Criminal Justice Committee
Meeting Agenda
8th Meeting, 2023
- Date: Wednesday, March 8, 2023
- Session: 6
- Location: T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room
- Start time: 09:45am
- Published: Tuesday, March 7, 2023 03:02pm
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 Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (Designation of Participating Countries) (Scotland) Order 2023 [draft] from—
Witnesses
Keith Brown, Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Veterans, Scottish Government
Vivienne McColl, Policy Manager, International Justice Cooperation Unit , Scottish Government
Ruth Swanson, Legal Directorate, Scottish Government
Paper 1 - Subordinate Legislation 157KB pdf posted 03/03/2023 (Ref: CJ/S6/23/8/1)
3 Subordinate legislation
Keith Brown (Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Veterans) to move—
S6M-07936—That the Criminal Justice Committee recommends that the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (Designation of Participating Countries) (Scotland) Order 2023 [draft] be approved.
4 Subordinate legislation
The Committee will consider the following negative instrument—
Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Prescribed Police Stations) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2023 (SSI 2023/39)
Paper 2 - Subordinate Legislation 143KB pdf posted 03/03/2023 (Ref: CJ/S6/23/8/2)
5 Post-legislative scrutiny review of the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018
The Committee will take evidence from—
Witnesses
Dr Claire Houghton, Lecturer in Social Policy and Qualitative Research, University of Edinburgh
Professor Michele Burman, Professor of Criminology, Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research, University of Glasgow
Amanda Masson, Partner, Harper Macleod LLP
Dr Marsha Scott, Chief Executive Officer, Scottish Women's Aid
Moira Price, National Procurator Fiscal for Domestic Abuse and Head of Victims and Witnesses Policy Team, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
Craig Naylor, Chief Inspector, HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland
Detective Chief Superintendent Sam Faulds, Head of Public Protection, Specialist Crime Division, Police Scotland
Paper 3 - PLS Domestic Abuse Act 2018 194KB pdf posted 03/03/2023 (Ref: CJ/S6/23/8/3)
CJ/S6/23/8/4(P) (Private Paper)
6 Post-legislative scrutiny review of the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018
The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 5.