Criminal Justice Committee
Meeting Agenda
4th Meeting, 2021
- Date: Wednesday, September 15, 2021
- Session: 6
- Location: T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room
- Start time: 10:00am
- Published: Friday, October 1, 2021 10:41am
1 Decision on taking business in private:
The Committee will decide whether to take item 6 in private.
2 Subordinate legislation:
The Committee will take evidence on the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Immunities and Privileges) (Scotland) Order 2021 [draft] and the European Union and European Atomic Energy Community (Immunities and Privileges) (Scotland) Order 2021 [draft] from—
Witnesses
Ash Denham, Minister for Community Safety, Scottish Government
Susan Black, Senior Policy Officer, Civil Law and Legal System Division, Scottish Government
Jo-anne Tinto, Solicitor, Constitutional and Civil Law Division , Scottish Government Legal Directorate
Paper 1 Subordinate Legislation Note by the Clerk 130KB pdf posted 10/09/2021 (Ref: CJ/S6/21/4/1)
3 Subordinate legislation:
Ash Denham (Minister for Community Safety) to move—
S6M-00926—That the Criminal Justice Committee recommends that the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Immunities and Privileges) (Scotland) Order 2021 [draft] be approved.
S6M-00931—That the Criminal Justice Committee recommends that the European Union and European Atomic Energy Community (Immunities and Privileges) (Scotland) Order 2021 [draft] be approved.
4 Prisons and prison policy:
The Committee will take evidence in a round-table discussion from—
Witnesses
Alan Staff, Chief Executive, Apex Scotland
Bruce Adamson, Children and Young People’s Commissioner
Wendy Sinclair-Gieben, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland , HM Inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland
Dr Katrina Morrison, Howard League Scotland Committee Secretary , Howard League Scotland
John Watt, Chair, Parole Board for Scotland
Phil Fairlie, Assistant General Secretary of the POA in Scotland, Prison Officers Association
Professor Fergus McNeill, Professor of Criminology and Social Work, University of Glasgow , Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research
Teresa Medhurst, Interim Chief Executive, Scottish Prison Service
Allister Purdie, Interim Director of Operations, Scottish Prison Service
Paper 2 Roundtables Note by the Clerk 95KB pdf posted 10/09/2021 (Ref: CJ/S6/21/4/2)
CJ/S6/21/4/4(P) (Private Paper)
Paper 3 Prisons Roundtable Written Submissions 616KB pdf posted 10/09/2021 (Ref: CJ/S6/21/4/3)
5 Reducing youth offending, offering community justice solutions and alternatives to custody:
The Committee will take evidence in a round-table discussion from—
Witnesses
Fiona Dyer, Interim Director, Children’s and Young People’s Centre for Justice
Gemma Fraser, Senior Reporting Officer Recovery, Renewal & Transform, Community Justice Scotland
Ashley Cameron, The Promise Scotland Oversight Board member, The Care Review
Superintendent Colin Convery, Partnerships, Prevention and Community Wellbeing, Police Scotland
Diane Dobbie, Justice Standing Committee, Social Work Scotland
Professor Lesley McAra, University of Edinburgh
Dr Hannah Graham, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of Stirling
Niven Rennie, Director, Scottish Violence Reduction Unit
CJ/S6/4/6(P) (Private Paper)
Paper 5 Youth Offending Written Submissions 379KB pdf posted 10/09/2021 (Ref: CJ/S6/4/5)
Paper 2 Roundtables Note by the Clerk 95KB pdf posted 10/09/2021 (Ref: CJ/S6/21/4/2)
6 Evidence Sessions:
The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda items 4 and 5.