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Justice Committee

Tuesday 17 November 2020 9:00 AM

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1. Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—
Adam Stachura, Head of Policy and Communications, Age Scotland;
Davie Donaldson, Project Director, Progress in Dialogue;
John Wilkes, Head of Scotland, Equality and Human Rights Commission;
Tim Hopkins, Director, Equality Network;
Oonagh Brown, Policy & Implementation Officer (Parenting), Scottish Commission for People with Learning Disabilities;
Colin Macfarlane, Director, Stonewall Scotland;
Kate Wallace, Chief Executive, Victim Support Scotland;
Kevin Kane, Policy and Research Manager, Youthlink Scotland;
and then from—
Danny Boyle, Senior Parliamentary and Policy Officer, BEMIS;
Dr Jennifer Galbraith, Policy and Research Officer, Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights;
Amy Allard-Dunbar, Anti-Racist and Pro-Black Ambassador and Educator, Intercultural Youth Scotland;
and then from—
Claire Graham, Strategic Advisor - Public Understanding, DSD Families;
Paul Dutton, Intersex & Study Liaison - Committee Support Group, Klinefelter's Syndrome Association UK;
Lucy Hunter Blackburn, Murray Blackburn Mackenzie;
Becky Kaufman, Justice Policy Officer, Scottish Trans Alliance.

2. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instrument—
The Electronic Monitoring (Relevant Disposals) (Modification) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (SSI 2020/309)

3. Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill (in private): The Committee will review the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.

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