes
  Criminal Justice Services Division
  Police Scotland
• Martyn Evans
  Chair
  Scottish Police Authority
• David Hamilton
  Chair
  Scottish Police Federation
2. Tackling online child abuse, grooming and exploitation
Show witnesses
• Gina Wilson
  Head of Strategy
  Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland
• Stuart Allardyce
  Director, Stop it Now! Scotland
  Lucy Faithfull Foundation
• Miles Bonfield
  Deputy Director Investigations North
  National Crime Agency
• Joanne Smith
  Policy and Public Affairs Manager
  NSPCC Scotland
• Assistant Chief Constable Bex Smith
  ACC Major Crime, Public Protection & Local Crime
  Police Scotland
• Alison Penman
  Child Protection Sub Group
  Social Work Scotland
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Proposed Bail and Release from Custody Bill
5. Work programme (in private)

15th Meeting

27 April

1. Final report of the Misogyny and Criminal Justice in Scotland Working Group
Show witnesses
• Baroness Helena Kennedy QC
  Chair
  Misogyny and Criminal Justice in Scotland Working Group
• Bill Brash
  Misogyny Working Group Team Leader
  Scottish Government
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill (in private)

14th Meeting

20 April

1. Priorities in the justice sector and an Action Plan
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill (in private)

13th Meeting

30 March

1. Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill
Show witnesses
• Ash Regan
  Minister for Community Safety
  Scottish Government
• Elinor Findlay
  Bill Team Leader
  Scottish Government
• David Bell
  Pyrotechnics Policy Lead
  Scottish Government
• Natalie Stewart
  Solicitor, Legal Directorate
  Scottish Government
2. Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill (in private)
3. Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill (in private)

12th Meeting

23 March

1. Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill
Show witnesses
• Fraser Stevenson
  Vice Chairman
  British Fireworks Association
• Andy Hubble
  Chairman
  British Pyrotechnists Association
• Norman Donald
  Owner
  NJE Fireworks Displays
2. Review of evidence (in private)
3. Work programme (in private)
4. Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill (in private)

11th Meeting

21 March

1. Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill
Show witnesses
• Chief Inspector Nicola Robison
  Partnerships, Prevention and Community Wellbeing Division
  Police Scotland
• David MacKenzie
  Chair
  Society of Chief Officers of Trading Standards in Scotland
• Julie Whitelaw
  Interim Head of Housing, Customer and Building Services
  West Lothian Council
2. Review of evidence (in private)

10th Meeting

16 March

1. Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill
Show witnesses
• Alasdair Hay
  Chair
  Fireworks Review Group
• Assistant Chief Officer Stuart Stevens
  Director of Service Delivery
  Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
• David Hamilton
  Chair
  Scottish Police Federation
and then from:
• Rob Holland
  Acting Director
  National Autistic Society Scotland
• Lorraine Gillies
  Chief Executive
  Scottish Community Safety Network
• Gilly Mendes-Ferreira
  Head of Education, Policy and Research
  Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Review of evidence (in private)
4. Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill (in private)

9th Meeting

09 March

1. Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill
Show witnesses
• Kenny Donnelly
  Procurator Fiscal Policy and Engagement
  Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
• David Fraser
  Executive Director Court Operations
  Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service
and then from:
• Keith Brown
  Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Veterans
  Scottish Government
• Jeff Gibbons
  Criminal Justice Division
  Scottish Government
• Steven MacGregor
  Cabinet, Parliament and Governance Division
  Scottish Government
• Jennifer Stoddart
  Community Justice Division
  Scottish Government
• Louise Miller
  Legal Directorate
  Scottish Government
• Jo-anne Tinto
  Legal Directorate
  Scottish Government
2. Subordinate legislation
Show witnesses
• Keith Brown
  Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Veterans
  Scottish Government
• Allister Purdie
  Interim Director of Operations
  Scottish Prison Service
• Jamie MacQueen
  Legal Directorate
  Scottish Government
3. Risk assessment in the justice system
Show witnesses
• Keith Brown
  Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Veterans
  Scottish Government
• Catriona Dalrymple
  Deputy Director of Community Justice and Parole
  Scottish Government
4. Review of evidence (in private)

8th Meeting

02 March

1. Subordinate legislation
Show witnesses
• Ash Regan
  Minister for Community Safety
  Scottish Government
• Denise Swanson
  Interim Deputy Director Civil Law and Legal System
  Scottish Government
• Martin Brown
  Legal Directorate
  Scottish Government
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill
Show witnesses
• Vicki Bell
  Member of the Criminal Law Committee
  Law Society of Scotland
• Stuart Murray
  Vice-President
  Scottish Solicitors Bar Association
5. Review of evidence (in private)

