Chamber and committees

Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee

Meeting Agenda

18th Meeting, 2025

Date: Tuesday, September 9, 2025
Session: 6
Location: T1.60-CR4 The Clerk Maxwell Room
Start time: 09:00am
Published: Thursday, September 4, 2025 05:06pm

1 Decision on taking business in private

The Committee will decide whether to take items 5 and 6 in private.

2 Pre-Budget Scrutiny

The Committee will take evidence from—

Witnesses

Professor Angela O'Hagan, Chair, Scottish Human Rights Commission

Emma Congreve, Equality and Human Rights Budget Advisory Group and Deputy Director and Principal Knowledge Exchange Fellow, Fraser of Allander Institute

Sara Cowan, Director, Scottish Women's Budget Group

Allan Faulds, Senior Policy Officer, Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE)

Shona Robison, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government, Scottish Government

Kaukab Stewart, Minister for Equalities, Scottish Government

Rob Priestley, Head of Mainstreaming Unit, Scottish Government

Alasdair Black, Deputy Director, Budget and Fiscal Coordination, Scottish Government

Paper 1 - Budget Note by the Clerk posted 04/09/2025 (Ref: EHRCJ/S6/25/18/1, 126KB, pdf)

EHRCJ/S6/25/18/2(P) (Private Paper)

3 Civil Legal Aid Inquiry (in private) (Private)

The Committee will consider a draft report.

EHRCJ/S6/25/18/3(P) (Private Paper)

4 British Sign Language Inquiry (in private) (Private)

The Committee will consider a draft report.

EHRCJ/S6/25/18/4(P) (Private Paper)

5 Work programme

The Committee will consider its work programme.

EHRCJ/S6/25/18/5(P) (Private Paper)

6 Pre-Budget Scrutiny

The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 2.