Criminal Justice Committee
Minutes: 31 January 2024
Wednesday, 31 January 2024
5th Meeting, 2024
Start time: 09:00am
Location: T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room
Published: Wednesday, 31 January 2024
Minutes
1. Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill:
The Committee took evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—
The Right Honourable Dorothy Bain KC, Lord Advocate;
and then from—
The Right Honourable Lord Matthews, Senator of the College of Justice;
Sheriff Andrew Cubie, Sheriff of Glasgow & Strathkelvin, Appeal Sheriff and Temporary High Court Judge;
and then from—
Dr Andrew Tickell, Lecturer in Law, Department of Economics and Law and Seonaid Stevenson-McCabe, Lecturer in Law, Department of Economics and Law, Glasgow Caledonian University.
2. Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill (In Private):
The Committee considered the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 1.