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It’s been another busy year for the Committee, with three bills scrutinised, evidence taken on five other areas of inquiries and nine reports published amongst other work. See our annual report for more: ow.ly/ipnc50VX3wJ

Watch from 10:00 am as Police Scotland Public Health Scotland Scottish Drugs Forum and Scottish Prison Service give evidence into the into the harm caused by substance misuse in Scottish Prisons: ow.ly/G4GL50VZSFp

This week we began the evidence sessions of our inquiry into the harm caused by substance misuse in Scottish Prisons. Kirsten Horsburgh of the Scottish Drugs Forum told us of the barriers to support and treatment prisoners who use face. Watch in full: ow.ly/AMx150W0Obv

On Wed 4/6 we will continue taking evidence into the harm caused by substance misuse in Scottish Prisons with Aid & Abet, Families Outside, NHS Fife addiction services, SISCO & Scottish Recovery Consortium. See more details here: ow.ly/Jlaa50W2qMe

Join us at 10am on #SPTV when we will continue taking evidence into the harm caused by substance misuse in Scottish Prisons with Aid & Abet, Families Outside, NHS Fife addiction services, SISCO & Scottish Recovery Consortium 📺ow.ly/xgJa50W2qSs

This week Scottish Recovery Consortium told us of the impact of substance misuse in prisons and how prisoners and their families feel there is a lack of care and support for those facing this harm. Respond to our call for views: ow.ly/YXns50W4aAO Watch: ow.ly/tvWj50W4a7b

MSPs from the Criminal Justice, Health and Social Justice committees visited The Thistle Centre in Glasgow today to see the safer drug consumption facility. Our thanks to the staff involved”. Paul Sweeney Sharon Dowey MSP Collette Stevenson MSP GlasgowCityADP Health, Social Care and Sport Committee Social Justice and Social Security Committee

Thanks to Scottish Prison Service for hosting us at HMP Edinburgh today as part of the committee’s inquiry into the harm caused by substance misuse in Scottish Prisons. We learned a lot. Audrey Nicoll MSP Liam Kerr Sharon Dowey MSP Rona Mackay MSP Pauline McNeill MSP Katy Clark Ben Macpherson MSP

1/2: ScotGov Justice Minister Siobhian Brown has written to us today 23 June, setting out the Scottish Government’s approach to our Stage 1 scrutiny of Dr Pam Gosal MBE MSP #PreventionOfDomesticAbuseBill and Ash Regan MSP #ProstitutionOffencesAndSupportBill: ow.ly/F5Pr50WeAQL

2/2: We will begin our consideration of both these bills by hearing separately from Dr Pam Gosal MBE MSP and Ash Regan MSP at our meeting on Wed 25 June at 9:30 am. See our agenda and papers: ow.ly/jwHY50WeAUy and watch live that morning on #SPTV: ow.ly/N1qQ50WeAVB

Join us on #SPTV at 09:30 am when we will take oral evidence from Dr Pam Gosal MBE MSP on the #PreventionOfDomesticAbuseBill, and then from Ash Regan MSP on the #ProstitutionOffencesAndSupportBill: 📺ow.ly/j6cr50WeMXP

A cross-committee call for views to support Scottish Parliament's forthcoming scrutiny of the draft Climate Change Plan has launched. News release👉ow.ly/MYBt50WhjzF Share your views by 19 September👉 ow.ly/gNcn50WhjAq Here's Edward Mountain, Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee's Convener with more👇

Today 30/6 we launch our call for views on our scrutiny of the Prostitution (Offences & Support) Bill, introduced by Ash Regan MSP. Give us your views on the Bill here ow.ly/QHQ650WiawQ. Deadline for submissions is Fri 5 Sept. See our news release: ow.ly/1Lml50WiaxI

We received an update from the Cabinet Secretary ScotGov Justice on the efforts to quash convictions in the Post Office Horizon cases. ✉️Read here: ow.ly/qs4e50WkWgC

Today 7/7 we launch our call for views on our 2026/27 pre-budget scrutiny. How should bodies like the police, fire service, prisons, the courts etc be funded for the coming year? Give us your views: ow.ly/eN3u50Wlu7n. Deadline for submissions is Tuesday 9 Sept 2025

The Scottish Government has written to the Committee with an update on the provision of secure case places in Scotland. Read here: ow.ly/cwVO50WmeI4

. Scottish Prison Service has provided further information for our inquiry into tackling the harm caused by substance misuse in Scottish Prisons. Read here: ow.ly/wCOy50WmeJ7

The Committee has received a series of updates on the judicial and policing cooperation with the EU following Brexit. You can read them here under correspondence: ow.ly/XRuQ50WmeJu

Today Cab Sec Gillian Martin has responded to our report on the 2022/23 and 2023/24 audits of WICS, acknowledging: - sponsorship was not robust enough - more proactive scrutiny was required - CEO settlement did not follow due process Full letter 👉 ow.ly/WAez50WohjB

Today 15/7 we launch our call for views on the Prevention of Domestic Abuse (S) Bill, introduced by Dr Pam Gosal MBE MSP. Give us your views on the Bill here ow.ly/91Hz50WpIOF. The deadline for submissions is Mon 15 Sept 2025. See our news release ow.ly/RkYN50WpIPJ