The Scottish Parliament: - Committees

The remit of the committee is to consider and report on (a) the administration of criminal and civil justice, community safety, and other matters falling within the responsibility of the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and (b) the functions of the Lord Advocate, other than as head of the systems of criminal prosecution and investigation of deaths in Scotland.

Membership

Bill Aitken (Convener)
Bill Butler (Deputy Convener)
Robert Brown
Cathie Craigie

Nigel Don
James Kelly
Stewart Maxwell
Dave Thompson

For further information on the Committee's current and past membership including substitutes, follow this link. Information on how to contact the Justice Committee can be found on the Contact Details page.

Current Business
Work Programme - Please follow the link to the Committee's provisional work programme. Legal Services (Scotland) Bill The Committee has completed Stage 2 consideration of the Legal Services (Scotland) Bill. Amendments may now be lodged for consideration at Stage 3. Further information on the Committee's scrutiny of the Bill can be found on the Legal Services (Scotland) Bill Committee page. Damages (Scotland) Bill The Committee has been designated as the lead committee at Stage 1 of the Damages (Scotland) Bill. Submissions received in response to the call for written evidence, together with further information on the Committee's scrutiny of the Bill, can be found on the Damages (Scotland) Bill Committee page. Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Bill The Committee has been dsignated as the lead committee at Stage 1 of the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Bill and has issued a call for written evidence. Submissions should be received no later than Friday 10 September 2010. Further information on the Committee's scrutiny of the Bill can be found on the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Bill Committee page. Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Bill The Committee has been designated as the lead committee at Stage 1 of the Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Bill and has issued a call for written evidence. Submissions should be received no later than Friday 24 September 2010. Further information can be found on the Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Bill Committee page. Criminal Sentencing (Equity Fines) (Scotland) Bill At its meeting on 15 June the Committee agreed to write to Bill Wilson MSP inviting his comments on the legislative competence of his Criminal Sentencing (Equity Fines) (Scotland) Bill. Further information can be found on the Current Business page.

Committee Meetings
View live committee meetings or view archived committee meetings Next Meeting: Last Meeting: 23rd Meeting, Tuesday 7 September 2010 Papers 23 (203KB pdf first posted 03.09.2010) Minute of Proceedings of Meeting 7 September 2010 Official Report of Meeting 7 September 2010 Previous Meetings

Committee Reports
Recent Committee Reports: 4 June 2010 11th Report 2010: Annual Report 2009-2010 2 June 2010 10th Report 2010: The draft Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2010 2 June 2010 9th Report 2010: The draft Advice and Assistance and Civil Legal Aid (Transfer of Tribunal Functions) (No. 2) (Scotland) Regulations 2010 21 April 2010 8th Report 2010: Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Powers of Entry etc. Bill (UK Parliament Legislation 14 April 2010 7th Report 2010:Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Amendment) Bill 25 March 2010 6th Report 2010: The draft International Organisations (Immunities and Privileges) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2010 Previous Reports