Criminal Justice Committee
Meeting Minutes
4th Meeting, 2024
- Date: Wednesday, January 24, 2024
- Session: 6
- Location: T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room
- Meeting opened at: 09:31
- Meeting closed at: 13:08
- Published: Wednesday, January 24, 2024 03:05pm
Committee Members Attendees
- Audrey Nicoll (Convener)
- Russell Findlay (Deputy Convener)
- Katy Clark (Member)
- Sharon Dowey (Member)
- Fulton MacGregor (Member)
- Rona Mackay (Member)
- Pauline McNeill (Member)
- John Swinney (Member)
1 Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill:
The Committee took evidence on parts 5 and 6 of the Bill at Stage 1 from—
Professor James Chalmers, Regius Professor of Law, School of Law, University of Glasgow;
Professor Vanessa Munro, Professor of Law, Law School, University of Warwick;
Professor Cheryl Thomas KC, Co-Director of the UCL Judicial Institute, University College London;
and then from—
Tony Lenehan KC, President of Faculty of Advocates Criminal Bar Association;
Sheila Webster, President and Alan McCreadie, Head of Research and Secretary to the Society’s Criminal Law Committee, Law Society of Scotland;
Simon Di Rollo KC.
2 Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill (In Private):
The Committee agreed to defer consideration of the evidence heard under agenda item 1 to a future meeting.