Criminal Justice Committee
28th Meeting, 2025
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The Committee will take evidence on the Early Release of Prisoners (Scotland) Regulations 2025 [draft] and the Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Amendment Rules 2025 (SSI 2025/277) from—
Papers for this item:
Paper 1 - Subordinate Legislation Affirmative SSI (368KB, pdf) posted 24 October 2025
Paper 2 - Subordinate Legislation Negative SSI (282KB, pdf) posted 24 October 2025
Angela Constance (Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs) to move—
S6M-19222—That the Criminal Justice Committee recommends that the Early Release of Prisoners (Scotland) Regulations 2025 [draft] be approved.
The Committee will consider the following negative instrument—
Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Amendment Rules 2025 (SSI 2025/277)
The Committee will take evidence on the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland General Regulatory Chamber (Police Appeals) (Procedure) Regulations 2025 [draft], the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland General Regulatory Chamber Police Appeals and Upper Tribunal for Scotland (Composition) Regulations 2025 [draft] and the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Transfer of Functions and Members of the Police Appeals Tribunal) Regulations 2025 from—
Papers for this item:
Paper 3 - Subordinate Legislation Affirmatives (141KB, pdf) posted 24 October 2025
Angela Constance (Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs) to move—
S6M-18945—That the Criminal Justice Committee recommends that the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland General Regulatory Chamber (Police Appeals) (Procedure) Regulations 2025 [draft] be approved.
S6M-18946—That the Criminal Justice Committee recommends that the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland General Regulatory Chamber Police Appeals and Upper Tribunal for Scotland (Composition) Regulations 2025 [draft] be approved.
S6M-19179—That the Criminal Justice Committee recommends that the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Transfer of Functions and Members of the Police Appeals Tribunal) Regulations 2025 [draft] be approved.
The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—
Papers for this item:
Paper 4 - Note by the Clerk Prostitution Bill (503KB, pdf) posted 24 October 2025
1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item
The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 6.
The Committee will consider a draft report.
Papers for this item:
1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item
The Official Report of this meeting has not been published yet.