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Membership changes
Previous and new Members of the Committee during the reporting year were:
Convener: Michelle Ballantyne (Con) (3 March 2020 – 20 August 2020)
Convener: Gordon Lindhurst (Con) (25 August 2020 -)
Jackie Baillie (Lab) (6 September 2018 – 5 May 2020)
Maurice Golden (Con) (20 August 2020 -)
Rhoda Grant (Lab) (5 May 2020 – 25 November 2020)
Alison Harris (Con) (25 February 2020 – 16 December 2020)
Dean Lockhart (Con) (6 September 2018 – 20 August 2020)
Alex Rowley (Lab) (26...
The Scottish Government gave its response on 29 October 2020.
The Bill completed Stage 2 on 26 January 2021 and was passed by the Parliament at Stage 3 on 2 March 2021.
Police Scotland/SPA Equality and Human Rights Impact Assessment
In response to the Sub-Committee’s request on 26 April 2019 for details of the data protection, community impact and equalities and human rights impact assessments undertaken, Police Scotland provided a copy of the Police Scotland / SPA Equality and Human Rights Impact Assessment (EqHRIA).
Committee reports
Date published:
25 February 2021
The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 (Supplemental Provisions) Order 2021 [draft]
The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 (Supplemental Provisions) Order 2021 [draft]was laid before the Scottish Parliament on 26 January 2021 and referred to the Justice Committee.
Committee reports
Date published:
26 November 2020
On 20 July 2020, the United Kingdom withdrew its ratification of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court and the Protocol on Privileges and Immunities of the Unified Patent Court done in Brussels on 26 June 2016. The United Kingdom will not be seeking to participate in the Unitary Patent or Unified Patent Court when it is expected to come into operation lat...
Consideration by the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee
The Committee considered the regulations at its meeting on 26 May 2020 and took evidence from Mairi Gougeon, Minister for Rural Affairs and the Natural Environment.
Introduction
On 26 October 2016, an independent Commission on Parliamentary Reform was established by the Presiding Officer to look at how the Scottish Parliament can engage better with the people of Scotland and how its work can be improved to deliver better scrutiny.
Introduction and Background to the Bill
At its meetings on 26 March and 23 April 2019, the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee considered the delegated powers provisions in the Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Bill (“the Bill”) as amended at Stage 2.iThe Bill as amended at Stage 2 is available here.