Meetings

This is all meetings of Criminal Justice Committee held in 2026. On meeting pages you can find agendas, meeting papers, minutes, and links to Official Reports and Scottish Parliament TV.

8th Meeting

14 August

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Defective and Dangerous Buildings (Recovery of Expenses) (Scotland) Bill
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• Helen Costello
  Chief Exec
  University of Edinburgh
• Helen Simpson
  Interim Director of Finance
  University of Dundee
• Oonagh Brown
  Policy and Implementation Officer
  Scottish Commission for People with Learning Difficulties
• Rebecca Brown
  Fundraiser
  Edinburgh Napier University
and then from:
• Inspector Test test Smith
  Scottish Partnership Against Rural Crime (SPARC) and National Rural Crime Co-ordinator
  Police Scotland
• Lord Clifford Green
  Head Finance Officer
  Lews Castle College
• Professor Barbara Cooper
  Policy Developer
  Scottish Government
• Calvin Smith
  Chemical Engineer
  HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland
3. Public petitions
4. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure

5th Meeting

13 August

1. Legacy paper

2nd Meeting

24 June

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Scotland's prisons - evidence
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• Sara Snell
  HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland
  HM Inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland
• Jacqueline Clinton
  Thematic Lead Inspector
  HM Inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland
3. Instrument subject to annulment
4. Scotland's prisons - review of evidence
5. Work programme (in private)

1st Meeting

17 June

1. Declarations of interests
2. Choice of Deputy Convener
3. Decisions on taking business in private
4. Work programme