Minutes: 27 May 2025

Tuesday, 27 May 2025

14th Meeting, 2025

Start time:10:00am

End time: 12:28pm

Location: T1.60-CR4 The Clerk Maxwell Room

Published: Wednesday, 28 May 2025

Committee Members Attendees:

Apologies received from:

Maggie Chapman (Deputy Convener)

Minutes

1. Decision on taking business in private:

The Committee agreed to take item 3 in private.

2. Civil Legal Aid Inquiry:

The Committee took evidence from—

Colin Lancaster, Chief Executive and Marie-Louise Fox, Director of Strategic Development, Scottish Legal Aid Board;

and then from—

Siobhian Brown, Minister for Victims and Community Safety, Martin Brown, Solicitor, Legal Directorate, and Susan Young, Access to Justice Unit Head, Scottish Government.

3. Annual report (In Private):

The Committee considered and agreed a draft annual report for the parliamentary year from 13 May 2024 to 12 May 2025.

4. Civil Legal Aid Inquiry (In Private):

The Committee considered the evidence it heard under agenda item 2.