Minutes: 29 March 2023

Wednesday, 29 March 2023

10th Meeting, 2023

Start time: 10:00am

End time: 12:58pm

Location: T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room

Published: Wednesday, 29 March 2023

Committee Member attendees:

Minutes

1. Decision on taking business in private:

The Committee agreed to take items 3 and 4 in private.

2. Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill:

The Committee took evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—

Linda Allan;

Kate Wallace, Chief Executive Officer, Victim Support Scotland;

and then from—

Jim Shields, Service Manager and Professor Lorraine Johnstone, Consultant Forensic and Clinical Psychologist, St Mary's Kenmure Secure Care Centre;

Wendy Sinclair-Gieben, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland, HM Inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland;

Gerald Michie, Governor, HMP & YOI Polmont and Sue Brookes, Interim Director for Strategy and Stakeholder Engagement, Scottish Prison Service;

Alison Bavidge, National Director, Scottish Association of Social Work (SASW).

3. Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill (in private):

The Committee considered the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 2.

4. Post-legislative scrutiny of the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 (in private):

The Committee agreed to defer consideration of a draft report to a future meeting.