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Chamber and committees

Social Justice and Social Security Committee

Violence against women and girls

The Committee held an evidence session on Domestic Violence and Violence against women and girls at its meeting on 3 March 2022.

Prior to this meeting, on 2 March 2022, some Members of the Committee met informally with the Lord Advocate, Rt Honorable Dorothy Bain QC and the National Procurator Fiscal for Domestic Abuse, Moira Price.

A note from this meeting outlines what was discussed (155KB, pdf) posted 14 April 2022.

Meetings

The inquiry was discussed at the following Committee meetings:

Correspondence

The Committee has sent and received the following correspondence during the inquiry:

Inclusion of domestic abuse and VAWAG in the independent COVID-19 Inquiry

Letter to Hon Lady Poole QC Chair, Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry, 25 April 2022

Inclusion of domestic abuse and violence against women and girls in the independent COVID-19 Inquiry

Letter to John Swinney MSP, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Covid Recovery, 21 April 2022