Minutes: 12 January 2022

Wednesday, 12 January 2022

1st Meeting, 2022

Start time: 11:00am

End time: 12:51pm

Location: This is a virtual meeting

Published: Wednesday, 12 January 2022

Committee Member attendees:

Minutes

1. Subordinate legislation:

The Committee took evidence on the Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Amendment Rules 2021 from—

Keith Brown, Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Veterans, Scottish Government;

Teresa Medhurst, Interim Chief Executive and Fiona Cruickshanks, Head of Operations and Public Protection, Scottish Prison Service;

2. Subordinate legislation:

The Committee agreed to defer consideration of the Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Amendment Rules 2021 (SSI 2021/446) to the next Committee meeting on 19 January 2022.

3. Subordinate legislation (In Private):

The Committee considered the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 1. The Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government, Police Scotland and the Scottish Prison Service.

4. Work programme (In Private):

The Committee considered its work programme.