Criminal Justice Committee
Meeting Agenda
7th Meeting, 2022
- Date: Wednesday, February 23, 2022
- Session: 6
- Location: T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room
- Start time: 10:00am
- Published: Friday, February 18, 2022 03:23pm
1 Decision on taking business in private:
The Committee will decide whether to take item 4 in private. The Committee will also decide whether consideration of the oral evidence heard and draft reports on the Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill should be taken in private at future meetings.
2 Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill:
The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—
Witnesses
Dr Marsha Scott, Chief Executive Officer, Scottish Women's Aid
Kate Wallace, Chief Executive Officer, Victim Support Scotland
Emma Jardine, Policy and Public Affairs Adviser, Howard League Scotland
Teresa Medhurst, Interim Chief Executive, Scottish Prison Service
Allister Purdie, Interim Director of Operations, Scottish Prison Service
Paper 1 Note by the Clerk 87KB pdf posted 18/02/2022 (Ref: CJ/S6/22/7/1)
Paper 2 SPICe briefing 1MB pdf posted 18/02/2022 (Ref: CJ/S6/22/7/2)
CJ/S6/22/7/3(P) (Private Paper)
3 Photocopying of prisoners’ mail:
The Committee will consider further correspondence on the change to prison rules which allow for the photocopying of prisoners' mail.
Paper 4 Note by the Clerk 542KB pdf posted 18/02/2022 (Ref: CJ/S6/22/7/4)
4 Review of Evidence:
The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 2.