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Criminal Justice Committee

Wednesday 15 September 2021 10:00 AM

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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 Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Immunities and Privileges) (Scotland) Order 2021 [draft] and the European Union and European Atomic Energy Community (Immunities and Privileges) (Scotland) Order 2021 [draft] from— Ash Denham, and Susan Black, Scottish Government; Jo-anne Tinto, Scottish Government Legal Directorate. 3. Subordinate legislation: Ash Denham (Minister for Community Safety) to move— S6M-00926—That the Criminal Justice Committee recommends that the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Immunities and Privileges) (Scotland) Order 2021 [draft] be approved. S6M-00931—That the Criminal Justice Committee recommends that the European Union and European Atomic Energy Community (Immunities and Privileges) (Scotland) Order 2021 [draft] be approved. 4. Prisons and prison policy: The Committee will take evidence in a round-table discussion from:- Alan Staff, Apex Scotland; Bruce Adamson, Children and Young People’s Commissioner; Wendy Sinclair-Gieben, HM Inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland; Katrina Morrison, League Scotland; Dr, Howard, League Scotland John Watt, Parole Board for Scotland; Phil Fairlie, Prison Officers Association; Fergus McNeill, Professor, Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research; Teresa Medhurst, Scottish Prison Service and Allister Purdie, Scottish Prison Service. 5. Reducing youth offending, offering community justice solutions and alternatives to custody: The Committee will take evidence in a round-table discussion from:- Fiona Dyer, Children’s and Young People’s Centre for Justice; Gemma Fraser, Community Justice Scotland; Ashley Cameron, The Care Review; Colin Convery, Superintendent, Police Scotland; Diane Dobbie, Social Work Scotland; Lesley McAra, Professor, University of Edinburgh; Hannah Graham, Dr, University of Stirling; Niven Rennie, Scottish Violence Reduction Unit. 6. Evidence Sessions: The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda items 4 and 5

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