Chamber and committees

Criminal Justice Committee

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Meeting Agenda

16th Meeting, 2025

• Date: Wednesday, May 21, 2025
• Session: 6
• Location: T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room
• Start time: 10:00am
• Published: Monday, May 19, 2025 01:34pm

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1 Decision on taking business in private

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

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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—

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Witnesses

Fiona Drouet, Petitioner and CEO and Founder of EmilyTest

Fiona McMullen, Operations Manager, ASSIST

Professor Cath White, Medical Director, Institute for Addressing Strangulation

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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

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Paper 1 - Cover Note Non Fatal Strangulation posted 16/05/2025 (Ref: CJ/S6/25/16/1, 258KB, pdf)

CJ/S6/25/16/2(P) (Private Paper)

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3 Non-fatal strangulation (in private) (Private)

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

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4 Work programme (in private) (Private)

The Committee will consider its work programme.

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CJ/S6/25/16/3(P) (Private Paper)

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