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The Official Report is a written record of public meetings of the Parliament and committees.  

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 6 July 2025
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Criminal Justice Committee [Draft]

Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 25 June 2025

Audrey Nicoll

I have to bring the session to a close, so I thank Ash Regan and her staff for joining us this morning. That has been a helpful session.

We will suspend for a couple of minutes to allow our witnesses to depart.

12:00 Meeting suspended.  

12:01 On resuming—  

Criminal Justice Committee [Draft]

Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 25 June 2025

Audrey Nicoll

Rona Mackay, I forgot to bring you in for a supplementary to my questions.

Criminal Justice Committee [Draft]

Prevention of Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 25 June 2025

Audrey Nicoll

Katy Clark has a question.

Criminal Justice Committee [Draft]

Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 25 June 2025

Audrey Nicoll

Our next agenda item is an evidence session on the Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Bill from the member in charge of the bill, Ash Regan. We are also joined by Rachael Hamilton. I welcome Ash Regan to today’s meeting. She is accompanied by Maren Schroeder, senior researcher, and Anna MacLeod, parliamentary assistant, who are both from her office.

10:45  

The purpose of today’s evidence session is to inform the committee’s understanding of what the bill proposes. As with the previous session, this is an initial evidence session, and the committee will make a decision at a meeting in September on future evidence taking from other witnesses. I refer members to paper 1 and the letter from the Scottish Government giving its view on the bill. I will allow about 60 minutes for the session.

I invite Ash Regan to make an opening statement, for about five minutes.

Criminal Justice Committee [Draft]

Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 25 June 2025

Audrey Nicoll

You have focused on one specific aspect, but can you provide more detail on the wider cost implications?

Criminal Justice Committee [Draft]

Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 25 June 2025

Audrey Nicoll

Do you have those figures to hand?

Criminal Justice Committee [Draft]

Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 25 June 2025

Audrey Nicoll

Yes, that would be helpful—thank you.

Criminal Justice Committee [Draft]

Prevention of Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 25 June 2025

Audrey Nicoll

We have a final question from Liam Kerr.

Criminal Justice Committee [Draft]

Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 25 June 2025

Audrey Nicoll

Yes. It was more about the extent to which the bill would deliver on the policy intent and about cost implications, which I am interested in.

Criminal Justice Committee [Draft]

Decision on Taking Business in Private

Meeting date: 25 June 2025

Audrey Nicoll

A very good morning, and welcome to the 20th meeting in 2025 of the Criminal Justice Committee. We have received no apologies, and Fulton MacGregor joins us online.

Our first agenda item is a decision on whether to take business in private. Do we agree to take in private agenda items 7 and 8?

Members indicated agreement.