Minutes: 11 January 2024

Thursday, 11 January 2024

2nd Meeting, 2024

Start time: 01:03pm

End time: 02:18pm

Location: T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room

Published: Thursday, 11 January 2024

Committee Member attendees:

Apologies received from:

Katy Clark (Member)

Substitute Member attendees:

Neil Bibby (Substitute Member)

Also present:

Maggie Chapman, Jackie Dunbar, Rachael Hamilton, Ash Regan and Tess White.

Minutes

1. Management of transgender prisoners in Scotland:

The Committee took evidence from—

Angela Constance, Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs and Jamie MacQueen, Legal Directorate, Scottish Government;

Teresa Medhurst, Chief Executive, Scottish Prison Service.

2. Subordinate legislation:

Russell Findlay moved—

S6M-11817—That the Criminal Justice Committee recommends that the Gender Recognition (Disclosure of Information) (Scotland) Order 2023 (SSI 2023/364) be annulled.

S6M-11816—That the Criminal Justice Committee recommends that the Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Amendment Rules 2023 (SSI 2023/366) be annulled.

The motions were, with the agreement of the Committee, withdrawn.

3. Subordinate legislation:

The Committee considered the following negative instrument—

Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2023 (SSI 2023/369)

The Committee agreed to make no recommendations in relation to the instrument.