Criminal Justice Committee
Meeting Agenda
5th Meeting, 2021
- Date: Wednesday, September 22, 2021
- Session: 6
- Location: T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room
- Start time: 10:00am
- Published: Friday, October 1, 2021 10:38am
1 Decision on taking business in private:
The Committee will decide whether to take item 5 in private.
2 Priorities for domestic abuse, gendered-violence and sexual offences in session 6:
The Committee will take evidence in a round-table discussion from—
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
Domestic Abuse Written Submissions 2MB pdf posted 20/09/2021 (Ref: CJ/S6/21/5/2)
CJ/S6/21/5/3(P) (Private Paper)
Roundtables Note by the Clerk 173KB pdf posted 21/09/2021 (Ref: CJ/S6/21/5/1)
3 Victims’ rights and victim support:
The Committee will take evidence in a round-table discussion from—
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
Victims Rights Written Submissions 747KB pdf posted 20/09/2021 (Ref: CJ/S6/21/5/4)
CJ/S6/21/5/5(P) (Private Paper)
Roundtables Note by the Clerk 173KB pdf posted 21/09/2021 (Ref: CJ/S6/21/5/1)
4 Subordinate legislation:
The Committee will consider the following negative instruments—
Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Prescribed Police Stations) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (SSI 2021/282)
Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Rules 2021 (SSI 2021/289)
Subordinate Legislation Note by the Clerk 180KB pdf posted 20/09/2021 (Ref: CJ/S6/21/5/6)
5 Evidence Sessions:
The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda items 2 and 3.