Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee
Meeting Minutes
10th Meeting, 2021
- Date: Tuesday, November 30, 2021
- Session: 6
- Location: T1.60-CR4 The Clerk Maxwell Room
- Meeting opened at: 10:00
- Meeting closed at: 11:51
- Published: Wednesday, December 1, 2021 11:04am
Committee Members Attendees
- Joe FitzPatrick (Convener)
- Maggie Chapman (Deputy Convener)
- Karen Adam (Member)
- Pam Gosal (Member)
- Fulton MacGregor (Member)
- Alexander Stewart (Member)
Apologies received from
Substitute Members Attendees
1 Decision on taking business in private:
The Committee agreed to take items 5 and 6 in private.
2 Subordinate legislation:
The Committee took evidence on the Independent Reviewer (Modification of Functions) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 from—
Clare Haughey MSP, Minister for Children and Young People, Scottish Government.
3 Subordinate legislation:
Clare Haughey (Minister for Children and Young People) moved—S6M-01632—That the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee recommends that the Independent Reviewer (Modification of Functions) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 be approved.
The motion was agreed to without division.
4 Civil Justice introductory session:
The Committee took evidence, in a round table format, from—
Kay McCorquodale, Executive Director, Judicial Office, Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service;
Ruth Crawford QC, Treasurer, Faculty of Advocates;
Iain Nicol, Convener of the Civil Justice Committee, Law Society of Scotland;
Karen Wylie, Vice Chair, Family Law Association of Scotland;
Professor Richard Susskind OBE, Technology Adviser to the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales.
5 Civil Justice introductory session (In Private):
The Committee considered the evidence it heard under agenda item 4.
6 Miners’ Strike (Pardons) (Scotland) Bill (In Private):
The Committee considered its approach to the scrutiny of the Bill at Stage 1 and agreed to consider all evidence and draft reports in private at future meetings.