Meeting Agenda
The Committee will decide whether to take item 5 in private.
The Committee will take evidence on—
The First-tier Tribunal for Scotland General Regulatory Chamber and Upper Tribunal for Scotland (Composition and Rules of Procedure) (Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 2023 [draft]; and
The First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Allocation of Functions to the General Regulatory Chamber) Regulations 2023 [draft]
from—
Siobhian Brown, Minister for Victims and Community Safety, Scottish Government
Marcus Chalmers, Senior Policy Officer, Scottish Government
Emma Thomson, Solicitor, Legal Directorate, Scottish Government
Paper 1 - Affirmative SSIs - Note by the Clerk posted 04/05/2023 (Ref: EHRCJ/S6/23/11/1, 127KB, pdf)
Siobhian Brown, (Minister for Victims and Community Safety) to move—
S6M-08337—That the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee recommends that the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland General Regulatory Chamber and Upper Tribunal for Scotland (Composition and Rules of Procedure) (Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 2023 [draft] be approved; and
S6M-08338—That the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee recommends that the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Allocation of Functions to the General Regulatory Chamber) Regulations 2023 [draft] be approved.
The Committee will take evidence from—
Bronagh Andrew, Operations Manager, TARA - Trafficking Awareness Raising Alliance
Superintendent Claire Dobson, Partnerships, Prevention and Community Wellbeing Division, Police Scotland
Chief Inspector Elaine Tomlinson, Safer Communities Team, Greater Glasgow Division, Police Scotland
Gayle Findlay, Policy Manager, COSLA
Thomas Glen, Chief Executive, Perth & Kinross Council
Dr Nina Koruth, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Glasgow Psychological Trauma Service, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Louise Long, Chief Executive, Inverclyde Council
Susanne Millar, Chair of the Scottish Asylum Dispersal Partnership Board and Chief Officer, Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership
Paper 2 - Note by the Clerk posted 04/05/2023 (Ref: EHRCJ/S6/23/11/2, 153KB, pdf)
EHRCJ/S6/23/11/3(P) (Private Paper)
The Committee will consider the evidence it heard under agenda item 4.