Criminal Justice Committee
22nd Meeting, 2025
The Committee took evidence from—
Phil Fairlie, Assistant General Secretary and John Cairney, Scottish National Committee Chair, Prison Officers Association (Scotland);
and then from—
Detective Chief Superintendent Raymond Higgins, Police Scotland;
Jim Smith, Head of Operations and Public Protection and Gillian Walker, Governor in Charge HMP Shotts, Scottish Prison Service;
Dr Victoria Marland, Lead researcher for Scottish Prison Service research project, Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science.
The Committee considered the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 1.
The Committee considered its work programme. The Committee agreed to consider the Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Bill and the Prevention of Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Bill in that order at Stage 1.