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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 4 May 2021
  6. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 16 September 2025
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Social Justice and Social Security Committee [Draft]

Financial Considerations When Leaving an Abusive Relationship

Meeting date: 8 May 2025

Roz McCall

That is very interesting. We have heard evidence that a couple’s assets must be aggregated when they are assessed for legal aid eligibility, and we have heard all about your process. How does that affect domestic abuse victims/survivors. From their perspective, is reform needed?

Social Justice and Social Security Committee [Draft]

Financial Considerations When Leaving an Abusive Relationship

Meeting date: 8 May 2025

Roz McCall

Thank you, that is very interesting.

Social Justice and Social Security Committee [Draft]

Financial Considerations When Leaving an Abusive Relationship

Meeting date: 8 May 2025

Roz McCall

That is very helpful—thank you very much. I am interested in your views on the UK Government’s proposal to ignore disputed assets and assets that an applicant does not have access to in the means test for civil legal aid in England and Wales—that was not easy to say. Should such a proposal be introduced in Scotland?

Social Justice and Social Security Committee [Draft]

Financial Considerations When Leaving an Abusive Relationship

Meeting date: 8 May 2025

Roz McCall

In what ways might the proposal to introduce standardised personal allowances affect access to legal aid for those with no or limited access to their assets due to financial or economic abuse?

The question is for the SLAB witnesses, but if anybody else wants to answer from a different perspective, that would be great.

Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee

Leases (Automatic Continuation etc) (Scotland) Bill

Meeting date: 6 May 2025

Roz McCall

Yes—it is back to me. The Tenancy of Shops (Scotland) Act 1949 might fall more within your wheelhouse than my other questions did. Does your organisation have any experience of how the rules that are set out in the 1949 act work in practice?

Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee

Leases (Automatic Continuation etc) (Scotland) Bill

Meeting date: 6 May 2025

Roz McCall

Good morning. What are your views on part 1 of the bill, which defines the leases to which the legislation will apply? That is for Stacey Dingwall first.

Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee

Leases (Automatic Continuation etc) (Scotland) Bill

Meeting date: 6 May 2025

Roz McCall

That is interesting. Stacey, I do not want to force you to answer if it is not in your field, but I will give you the chance to answer the other part of that question, about substations. I do not know whether that would be something that your membership would be speaking about.

Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee

Leases (Automatic Continuation etc) (Scotland) Bill

Meeting date: 6 May 2025

Roz McCall

That is great—thank you.

Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee

Leases (Automatic Continuation etc) (Scotland) Bill

Meeting date: 6 May 2025

Roz McCall

That is interesting. Does the same sort of thing apply when it comes to tenants being allowed to give oral notice? Should there be parity there, or is there still a need for flexibility?

Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee

Leases (Automatic Continuation etc) (Scotland) Bill

Meeting date: 6 May 2025

Roz McCall

That is interesting.