Criminal Justice Committee
32nd Meeting, 2025
The Committee took evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—
Ash Regan, Member in Charge of the Bill, Scottish Parliament;
The Committee took evidence as part of its Pre-Budget Scrutiny from—
Angela Constance, Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Don McGillivray, Director of Safer Communities, Scottish Government.
The Committee took evidence on the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Notification Requirements) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 [draft] from—
Angela Constance, Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs and Graham Robertson, Public Protection Unit, Scottish Government.
Angela Constance (Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs) moved—
S6M-19301—That the Criminal Justice Committee recommends that the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Notification Requirements) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 [draft] be approved.
The motion was agreed to.
The Committee took evidence on the Management of Offenders (Scotland) Act 2019 and the Prisoners (Early Release) (Scotland) Act 2025 (Consequential Modifications) Regulations 2026 [draft] from—
Angela Constance, Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs, David Doris, Prison Policy, Community Justice Division and Hannah Hutchison, Legal Directorate, Scottish Government.
Angela Constance (Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs) moved—
S6M-19681—That the Criminal Justice Committee recommends that the Management of Offenders (Scotland) Act 2019 and the Prisoners (Early Release) (Scotland) Act 2025 (Consequential Modifications) Regulations 2026 [draft] be approved.
Members considered deferring consideration of the motion to a future meeting but expressed a preference to continue. The motion was agreed to.
The Committee agreed to defer consideration of the evidence heard under agenda item 1 to a future meeting.
The Committee agreed to defer consideration of the evidence heard under agenda item 2 to a future meeting.