Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee
Meeting Agenda
15th Meeting, 2023
- Date: Tuesday, June 20, 2023
- Session: 6
- Location: T1.60-CR4 The Clerk Maxwell Room
- Start time: 09:45am
- Published: Friday, June 16, 2023 10:10am
1 Decision on taking business in private
The Committee will decide whether to take item 6 in private.
2 Subordinate legislation
The Committee will take evidence on the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland Local Taxation Chamber and Upper Tribunal for Scotland (Composition and Procedure) (Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 2023 [draft] from—
Witnesses
Siobhian Brown, Minister for Victims and Community Safety, Scottish Government
Lisa Davidson, Senior Policy Officer, Civil Courts and Tribunals, Scottish Government
Leanna Maclarty, Solicitor, Legal Directorate, Scottish Government
Paper 1 - Note by the Clerk 99KB pdf posted 16/06/2023 (Ref: EHRCJ/S6/23/15/1)
3 Subordinate legislation
Siobhian Brown (Minister for Victims and Community Safety) to move—S6M-09108—That the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee recommends that the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland Local Taxation Chamber and Upper Tribunal for Scotland (Composition and Procedure) (Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 2023 [draft] be approved.
4 Subordinate legislation
The Committee will consider the following negative instrument— Act of Sederunt (Fees of Solicitors in the Court of Session, Sheriff Appeal Court and Sheriff Court) (Taxation of Judicial Expenses Rules) (Amendment) 2023
Paper 2 - Note by the Clerk 98KB pdf posted 15/06/2023 (Ref: EHRCJ/S6/23/15/2)
5 Asylum Seekers in Scotland
The Committee will take evidence from—
Witnesses
Baroness Helena Kennedy KC, Asylum Inquiry Scotland
Emma Roddick, Minister for Equalities, Migration and Refugees, Scottish Government
Alison Byrne, Director for Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights (Interim), Scottish Government
Aileen Harding, Policy Manager, Asylum and Refugee Integration, Scottish Government
Paper 3 - Note by the Clerk 118KB pdf posted 15/06/2023 (Ref: EHRCJ/S6/23/15/3)
EHRCJ/S6/23/15/4(P) (Private Paper)
EHRCJ/S6/23/15/5(P) (Private Paper)
6 Consideration of evidence
The Committee will consider the evidence it heard under agenda item 5.