76th Meeting

11 February

1. Coronavirus (Discretionary Compensation for Self-isolation) (Scotland) Bill
Show witnesses
• Chief Superintendent Test Flynn
  Chief Superintendent
  Scottish SPCA
• Test Jenkinson
  Access and Countryside Advisor
  Kennel Club
• Test Boyden
  Director
  Dogs Trust
• Test Jones
  Strategic Paths and Projects Manager
  Nature Scotland
2. Destitution, asylum and insecure immigration status in Scotland - witness expenses

1st Meeting

08 February

1. Carer’s Allowance Supplement (Scotland) Bill
2. Carer’s Allowance Supplement (Scotland) Bill
3. Annual report
4. Section 22 report
5. Pre-Budget Scrutiny
6. European Union briefing
7. Carer’s Allowance Supplement (Scotland) Bill
8. Music Tuition in Schools
9. # Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
10. Declaration of interests
11. Audit Scotland Annual Report and Accounts for the year to 31 March # and Auditor’s Report on the Accounts
12. Audit Scotland’s provisional budget estimate for #
13. Cross-Party Groups
14. Ball Green Inquiry - witness expenses
15. Work programme
16. Carer’s Allowance Supplement (Scotland) Bill - witness expenses
17. Transvaginal Mesh Removal (Cost Reimbursement) (Scotland) Bill
18. Carer’s Allowance Supplement (Scotland) Bill - witness expenses
19. Consideration of continued petitions
20. Subordinate legislation
21. Subordinate legislation

4th Meeting

01 February

3rd Meeting

26 January

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Public petitions
3. Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
4. Work programme

2nd Meeting

19 January

1. Subordinate legislation
2. Scottish Government response to the Committee’s pre-budget report
3. Work programme (in private)

83rd Meeting

13 January

1. Brussels Bulletin
2. Subordinate legislation
Show witnesses
• Lord Allie Mccoy
  Public Works Manager
  Scottish Sports Association
and then from:
• Inspector Theo Morse
• Ailsa Garland
  Solicitor
  Scottish Government
• Adam Jowett
  Coventry University
  Lead author of UK Government commissioned research into conversion therapy
3. Scottish Government responses
4. Public petitions

82nd Meeting

12 January

1. Carer’s Allowance Supplement (Scotland) Bill
Show witnesses
• Aaron B Jennings
  Medical Officer
• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
and then from:
• Abby Watson
• Abby Macrae
  Educational Institute of Scotland
• Lord Abbie Ellis
  Policy Developer
  Edinburgh Napier University
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
4. Carer’s Allowance Supplement (Scotland) Bill - witness expenses (in private)
5. Work programme (in private)

81st Meeting

10 January

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Legacy paper
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Work programme (in private)

80th Meeting

03 January

1. Transvaginal Mesh Removal (Cost Reimbursement) (Scotland) Bill
Show witnesses
• Aaron B Jennings
  Medical Officer
• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
2. Legacy paper
3. Consideration of new petitions

This is all meetings of Criminal Justice Committee held in 2021. On meeting pages you can find agendas, meeting papers, minutes, and links to Official Reports and Scottish Parliament TV.

15th Meeting

22 December

1. What now for the prosecution of violence against women and girls?
Show witnesses
• Rt Hon. Dorothy Bain QC
  Lord Advocate
  Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
• David Harvie
  Crown Agent
  Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
2. What now for the prosecution of violence against women and girls? (in private)

73rd Meeting

22 December

1. Subordinate legislation
2. Pre-Budget Scrutiny
3. Public petitions: PE1658
4. Section 22 report
Show witnesses
• Andrea Wheeler
  Scottish Sports Association
• Lord Ellen Morgan
  Scottish Sports Association
• Lesley Nope
  Senior Business Manager
  Scotland Office
5. Work programme (in private)

72nd Meeting

21 December

1. Legacy paper
2. Free Graeme Gofar
Show witnesses
• Casey Costello
  Chief Exectuive
  Dogs Trust
• Fiona Stevens
  Caledonian MacBrayne
3. Instruments subject to negative procedure
4. Pre-Budget Scrutiny
5. Carer’s Allowance Supplement (Scotland) Bill
Show witnesses
• Jamie Kelly
  Resource Developer

71st Meeting

20 December

1. Subordinate legislation
2. Transvaginal Mesh Removal (Cost Reimbursement) (Scotland) Bill
3. Heating Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
4. Pre-Budget Scrutiny
5. Roundtable evidence sessions

