Date: Thursday, November 24, 2022
Session: 6
Location: T4.40 CR2 The Fairfax Somerville Room
Meeting opened at: 08:33am
Meeting closed at: 09:59am
Audrey Nicoll (Convener)
Miles Briggs
Foysol Choudhury
Katy Clark
Natalie Don
Russell Findlay
Paul O'Kane
Gillian Mackay
Gillian Martin
Sue Webber
Alex Cole-Hamilton
The Committees agreed to take item 3 in private.
The Committees took evidence from—
Angela Constance, Minister for Drugs Policy, Scottish Government.
The Committees agreed to invite the Minister for Drugs Policy to a further evidence session in 2023. The Committees also agreed to write to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service to seek an update on their deliberations on the legality of safe drug consumption rooms and to seek information from the Scottish Government on the UK-wide Drugs Ministerial meetings.