Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee
Meeting Agenda
14th Meeting, 2023
- Date: Tuesday, May 30, 2023
- Session: 6
- Location: T1.60-CR4 The Clerk Maxwell Room
- Start time: 10:00am
- Published: Thursday, May 25, 2023 03:30pm
1 Decision on taking business in private
The Committee will decide whether to take items 4 and 5 in private.
2 Subordinate legislation
The Committee will take evidence on the Forced Marriage etc. (Protection and Jurisdiction) (Scotland) Act 2011 (Application to Civil Partnerships and Consequential Provision) Order 2023 [draft] from—
Witnesses
Shirley-Anne Somerville, Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Scottish Government
Simon Stockwell, Head of Family Law Policy Unit, Scottish Government
Paper 1 - Note by the Clerk 100KB pdf posted 25/05/2023 (Ref: EHRCJ/S6/23/14/1)
3 Subordinate legislation
Shirley-Anne Somerville (Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice) to move—S6M-08951—That the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee recommends that the Forced Marriage etc. (Protection and Jurisdiction) (Scotland) Act 2011 (Application to Civil Partnerships and Consequential Provision) Order 2023 [draft] be approved.
4 Annual report
The Committee will consider a draft annual report for the parliamentary year from 13 May 2022 to 12 May 2023.
5 Work programme
The Committee will consider its work programme.
EHRCJ/S6/23/14/2(P) (Private Paper)