14th Meeting

15 December

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. What now for the prosecution of violence against women and girls?
Show witnesses
• Deputy Chief Constable Malcolm Graham
  Crime and Operational Support
  Police Scotland
• Detective Chief Superintendent Sam Faulds
  Head of Public Protection, Specialist Crime Division
  Police Scotland
and then from:
• Keith Brown
  Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Veterans
  Scottish Government
• Willie Cowan
  Deputy Director, Criminal Justice Division
  Scottish Government
3. Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill and Judicial Review and Courts Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
Show witnesses
• Keith Brown
  Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Veterans
  Scottish Government
• Alison Morris
  Head of Serious Organised Crime Policy – Divert and Deter
  Scottish Government
• Philip Lamont
  Criminal Justice Division
  Scottish Government
4. Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill and Judicial Review and Courts Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
5. What now for the prosecution of violence against women and girls?
6. Roundtable evidence sessions (in private)

13th Meeting

08 December

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. What now for the prosecution of violence against women and girls?
Show witnesses
• David Fraser
  Executive Director Court Operations
  Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service
• Danielle McLaughlin
  Head of the Lord Justice Clerk’s Review Implementation
  Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service
3. What now for the prosecution of violence against women and girls?
4. Roundtable evidence sessions (in private)

12th Meeting

01 December

1. Roundtable evidence sessions (in private)
2. Work programme (in private)

11th Meeting

17 November

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Pre-Budget Scrutiny
3. Roundtable evidence sessions

10th Meeting

10 November

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Pre-Budget Scrutiny
Show witnesses
• Keith Brown
  Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Veterans
  Scottish Government
• Neil Rennick
  Director of Justice
  Scottish Government
• Donald McGillivray
  Director of Safer Communities
  Scottish Government
3. Control of Dogs (Scotland) Act 2010
4. Pre-Budget Scrutiny
5. Work programme

9th Meeting

03 November

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Pre-Budget Scrutiny
Show witnesses
• Dorothy Bain QC
  Lord Advocate
  Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
• David Harvie
  Crown Agent
  Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
and then from:
• Teresa Medhurst
  Interim Chief Executive
  Scottish Prison Service
• Gerry O'Donnell
  Interim Director of Finance
  Scottish Prison Service
3. Pre-Budget Scrutiny

8th Meeting

27 October

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. The misuse of drugs and the criminal justice system
Show witnesses
• Anthony McGeehan
  Procurator Fiscal, Policy and Engagement
  Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
• Peter Krykant
  activist and campaigner
• Natalie Logan MacLean
  Chief Executive Officer
  Sustainable Interventions Supporting Change Outside (SISCO)
• Superintendent Norman Conway
  Police Scotland
• Leeanne Hughes
  Shine Programme Mentor
  Sacro
• Louise Stevenson
  Lived Experienced Participant
  Sacro
• Neil Richardson OBE
  Vice Chair
  Scottish Drug Deaths Taskforce
• David Liddell
  Chief Executive Officer
  Scottish Drugs Forum
• Becky Wood
  Lived/Living Experience Representative
  Scottish Drug Deaths Taskforce
3. Work programme
4. The misuse of drugs and the criminal justice system

7th Meeting

06 October

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Pre-Budget Scrutiny
Show witnesses
• Deputy Chief Officer David Page
  Police Scotland
• James Gray
  Chief Financial Officer
  Police Scotland
• Chris Brown
  Acting Chief Executive and Accountable Officer
  Scottish Police Authority
and then from:
• Colin Lancaster
  Chief Executive
  Scottish Legal Aid Board
3. Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
4. Work programme
5. Pre-Budget Scrutiny

6th Meeting

29 September

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Legal aid
Show witnesses
• Gillian Fyfe
  Strategic Lead, Strong Communities
  Citizens Advice Scotland
• Tony Lenehen
  President of Scottish Criminal Bar Association
  Faculty of Advocates
• Ian Moir
  Legal Aid Convenor
  Law Society of Scotland
• David Fraser
  Executive Director Court Operations
  Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service
• Colin Lancaster
  Chief Executive
  Scottish Legal Aid Board
• Julia McPartlin
  President
  Scottish Solicitors Bar Association
• Dr Marsha Scott
  Chief Executive
  Scottish Women's Aid
• Professor Alan Paterson
  Professor of Law
  University of Strathclyde
3. Subordinate legislation
Show witnesses
• Keith Brown
  Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Veterans
  Scottish Government
• Tom Fox
  Head of Corporate Affairs
  Scottish Prison Service
• Jamie MacQueen
  Scottish Government Legal Directorate
4. Subordinate legislation
5. Post-legislative scrutiny - Control of Dogs (Scotland) Act 2010
6. Legal aid

