Meeting Agenda
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—
Angela Constance, Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs, Scottish Government
Fiona Thom, Head of Parole, Release and Reintegration, Scottish Government
Ruth Swanson, Solicitor, Legal Directorate, Scottish Government
Teresa Medhurst, Chief Executive, Scottish Prison Service
Paper 1 - Subordinate Legislation Affirmative SSI posted 24/10/2025 (Ref: CJ/S6/25/28/1, 368KB, pdf)
Paper 2 - Subordinate Legislation Negative SSI posted 24/10/2025 (Ref: CJ/S6/25/28/2, 282KB, pdf)
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—
Angela Constance, Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs, Scottish Government
Alasdair Thomson, Senior Tribunals Policy Officer, Scottish Government
Emma Thomson, Solicitor, Legal Directorate, Scottish Government
Paper 3 - Subordinate Legislation Affirmatives posted 24/10/2025 (Ref: CJ/S6/25/28/3, 141KB, pdf)
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—
Dr Niina Vuolajärvi, Assistant Professor in International Migration, London School of Economics
Ruth Breslin, Director, Sexual Exploitation Research and Policy Institute, Republic of Ireland
Dr Larissa Sandy, Associate Professor of Criminology, University of Nottingham
Professor Jo Phoenix, Professor of Criminology, University of Reading
Paper 4 - Note by the Clerk Prostitution Bill posted 24/10/2025 (Ref: CJ/S6/25/28/4, 503KB, pdf)
CJ/S6/25/28/5(P) (Private Paper)
The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 6.
The Committee will consider a draft report.
CJ/S6/25/28/6(P) (Private Paper)