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Equalities and Human Rights Committee 24 September 2020 Equalities and Human Rights Committee 24 September 2020Race Equality, Employment and Skills Inquiry Race Equality, Employment and Skills Inquiry Good morning.
Its submission argues that changes set out in the Bill could have an indirect impact on higher level disclosure of information about spent convictions—
... the proposals under the Bill to reduce the time periods before an offence is regarded as spent could be an issue in relation to disclosable offences under Schedul...
Devices: uses and information
Sections 8 and 9 of the Bill deal with the specification of approved devices and the use of those devices and the information obtained through monitoring.
In its view, similar models should be more widely adopted in other rural parts of Scotland.1Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee, Official Report, 18 November, 2025. (2025).
We need to find the right areas and put them there. Other parts of the United Kingdom have Government-led initiatives to provide defibs, whereas, in Scotland, we are still largely relying on charitable organisations and voluntary community initiatives.
Committee reports
Date published:
14 December 2020
It is of the view that resource requirements of member's bills passed by the Scottish Parliament should be met by the Scottish Government, as appropriate.