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The Official Report is a written record of public meetings of the Parliament and committees.  

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 18 August 2025
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Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee

Asylum Seekers in Scotland

Meeting date: 25 April 2023

Maggie Chapman

I have a final question. I am aware that, in the north-east, members of the community were banned from going into a hotel that Mears runs to provide support by talking to people and befriending them. They were banned from doing so by Mears. Do you know whether that situation is replicated elsewhere in Scotland?

Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee

Asylum Seekers in Scotland

Meeting date: 25 April 2023

Maggie Chapman

It was an informal befriending scheme, not a formal one. People wanted to do that out of their own generosity, but they were blocked from going in.

Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee

Convener

Meeting date: 25 April 2023

Maggie Chapman

Congratulations, Kaukab. I now hand over to you to chair the rest of the meeting.

Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee

Convener

Meeting date: 25 April 2023

Maggie Chapman

Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the ninth meeting in 2023 of the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee. We have no apologies today, but we know that Rachael Hamilton is running a wee bit late and will join us as soon as she can.

Members will be aware that Joe FitzPatrick has resigned as convener of the committee following his appointment as Minister for Local Government Empowerment and Planning. For that reason, I will chair this part of the meeting in my capacity as deputy convener. I would like to put on record the committee’s thanks to Joe for his work and congratulations on his new role—we wish him well.

Under agenda item 1, the committee is invited to choose a new convener. The Parliament has agreed that only members of the Scottish National Party are eligible for nomination as convener of the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee. Do we have any nominations for convener?

Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee

Asylum Seekers in Scotland

Meeting date: 25 April 2023

Maggie Chapman

I have a brief question on the community element. You mentioned food. To your knowledge, is any effort being made to produce and provide culturally sensitive food?

Economy and Fair Work Committee

Just Transition (Grangemouth Area)

Meeting date: 19 April 2023

Maggie Chapman

Good morning, Professor Skea, and thank you for being here with us again. I am interested in exploring the relationships between the sectoral and regional plans and how they talk to each other, or not. We are expecting two further sectoral plans to be produced imminently, alongside the Grangemouth area plan. I am interested in how you think those plans should relate to each other. What different or additional things could be in a regional plan in a way that sectoral plans cannot cover? Are the regional plans where we should see the kind of all-Government or cross-Government approach that you have highlighted in response to the convener?

Economy and Fair Work Committee

Just Transition (Grangemouth Area)

Meeting date: 19 April 2023

Maggie Chapman

Thank you. I will leave it there for now.

Economy and Fair Work Committee

Just Transition (Grangemouth Area)

Meeting date: 19 April 2023

Maggie Chapman

In your correspondence with the Scottish Government, you talked about clear road maps being vital to the credibility of the just transition plans. I understand that you have not spent time on the Grangemouth plan just yet. However, from what you have seen so far, what are the challenges or potential barriers for getting a detailed road map into the plans that we currently have? What are the opportunities for us to overcome those challenges or barriers?

Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 28 March 2023

Maggie Chapman

Good morning, minister, and thank you for coming. I am sure that you are aware of correspondence from the Law Society of Scotland about the society’s anxieties about the timescales of the fee review that is planned for a few years’ time and the relationship of that review with benchmarking. You said something about the legal aid reforms in answer to questions last week, but will you give a bit more information about why the connection between benchmarking and the fee review is so important? Given that situation, how can we address some of the concerns about the urgency for review that the Law Society and others have expressed?

Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 28 March 2023

Maggie Chapman

Okay—I know that other members probably want to come in on the same point, so I will leave it there.