Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee
Meeting Agenda
10th Meeting, 2021
- Date: Tuesday, November 30, 2021
- Session: 6
- Location: T1.60-CR4 The Clerk Maxwell Room
- Start time: 10:00am
- Published: Thursday, November 25, 2021 01:02pm
1 Decision on taking business in private:
The Committee will decide whether to take items 5 and 6 in private.
2 Subordinate legislation:
The Committee will take evidence on the Independent Reviewer (Modification of Functions) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 from—
Witnesses
Clare Haughey MSP, Minister for Children and Young People, Scottish Government
Angela Leonard, Policy Officer, Disclosure Scotland, Scottish Government
Barry McCaffrey, Solicitor, Legal Directorate, Scottish Government
Affirmative subordinate legislation - Note by the Clerk 86KB pdf posted 25/11/2021 (Ref: EHRCJ/S6/21/10/1)
3 Subordinate legislation:
Clare Haughey (Minister for Children and Young People) to move—S6M-01632—That the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee recommends that the Independent Reviewer (Modification of Functions) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 be approved.
4 Civil Justice introductory session:
The Committee will take evidence, in a round table format, from—
Witnesses
Kay McCorquodale, Executive Director, Judicial Office, Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service
Ruth Crawford QC, Treasurer, Faculty of Advocates
Iain Nicol, Convener of the Civil Justice Committee, Law Society of Scotland
Karen Wylie, Vice Chair, Family Law Association of Scotland
Professor Richard Susskind OBE, Technology Adviser to the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
EHRCJ/S6/21/10/3(P) (Private Paper)
Civil Justice introductory session - Note by the Clerk 75KB pdf posted 25/11/2021 (Ref: EHRCJ/S6/21/10/2)
5 Civil Justice introductory session:
The Committee will consider the evidence it heard under agenda item 4.
6 Miners’ Strike (Pardons) (Scotland) Bill:
The Committee will consider its approach to the scrutiny of the Bill at Stage 1.
EHRCJ/S6/21/10/4(P) (Private Paper)