Chamber and committees

Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee

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Meeting Agenda

5th Meeting, 2022

• Date: Tuesday, February 22, 2022
• Session: 6
• Location: T1.60-CR4 The Clerk Maxwell Room
• Start time: 10:00am
• Published: Thursday, February 17, 2022 02:46pm

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1 Decision on taking business in private:

The Committee will decide whether to take item 5 in private.

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2 Family Law round table:

The Committee will take evidence from—

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Witnesses

Judith Higson, Child and Family Law Sub-Committee, Law Society of Scotland

Ruth Innes QC, Faculty of Advocates

Lesley Anderson, Chair, Family Law Association of Scotland

Megan Farr, Policy Officer, Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland

Ian Maxwell, National Manager, Shared Parenting Scotland

Dr Marsha Scott, Chief Executive Officer, Scottish Women's Aid

Rosanne Cubitt, Head of Practice for Family Mediation and Relationship Counselling, Relationships Scotland

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Family law roundtable - Note by the Clerk posted 17/02/2022 (Ref: EHRCJ/S6/22/5/1, 109KB, pdf)

EHRCJ/S6/22/5/2(P) (Private Paper)

EHRCJ/S6/22/5/3(P) (Private Paper)

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3 Family Law round table: (Private)

The Committee will consider the evidence it heard under agenda item 2.

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4 Miners’ Strike (Pardons) (Scotland) Bill: (Private)

The Committee will consider a paper on key issues and recommendations.

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EHRCJ/S6/22/5/4(P) (Private Paper)

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5 Correspondence:

The Committee will consider correspondence from the COVID-19 Recovery Committee.

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EHRCJ/S6/22/5/5(P) (Private Paper)

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