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Criminal Justice Committee


Agenda: 21 May 2025

Wednesday, 21 May 2025

16th Meeting, 2025

Start time: 10:00am
Location: T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room
Agenda items:

  1. Decision on taking business in private
  2. Non-fatal strangulation
  3. Non-fatal strangulation (in private)
  4. Work programme (in private)

Agenda published: Monday, 19 May 2025 01:34pm

Full agenda and available meeting papers


1. Decision on taking business in private

The Committee will decide whether to take item 3 in private.


2. Non-fatal strangulation

The Committee will take evidence on non-fatal strangulation, including on Petition PE2136 to make this a standalone criminal offence in Scotland, from—

  • Fiona Drouet
    Petitioner and CEO and Founder of EmilyTest
  • Fiona McMullen
    Operations Manager
    ASSIST
  • Professor Cath White
    Medical Director
    Institute for Addressing Strangulation
  • and then from -

  • Dr Emma Forbes
    National Lead for Domestic Abuse
    Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
  • Liliana Torres Jimenez
    Criminal Policy Executive and Secretary of the Criminal Law Committee
    Law Society of Scotland
  • Detective Chief Superintendent Sarah Taylor
    Head of Public Protection
    Police Scotland
  • Detective Superintendent Lindsay Fisher
    Public Protection Branch
    Police Service of Northern Ireland

Papers for this item:

1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item


3. Non-fatal strangulation (in private)

The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 2.


4. Work programme (in private)

The Committee will consider its work programme.

Papers for this item:

1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item


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