Cross-Party Group on Women, Families and Justice th Tuesday 9 May 2023 6-7.30pm (Zoom meeting) Minute Children’s Rights and Child Impact Assessments Chair: Rona Mackay MSP Attended MSPs Rona Mackay MSP Audrey Nicoll MSP Invited guests Sharon Stirrat Social Work Scotland Shona Spence Scottish Government Non-MSP Group Members Adele Hill Representative of the Community Justice Voluntary Sector Forum Alan Staff Apex Scotland Anne Pinkman Co-Secretariat to CPG Women, Families & Justice Aofie Fisher Stirling University Audrey Mitchell Fife College Charlotte Riley Families Outside Dinah Aitken Salvesen Mindroom Centre Eleanor Lindsay Perth & Kinross Council Gareth Rose Scottish Prison Service Georgina Lyttle Circle Scotland Grace Gracie Families Outside Heather Manclark Families Outside Helen Reilly Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland Janine Bonner Families Outside Jonathan Sher Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland Karen Armstrong Families Outside Kathleen Ramsay Fife College Kerry Knox Families Outside Lorna Kettles Early Years Scotland Mary Campbell Together – Scottish Alliance for Children’s Rights Nancy Loucks Families Outside Pete White SCSN 1 Sarah Rogers Families Outside Shelia Gordon CrossReach Shumela Ahmed Resilience Learning Partnership Stephen Sandham HMIPS Susan Cross Families Outside Toni Groundwater Families Outside Apologies Collette Stevenson MSP Sarah Marshall Police Scotland Scott McLellan SPS Jane Brumpton Early Years Scotland Tracey Thompson Early Years Scotland Mag Higgins Justice for Women Kate Philbrick Agenda item 1 Minutes of previous meeting of CPG Women, Families & Justice Nov 2022 • Approval of minutes– Nancy Loucks, Families Outside and seconded by Kerry Knox, Families Outside • Actions – there were no actions or matters arising from the previous meeting Agenda item 2 The rights of children with a family member in the criminal justice system - Sarah Rogers (Families Outside) Sarah provided an overview of the UNCRC in relation to children with a family member in the criminal justice system noting that the rights of this group of children are often overlooked and not upheld at various stages of the criminal justice process.