Minutes: 20 February 2024

Tuesday, 20 February 2024

5th Meeting, 2024

Start time: 10:05am

End time: 10:35am

Location: T1.60-CR4 The Clerk Maxwell Room

Published: Tuesday, 20 February 2024

Committee Member attendees:

Substitute Member attendees:

Kevin Stewart (Substitute Member)

Minutes

1. Choice of Convener:

The Committee chose Karen Adam as Convener.

2. Gender Representation on Public Boards (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill:

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

Shirley-Anne Somerville, Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Eileen Flanagan, Head of the Women’s Equality Unit, Lucy Galloway, Solicitor, Legal Directorate and Annie Milovic, Senior Policy Advisor, Gender Equality Policy Team, Scottish Government.

3. Gender Representation on Public Boards (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill (In Private):

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

4. HIV anti-stigma campaign/Achieving Zero New Transmission of HIV in Scotland by 2030 (In Private):

The Committee considered and agreed its approach.