Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee
The Committee was established in June 2021. It focuses on:
- equal opportunities matters
- human rights matters
- civil justice matters including debt, evictions and family law
Next meeting
11th Meeting, 2024
Agenda: UK subordinate legislation, Gender Representation on Public Boards (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill, Suicide Prevention in Scotland, Suicide Prevention in Scotland, HIV anti-stigma campaign/Achieving Zero New Transmission of HIV in Scotland by 2030
10:00am, 30 April 2024
T1.60-CR4 The Clerk Maxwell Room
Get in touch
If you want to get in touch, you can contact Katrina Venters, the Clerk for the committee.
Address: The Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, EH99 1SP
Phone: 0131 348 5224 Find out about call charges.
Email: [email protected]
X (previously known as Twitter): @SP_EHRCJ
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Members
Members of the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee
Current Members
Karen Adam
Convener
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Banffshire and Buchan Coast (Constituency)
Maggie Chapman
Deputy Convener
Party: Scottish Green Party
MSP for: North East Scotland (Region)
Meghan Gallacher
Member
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: Central Scotland (Region)
Marie McNair
Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Clydebank and Milngavie (Constituency)
Paul O'Kane
Member
Party: Scottish Labour
MSP for: West Scotland (Region)
Evelyn Tweed
Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Stirling (Constituency)
Annie Wells
Member
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: Glasgow (Region)
Substitute Members
Sarah Boyack
Substitute Member
Party: Scottish Labour
MSP for: Lothian (Region)
Craig Hoy
Substitute Member
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: South Scotland (Region)
Fulton MacGregor
Substitute Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Coatbridge and Chryston (Constituency)
Mark Ruskell
Substitute Member
Party: Scottish Green Party
MSP for: Mid Scotland and Fife (Region)
Committee work
Current
Budget scrutiny 2024/25 (The impact of the Scottish Budget on the public)
Disability Commissioner (Scotland) Bill
Gender Representation on Public Boards (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill
HIV treatment and awareness in Scotland
Minimum Core Obligations
PE1787 The use of Makaton sign language in the legal system
Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Bill
Suicide Prevention Strategy
Previous
Asylum Seekers in Scotland
Budget scrutiny 2023/24 (The Impact of Human Rights Budgeting)
Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill
Inquiry into Women's Unfair Responsibility for Unpaid Care and Domestic Work
Miners’ Strike (Pardons) (Scotland) Bill
PE1817 End Conversion Therapy
Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2022/23
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill Reconsideration Stage
Correspondence
Committee correspondence
Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee
Letter from the Minister for Victims and Community Safety, 25 April 2024
Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee
Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Bill
Citizens Advice Scotland Stage 2 briefing, 23 April 2024
Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee
Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Bill
Letter from the Minister for Victims and Community Safety to the Convener of the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee, 18 April 2024
Official Reports
Official Reports
Meeting date: Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee
Petition, Suicide Prevention
Meeting date: Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee
Subordinate Legislation, HIV: Addressing Stigma and Eliminating Transmission
Meeting date: Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee
Interests, Subordinate Legislation, HIV: Addressing Stigma and Eliminating Transmission
Meeting date: Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Budget Scrutiny 2024-25
Meeting date: Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee
Convener, Gender Representation on Public Boards (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
Meeting date: Tuesday, January 30, 2024
Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Subordinate Legislation, Budget Scrutiny 2024-25
Meeting date: Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Scottish Human Rights Commission
Meeting date: Tuesday, December 5, 2023
Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee
United Kingdom Subordinate Legislation, Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
Meeting date: Tuesday, November 28, 2023
Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee
Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
Meeting date: Tuesday, November 21, 2023
Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee
Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
Reports
Committee reports
The Legal Aid (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 [draft]
A report on the subordinate legislation considered by the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee on 26 March 2024
Stage 1 Report on the Gender Representation on Public Boards (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill
A Stage 1 report from the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee on the Gender Representation on Public Boards (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill.
Stage 1 Report on the Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Bill
A Stage 1 report from the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee on the Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Bill.
Remit
To consider and report on the following (and any additional matter added under Rule 6.1.5A)—
a. matters relating to equal opportunities, and upon the observance of equal opportunities within the Parliament; and
b. matters relating to human rights.
c. matters relating to civil justice within the responsibility of the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs.
2. In these Rules
(a) “equal opportunities” includes the prevention, elimination or regulation of discrimination between persons on grounds of sex or marital status, on racial grounds or on grounds of disability, age, sexual orientation, language or social origin or of other personal attributes, including beliefs or opinions such as religious beliefs or political opinions; and
(b) “human rights” includes Convention rights (within the meaning of section 1 of the Human Rights Act 1998) and other human rights as for example contained in any international convention, treaty or other international instrument ratified by the United Kingdom.