Criminal Justice Committee
Meeting Minutes
2nd Meeting, 2023
- Date: Wednesday, January 18, 2023
- Session: 6
- Location: T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room
- Meeting opened at: 09:31
- Meeting closed at: 13:03
- Published: Wednesday, January 18, 2023 04:00pm
Committee Members Attendees
- Audrey Nicoll (Convener)
- Russell Findlay (Deputy Convener)
- Katy Clark (Member)
- Jamie Greene (Member)
- Fulton MacGregor (Member)
- Rona Mackay (Member)
- Pauline McNeill (Member)
- Collette Stevenson (Member)
1 Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill:
The Committee took evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—
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 Inspector Nick Clasper, Policy and Partnerships, Criminal Justice Services Division, Police Scotland.
2 Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill (In Private):
The Committee considered the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 1.