Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee
Meeting Agenda
4th Meeting, 2021
- Date: Tuesday, September 21, 2021
- Session: 6
- Location: T1.60-CR4 The Clerk Maxwell Room
- Start time: 10:00am
- Published: Thursday, September 16, 2021 03:34pm
1 Decision on taking business in private:
The Committee will decide whether to take items 5 and 6 in private.
2 Subordinate legislation:
The Committee will take evidence on the Children’s Legal Assistance (Miscellaneous Amendments and Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 from—
Witnesses
Ash Denham, Minister for Community Safety, Scottish Government
Jill Stephen Poller, Legal Aid Policy Officer, Access to Justice Unit, Scottish Government
Martin Brown, Solicitor, Constitutional and Civil Law Division, Scottish Government
Subordinate Legislation - Note by the Clerk 92KB pdf posted 16/09/2021 (Ref: EHRCJ/S6/21/4/1)
3 Subordinate legislation:
Ash Denham (Minister for Community Safety) to move—S6M-00998—That the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee recommends that the Children’s Legal Assistance (Miscellaneous Amendments and Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 be approved.
4 Petition PE1817 End Conversion Therapy:
The Committee will take evidence from—
Witnesses
John Wilkes, Head of Scotland, Equality and Human Rights Commission Scotland
Barbara Bolton, Head of Legal and Policy, Scottish Human Rights Commission
Luis Felipe Yanes, Legal Policy Development Officer, Scottish Human Rights Commission
Dr Igi Moon, Chair, Memorandum of Understanding Coalition Against Conversion Therapy (MOU)
Jen Ang, Director of Development and Policy, JustRight Scotland
Petition PE1817 End Conversion Therapy - Note by the Clerk 308KB pdf posted 16/09/2021 (Ref: EHRCJ/S6/21/4/2)
Petition PE1817 End Conversion Therapy - SPICe summary of organisational written submissions 171KB pdf posted 16/09/2021 (Ref: EHRCJ/S6/21/4/3)
EHRCJ/S6/21/4/4(P) (Private Paper)
5 Petition PE1817 End Conversion Therapy
The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 4.
6 Petition PE1817 End Conversion Therapy:
The Committee will consider its approach to future engagement, evidence and a draft report on the petition.
EHRCJ/S6/21/4/5(P) (Private Paper)