Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 6 and 7 in private. 2. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on The Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021 and The Equality Act 2010 (Specification of Public Authorities) (Scotland) Order 2021 from— Ivan McKee, Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise, Pamela Berry, Team Leader, South of Scotland Enterprise Sponsorship, Directorate for Economic Development, and Jennifer Singerman, Solicitor, Scottish Government Legal Directorate, Scottish Government. 3. Subordinate legislation: Ivan McKee (Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise) to move—S6M-01530—That the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee recommends that The Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021 be approved. 4. Subordinate legislation: Ivan McKee (Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise) to move—S6M-01531—That the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee recommends that the Equality Act 2010 (Specification of Public Authorities) (Scotland) Order 2021 be approved. 5. Petition PE1817 End Conversion Therapy: The Committee will take evidence from— Peter Lynas, UK Director, Evangelical Alliance; Piers Shepherd, Senior Researcher, Family Education Trust; Dr John Greenall, Associate Chief Executive Officer, Christian Medical Fellowship; Anthony Horan, Director, Catholic Parliamentary Office; and then from— Nathan Despott, Steering Committee, Brave Network, and Honorary Research Fellow, and Dr Timothy Jones, Associate Professor, La Trobe University, Melbourne; and then from— Dr Christine A Ryan, Senior Legal Advisor, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief; Dr Adam Jowett, Coventry University, Lead author of UK Government commissioned research into conversion therapy. 6. Petition PE1817 End Conversion Therapy: The Committee will consider the evidence it heard under agenda item 5. 7. Work programme: The Committee will consider its work programme.