Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee
Meeting Minutes
5th Meeting, 2024
- Date: Tuesday, February 20, 2024
- Session: 6
- Location: T1.60-CR4 The Clerk Maxwell Room
- Meeting opened at: 10:05
- Meeting closed at: 10:35
- Published: Tuesday, February 20, 2024 04:53pm
Committee Members Attendees
- Karen Adam (Convener)
- Maggie Chapman (Deputy Convener)
- Meghan Gallacher (Member)
- Fulton MacGregor (Member)
- Paul O'Kane (Member)
- Annie Wells (Member)
Substitute Members Attendees
1 Choice of Convener:
The Committee chose Karen Adam as Convener.
2 Gender Representation on Public Boards (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill:
The Committee took evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—
Shirley-Anne Somerville, Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Eileen Flanagan, Head of the Women’s Equality Unit, Lucy Galloway, Solicitor, Legal Directorate and Annie Milovic, Senior Policy Advisor, Gender Equality Policy Team, Scottish Government.
3 Gender Representation on Public Boards (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill (In Private):
The Committee considered the evidence it heard under agenda item 2.
4 HIV anti-stigma campaign/Achieving Zero New Transmission of HIV in Scotland by 2030 (In Private):
The Committee considered and agreed its approach.