Minutes: 07 January 2026

Wednesday, 07 January 2026

1st Meeting, 2026

Start time:09:02am

End time: 01:08pm

Location: T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room

Published: Thursday, 08 January 2026

Committee Members Attendees:

Minutes

1. Prevention of Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Bill:

The Committee took evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—

Pam Gosal, Member in Charge of the Bill, Roz Thomson, Principal Clerk, Non-Government Bills Unit and Ailidh Callander, Senior Solicitor, Legal Services Office, Scottish Parliament;

Charlie Pound, Head of Policy and Research, Scottish Conservative MSP Group.

2. Prevention of Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Bill (In Private):

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

3. Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Bill (In Private):

The Committee considered a revised draft Stage 1 report. Various changes were agreed to and the Committee agreed to consider a further revised draft, in private, at its next meeting.

4. Work programme (In Private):

The Committee agreed to defer consideration of its work programme to its next meeting.