5th Meeting

22 September

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Priorities for domestic abuse, gendered-violence and sexual offences in session 6
Show witnesses
• Rabia Roshan
  Violence Against Women and Girls Development Worker
  Amina - the Muslim Women's Resource Centre
• Moira Price
  Procurator Fiscal Domestic Abuse
  Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
• Ronnie Renucci QC
  Vice Dean
  Faculty of Advocates
• Detective Chief Superintendent Sam Faulds
  Head of Public Protection, Specialist Crime Division
  Police Scotland
• Sandy Brindley
  Chief Executive
  Rape Crisis Scotland
• Dr Marsha Scott
  Chief Executive
  Scottish Women's Aid
• Professor Michele Burman
  Professor of Criminology
  University of Glasgow
• Professor James Chalmers
  Regius Professor of Law
  University of Glasgow
3. Victims’ rights and victim support
Show witnesses
• Mary Glasgow
  Chief Executive
  Children 1st
• John Watt
  Chair
  Parole Board for Scotland
• Superintendent Colin Convery
  Partnerships, Prevention and Community Wellbeing
  Police Scotland
• Tim Barraclough
  Executive Director, Tribunals and Office of the Public Guardian 
  Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service
• Teresa Medhurst
  Interim Chief Executive
  Scottish Prison Service
• Kate Wallace
  Chief Executive Officer
  Victim Support Scotland
• Sean Duffy
  Chief Executive Officer
  The Wise Group
4. Subordinate legislation
5. Evidence Sessions

4th Meeting

15 September

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Subordinate legislation
Show witnesses
• Ash Denham
  Minister for Community Safety
  Scottish Government
• Susan Black
  Senior Policy Officer, Civil Law and Legal System Division
  Scottish Government
• Jo-anne Tinto
  Solicitor, Constitutional and Civil Law Division
  Scottish Government Legal Directorate
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Prisons and prison policy
Show witnesses
• Alan Staff
  Chief Executive
  Apex Scotland
• Bruce Adamson
  Children and Young People’s Commissioner
• Wendy Sinclair-Gieben
  HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland 
  HM Inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland
• Dr Katrina Morrison
  Howard League Scotland Committee Secretary
  Howard League Scotland
• John Watt
  Chair
  Parole Board for Scotland
• Phil Fairlie
  Assistant General Secretary of the POA in Scotland
  Prison Officers Association
• Professor Fergus McNeill
  Professor of Criminology and Social Work, University of Glasgow
  Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research
• Teresa Medhurst
  Interim Chief Executive
  Scottish Prison Service
• Allister Purdie
  Interim Director of Operations
  Scottish Prison Service
5. Reducing youth offending, offering community justice solutions and alternatives to custody
Show witnesses
• Fiona Dyer
  Interim Director
  Children’s and Young People’s Centre for Justice
• Gemma Fraser
  Senior Reporting Officer Recovery, Renewal & Transform
  Community Justice Scotland
• Ashley Cameron
  The Promise Scotland Oversight Board member
  The Care Review
• Superintendent Colin Convery
  Partnerships, Prevention and Community Wellbeing
  Police Scotland
• Diane Dobbie
  Justice Standing Committee
  Social Work Scotland
• Professor Lesley McAra
  University of Edinburgh
• Dr Hannah Graham
  Senior Lecturer in Criminology
  University of Stirling
• Niven Rennie
  Director
  Scottish Violence Reduction Unit
6. Evidence Sessions

3rd Meeting

08 September

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. COVID and the justice sector
Show witnesses
• Tony Lenehen
  President of Scottish Criminal Bar Association
  Faculty of Advocates
• Ken Dalling
  President
  Law Society of Scotland
• Assistant Chief Constable Kenny MacDonald
  Criminal Justice
  Police Scotland
• Chief Superintendent Barry Blair
  Criminal Justice Services Division
  Police Scotland
• Eric McQueen
  Chief Executive
  Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service
• Chief Officer Martin Blunden
  Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
• Deputy Chief Officer Ross Haggart
  Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
• Teresa Medhurst
  Interim Chief Executive
  Scottish Prison Service
• Tom Fox
  Head of Corporate Affairs
  Scottish Prison Service
• James Maybee
  Chair of Justice Standing Committee
  Social Work Scotland
• Kate Wallace
  Chief Executive Officer
  Victim Support Scotland
3. Pre-Budget Scrutiny
4. COVID and the justice sector

2nd Meeting

01 September

1. Police, Crime Sentencing and Courts Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
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• Keith Brown
  Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Veterans
  Scottish Government
• Graham Thomson
  Head of Police Powers and Workforce Unit
  Scottish Government
2. Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
3. Scottish Government priorities for the criminal justice remit in session 6
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• Keith Brown
  Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Veterans
  Scottish Government
• Ash Denham
  Minister for Community Safety
  Scottish Government
• Neil Rennick
  Director of Justice
  Scottish Government
• Donald McGillivray
  Director of Safer Communities
  Scottish Government
4. Subordinate legislation
5. Pre-Budget Scrutiny
6. Decision on taking business in private
7. Scottish Government priorities for the criminal justice remit in session 6

1st Meeting

22 June