Chamber and committees

Criminal Justice Committee

Meeting Agenda

23rd Meeting, 2025

Date: Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Session: 6
Location: T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room
Start time: 10:00am
Published: Thursday, September 11, 2025 03:03pm

1 Inquiry into the harm caused by substance misuse in Scottish Prisons

The Committee will take evidence from—

Witnesses

Leona Paget, Prison Health Care Lead, Falkirk Health and Social Care Partnership

Rhoda MacLeod, Head of Adult Services, Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership

Linda Pollock, Deputy Chief Executive, Scottish Prison Service

Sarah Angus, Director of Policy, Scottish Prison Service

Suzy Calder, Head of Health and Wellbeing, Scottish Prison Service

Paper 1 - Substance Misuse Inquiry Note by the Clerk posted 11/09/2025 (Ref: CJ/S6/25/23/1, 233KB, pdf)

Paper 2 - Substance Misuse Inquiry SPICe Analysis of Call for Views posted 11/09/2025 (Ref: CJ/S6/25/23/2, 428KB, pdf)

CJ/S6/25/23/3(P) (Private Paper)

2 Subordinate legislation

The Committee will consider the following negative instrument—

Firefighters’ Pensions (Remediable Service) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2025 (SSI 2025/187)

Paper 4 - Subordinate Legislation posted 11/09/2025 (Ref: CJ/S6/25/23/4, 170KB, pdf)

3 Inquiry into the harm caused by substance misuse in Scottish Prisons (in private) (Private)

The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 1.

4 Work programme (in private) (Private)

The Committee will consider its work programme and will further consider its approach to the scrutiny of the Prevention of Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Bill and the Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1.

CJ/S6/25/23/5(P) (Private Paper)