Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee Jamie Hepburn MSP Minister for Parliamentary Business Scottish Government 24 February 2025 Dear Jamie Non-Implementation of Acts of the Scottish Parliament At its meeting on Tuesday 4 February the Committee considered its work programme and, amongst other things, agreed to invite you to give evidence to the Committee at its meeting on 24 June 2025 on the non-implementation of the following Acts: • Female Genital Mutilation (Protection and Guidance) (Scotland) Act 2020 • Domestic Abuse Protection (Scotland) Act 2021 (Part 1) • The Children (Scotland) Act 2020 While the Committee appreciates that it has taken oral evidence and received written evidence from you on this very recently, the Committee remains concerned about the lack of progress in implementing these Acts.