Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee
The Committee was established in June 2021. It focuses on:
- equal opportunities matters
- human rights matters
- civil justice matters including debt, evictions and family law
Next meeting
Meeting details are not yet available. They will be published here in due course.
Get in touch
If you want to get in touch, you can contact Katrina Venters, the Clerk for the committee.
Address: The Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, EH99 1SP
Phone: 0131 348 6244 Find out about call charges.
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @SP_EHRCJ
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Members
Members of the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee
Current Members
Joe FitzPatrick
Convener
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Dundee City West (Constituency)
Maggie Chapman
Deputy Convener
Party: Scottish Green Party
MSP for: North East Scotland (Region)
Karen Adam
Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Banffshire and Buchan Coast (Constituency)
Pam Duncan-Glancy
Member
Party: Scottish Labour
MSP for: Glasgow (Region)
Pam Gosal
Member
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: West Scotland (Region)
Fulton MacGregor
Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Coatbridge and Chryston (Constituency)
Alexander Stewart
Member
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: Mid Scotland and Fife (Region)
Substitute Members
Jeremy Balfour
Substitute Member
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: Lothian (Region)
Paul O'Kane
Substitute Member
Party: Scottish Labour
MSP for: West Scotland (Region)
Kaukab Stewart
Substitute Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Glasgow Kelvin (Constituency)
Committee work
Current
Correspondence
Committee correspondence
Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee
Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government, 19 October 2021
Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee
Proposed Right to Food (Scotland) Bill
Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government, 1 October 2021
Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee
Public Petition PE1817: End Conversion Therapy
Letter from the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) LGBT+ Workers’ Committee, 20 September 2021
Remit
To consider and report on the following (and any additional matter added under Rule 6.1.5A)—
- matters relating to equal opportunities and upon the observance of equal opportunities within the Parliament
- human rights, including Convention rights (within the meaning of section 1 of the Human Rights Act 1998) and other human rights contained in any international convention, treaty or other international instrument ratified by the United Kingdom
- matters relating to civil justice within the responsibility of the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Veterans