1. Decision on taking business in private

The Committee will decide whether to take item 6 in private.

2. Subordinate legislation

The Committee will take evidence on the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (Designation of Participating Countries) (Scotland) Order 2023 [draft] from—

• Keith Brown
  Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Veterans
  Scottish Government
• Vivienne McColl
  Policy Manager, International Justice Cooperation Unit
  Scottish Government
• Ruth Swanson
  Legal Directorate
  Scottish Government

3. Subordinate legislation

Keith Brown (Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Veterans) to move—

S6M-07936—That the Criminal Justice Committee recommends that the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (Designation of Participating Countries) (Scotland) Order 2023 [draft] be approved.

4. Subordinate legislation

The Committee will consider the following negative instrument—

Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Prescribed Police Stations) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2023 (SSI 2023/39)

5. Post-legislative scrutiny review of the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018

The Committee will take evidence from—

• Dr Claire Houghton
  Lecturer in Social Policy and Qualitative Research
  University of Edinburgh
• Professor Michele Burman
  Professor of Criminology, Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research
  University of Glasgow
• Amanda Masson
  Partner
  Harper Macleod LLP
• Dr Marsha Scott
  Chief Executive Officer
  Scottish Women's Aid

and then from -

• Moira Price
  National Procurator Fiscal for Domestic Abuse and Head of Victims and Witnesses Policy Team
  Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
• Craig Naylor
  Chief Inspector
  HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland
• Detective Chief Superintendent Sam Faulds
  Head of Public Protection, Specialist Crime Division
  Police Scotland

6. Post-legislative scrutiny review of the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018

The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 5.