Skip to main content

Tell us your views

Help us do xxx by completing this short survey!

Link to survey goes here

What's on today Watch Parliament TV
Main navigation
Loading…

Chamber and committees

Criminal Justice Committee

Agenda: 15 December 2025

Monday, 15 December 2025

10th Meeting, 2025

Start time: 09:30am
Location: This is a virtual meeting
Agenda items:

  1. Public petitions: PE23454
  2. Public petitions
  3. Declaration of interests

Agenda published: Thursday, 11 December 2025 07:12pm

Full agenda and available meeting papers

1. Public petitions: PE23454

The Committee will consider the following petition— [PEXXXX] by[name of petitioner], on Improve the way that unexplained deaths are dealt with

  • 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

The Committee will consider the following petitions— [PE01682] Access to specialist support for hidradenitis suppurativa sufferers in Scotland
[PE01701] Change the law to allow adoption for people over the age of 18.
[PE01706] Introduce a law to allow pets in rented and supported accommodation

  • 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

# will be invited to declare any relevant interests.

  • 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

Official Report

The Official Report of this meeting has not been published yet.

See all of this committee's Official Reports

Meeting Minutes

The Minutes of this meeting have not been published yet

Back to Criminal Justice Committee