The Committee was established in June 2021. It focuses on the Criminal Justice system in Scotland, including:
Criminal Justice Committee
24 March 2026
Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs, 24 March 2026
Criminal Justice Committee
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
23 March 2026
Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs, 23 March 2026
Criminal Justice Committee
Note of Roundtable Discussion on Orders for Lifelong Restriction
19 March 2026
Summary note of roundtable discussion on Orders for Lifelong Restriction, 19 March 2026
Meeting date: Wednesday, March 18, 2026
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill, Crime and Policing Bill , Subordinate Legislation
Meeting date: Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Criminal Justice System (Challenges for Session 7), Petitions, Subordinate Legislation
Meeting date: Wednesday, March 4, 2026
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Budget 2026-27 and Scottish Spending Review, Subordinate Legislation, Criminal Justice System (Challenges for Session 7)
Meeting date: Wednesday, February 25, 2026
Subordinate Legislation, Crime and Policing Bill, Subordinate Legislation
Meeting date: Wednesday, February 18, 2026
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Subordinate Legislation, Policing and Mental Health
Meeting date: Wednesday, February 11, 2026
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Budget 2026-27 and Scottish Spending Review
Meeting date: Wednesday, February 4, 2026
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
Meeting date: Wednesday, January 28, 2026
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Subordinate Legislation
Meeting date: Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Prevention of Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
Meeting date: Wednesday, December 17, 2025
Sentencing Bill, Prevention of Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
Legacy report of the Criminal Justice Committee, Session 6
Published: 23 March 2026
The Legacy Report of the Criminal Justice Committee from Session 6 of the Scottish Parliament.
Published: 20 March 2026
A report of the Criminal Justice Committee's consideration of an additional fourth supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Crime and Policing Bill (UK Parliament legislation).
Legislative consent memoranda on the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
Published: 20 March 2026
A report by the Criminal Justice Committee on the consideration of Legislative Consent Memoranda for the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill (UK Parliament legislation).
To consider and report on matters relating to criminal justice falling within the responsibility of the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs, and functions of the Lord Advocate other than as head of the systems of criminal prosecution and investigation of deaths in Scotland.