The Committee heard from:
Tam Baillie, Vice Chair, CPCScotland;
Dr Marsha Scott, Chief Executive Officer, Scottish Women's Aid;
Lyndsay Monaghan, Solicitor, Scottish Women's Rights Centre;
And then from:
Gillian Mawdsley, Secretary to the Criminal law Committee, Law Society of Scotland;
Detective Chief Superintendent Samantha McCluskey, Head of Public Protection, Specialist Crime Division, Police Scotland;
Joan Tranent, Vice-chair of the Social Work Scotland Children and Families Standing Committee, Social Work Scotland;
Professor Mandy Burton, Professor of Socio-Legal Studies, University of Leicester.