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Chamber and committees

Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee


Meeting Agenda

21st Meeting, 2025

  • Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2025
  • Session: 6
  • Location: T1.60-CR4 The Clerk Maxwell Room
  • Start time: 09:00am
  • Published: Thursday, September 25, 2025 04:00pm

1 Children (Withdrawal from Religious Education and Amendment of UNCRC Compatibility Duty) (Scotland) Bill

The Committee will take evidence from—


Witnesses

Reverend Stephen Allison, Public Engagement Coordinator, The Free Church of Scotland

Claire Benton-Evans, Provincial Youth Coordinator, Scottish Episcopal Church

Barbara Coupar, Director, Scottish Catholic Education Service

Reverend Stephen Miller, Co-ordinator, Education & Schools Group, Church of Scotland

Leah Rivka, Research and Publications Officer, Jewish Council of Scotland


Dr Alejandro Sanchez, Human rights lead, National Secular Society

Fraser Sutherland, Chief Executive Officer, Humanist Society of Scotland


Rachel Fox, Senior Policy Adviser, UN Convention on the Rights of the Child for the United Kingdom Committee for UNICEF, UNICEF UK

Dr Conor Hill, Lecturer in Law, Glasgow Caledonian University

Melissa Murray, Lecturer in Law, Glasgow Caledonian University

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

Caitlin Fitzgerald, Legal and Policy Coordinator-UNCRC, Scottish Human Rights Commission

Professor Elaine Sutherland, Member, Child and Family Law Sub-Committee, Law Society of Scotland



2 Evidence Session (in private) (Private)

The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier in the meeting.


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