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Chamber and committees

Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee


Meeting Agenda

26th Meeting, 2025

  • Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2025
  • Session: 6
  • Location: T1.60-CR4 The Clerk Maxwell Room
  • Start time: 09:30am
  • Published: Thursday, November 13, 2025 03:52pm

1 Decision on taking business in private

The Committee will decide whether to take items 3, 4 and 5 in private.


2 Human rights, equalities and access to services in rural areas of Scotland

The Committee will take evidence in a roundtable format from—


Witnesses

Juliana Amaral, Chief Executive Officer, Borders Community Action

Wendy Hand, Deputy and Facilities Manager, Voluntary Action Shetland

Kirsty Harding, Senior Development Officer, Highland Third Sector Interface

Megan MacInnes, Board Member, Community Land Scotland

Artemis Pana, National Coordinator, Scottish Rural Action

Alasdair Ross, Policy and Consultations Officer, Aberdeenshire Voluntary Action

Sheena Stewart, Chief Officer, Uist Council of Voluntary Organisations

Alan Webb, Chief Executive Officer, Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway

Dr Luis F. Yanes, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Lead, Scottish Human Rights Commission



3 Work programme

The Committee will consider its work programme.



4 EU Law Tracker

The Committee will consider correspondence from the Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee.



5 Human rights, equalities and access to services in rural areas of Scotland

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


6 Children (Withdrawal from Religious Education and Amendment of UNCRC Compatibility Duty) (Scotland) Bill (in private) (Private)

The Committee will continue consideration of a draft Stage 1 report.



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