Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 25 June 2025
25 Jun 2025 · S6 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Parliamentary Bureau Motions
In conclusion, there are decades of research that support what works with the reintegration of offenders when they return to their community.
As I shared with the Criminal Justice Committee when I gave evidence to it, the recall rate is low, at 7 per cent, and any registered victim on the victim notification scheme will be informed if someone is to be released on home detention curfew. It is the case that all individuals will continue to be fully assessed. The SSI proposes changes to two out of the range of statutory criteria that must be met. This realignment of policy is in response to the previous changes that the Parliament made to the release of short-term prisoners. I encourage members to support the SSI.
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The Presiding Officer (Alison Johnstone)
NPA
The next item of business is consideration of Parliamentary Bureau motion S6M-18101, on approval of a Scottish statutory instrument. I ask Jamie Hepburn to m...
Liam Kerr (North East Scotland) (Con)
Con
This SSI makes a small but far-reaching change to the home detention curfew regime, in which, subject to licence conditions, eligible prisoners are released ...
The Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs (Angela Constance)
SNP
I will confine my remarks tightly and strictly to the substance of the statutory instrument that is before us tonight. I thank the Parliament clerks and Cr...
Liam Kerr
Con
In the cabinet secretary’s own words, no research has been done on the impact of the change on victims. Last summer, only 2 per cent of victims were told abo...
The Presiding Officer
NPA
Please conclude, cabinet secretary.
Angela Constance
SNP
In conclusion, there are decades of research that support what works with the reintegration of offenders when they return to their community. As I shared wi...
The Presiding Officer
NPA
The question on the motion will be put at decision time. The next item of business is consideration of Parliamentary Bureau motion S6M-18102, on the desig...
The Presiding Officer
NPA
The question on the motion will be put at decision time.