Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee
Meeting Minutes
23rd Meeting, 2023
- Date: Tuesday, November 14, 2023
- Session: 6
- Location: T1.60-CR4 The Clerk Maxwell Room
- Meeting opened at: 09:45
- Meeting closed at: 11:34
- Published: Tuesday, November 14, 2023 03:41pm
Committee Members Attendees
- Kaukab Stewart (Convener)
- Maggie Chapman (Deputy Convener)
- Karen Adam (Member)
- Meghan Gallacher (Member)
- Fulton MacGregor (Member)
- Paul O'Kane (Member)
- Annie Wells (Member)
1 Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Bill:
The Committee took evidence from—
Rosemary Agnew, Ombudsman, Scottish Public Services Ombudsman;
Colin Bell, Chair, Scottish Solicitors' Discipline Tribunal;
Neil Stevenson, Chief Executive, Scottish Legal Complaints Commission.
2 Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Bill (In Private):
The Committee considered the evidence it heard under agenda item 1.
3 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill (In Private):
The Committee considered and agreed draft correspondence to the Scottish Government on the Reconsideration Stage of the Bill.
4 Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2024-25 (In Private):
The Committee considered and agreed draft correspondence to the Scottish Government.