Cross-Party Group on Women, Families & Justice 6pm-7.30pm Wednesday 8 December 2021 via zoom Present MSP’s Rona Mackay Convenor Miles Briggs MSP Katy Clark MSP Jim Fairlie MSP Michelle Thompson MSP Collette Stevenson MSP Audrey Nicoll MSP Maggie Chapman MSP Jackie Dunbar MSP Invited Guests Catriona Dalrymple Deputy Director, Scottish Government Community Justice Philip Lamond Sottish Government Community Justice Non MSP Group Members Anne Pinkman Secretariat Adam Wilson Families Outside Margaret Malloch Kevin Miller St Mary’s Kenmure Wendy Sinclair- Giebens HM Chief Inspector of Prisons Nancy Loucks Families Outside Paul Aitken Senior Caseworker for Rona Mackay MSP Mags Higgins Justice for Women Laura Van der Hoesen Families Outside Adele Hill Barbara Orton Justice for Women Frances Orr Justice for Women Tracey McFall CEO, Partners in Advocacy/ Chair Criminal Justice Voluntary Sector Forum (CJVSF) Lesley Simson Social Work Scotland Sharon Stirrat SACRO Kathleen Russell Fife College for Learning & Skills(SPS) Rhona Innes Shine Carol Dearie Lucy Hawksby Elyse Brown Georgina Lyttle Circle Rose McConnachie Community Justice Scotland Cara Jardine University of Strathclyde Tamara Jones Janice Wilson Louise Gallagher Public Health Greater Glasgow & Clyde NHS Laura van der Hoesen Families Outside Amy McMonagle Scottish Parliament Researcher Apologies Maggie Chapman MSP Juliet Brook Mental Welfare Commission Scottish Prison Service Agenda Item 1 Minute of previous meeting 15 September 2021 Approved Nancy Loucks Seconded Wendy Sinclair Giebens Matter arising from previous minute Rona Mackay confirmed that she had met with Ash Reagan, MSP, Community Safety Minister with a copy of the proposal to develop a Womens Community Court (WCC).