Criminal Justice Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 5 in private, and whether its work programme, reviews of evidence heard and its approach to forthcoming legislation, should be considered in private, at future meetings. 2. What now for the prosecution of violence against women and girls?: The Committee will take evidence from— Deputy Chief Constable Malcolm Graham, Crime and Operational Support, and Detective Chief Superintendent Sam Faulds, Head of Public Protection, Specialist Crime Division, Police Scotland; and then from— Keith Brown, Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Veterans, and Willie Cowan, Deputy Director, Criminal Justice Division, Scottish Government. 3. Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill and Judicial Review and Courts Bill (UK Parliament legislation): The Committee will take evidence on legislative consent memorandums LCM(S6)4a and LCM(S6)10 from— Keith Brown, Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Veterans, Alison Morris, Head of Serious Organised Crime Policy – Divert and Deter, and Philip Lamont, Criminal Justice Division, Scottish Government. 4. Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill and Judicial Review and Courts Bill (UK Parliament legislation): The Committee will consider the legislative consent memorandums lodged by Keith Brown, Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Veterans (LCM(S6)4a) and (LCM(S6)10) . 5. What now for the prosecution of violence against women and girls?: The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 2. 6. Roundtable evidence sessions (in private): The Committee will consider a revised draft report.