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Equal Opportunities Committee 22 February 2011

22 Feb 2011 · S3 · Equal Opportunities Committee
Item of business
Forced Marriage etc (Protection and Jurisdiction) (Scotland) Bill
Mitchell, Margaret Con Central Scotland Watch on SPTV
I thank members for their comments, and we note the Government’s response. As we agreed, the committee will move into private.10:11 Meeting continued in private until 10:48.

In the same item of business

The Convener Con
The second item of business is consideration of the Scottish Government’s response to our stage 1 report on the Forced Marriage etc (Protection and Jurisdict...
Elaine Smith Lab
Overall, I think that the Government has picked up on many of the issues that we raised during our deliberations on the bill. It is difficult to comment furt...
Marlyn Glen Lab
I am pleased that in response to what we said in paragraph 9 of our report about the reference to duress in the definition, the Government has said that it w...
The Convener Con
Perhaps we can ask the minister about that next week at stage 2—Interruption. The clerk tells me that we can try to get the information before then, which wo...
Marlyn Glen Lab
That would be good.
The Convener Con
It is encouraging that the Government has taken up so many of our recommendations and will lodge amendments that will address the points that we made.
Christina McKelvie SNP
I am delighted that the Government will lodge an amendment, the effect of which will be to ensure that proceedings for a forced marriage protection order wil...
The Convener Con
That is a nice tidying up of the situation.
Christina McKelvie SNP
I buttonholed the minister on the issue.
The Convener Con
I thank members for their comments, and we note the Government’s response. As we agreed, the committee will move into private.10:11 Meeting continued in priv...