Hansard

The Deputy Presiding Officer (Annabelle Ewing) SNP

The next item of business is a debate on motion S6M-19221, in the name of Angela Constance, on the Criminal Justice, Modernisation and Abusive Domestic Behav...

The Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs (Angela Constance) SNP

I thank all those who have engaged in the Criminal Justice, Modernisation and Abusive Domestic Behaviour Reviews (Scotland) Bill throughout its passage. I am...

Liam Kerr (North East Scotland) (Con) Con

The Scottish Conservatives will vote for the Criminal Justice Modernisation and Abusive Domestic Behaviour Reviews (Scotland) Bill at decision time today. ...

Pauline McNeill (Glasgow) (Lab) Lab

As members have heard, the bill deals with two distinct issues: criminal justice modernisation, and domestic homicide and suicide reviews. Like Liam Kerr, Sc...

Maggie Chapman (North East Scotland) (Green) Green

Before I begin, I remind colleagues of my entry in the register of members’ interests. I worked for a rape crisis centre when I was elected in 2021. Today w...

Liam McArthur (Orkney Islands) (LD) LD

I thank and congratulate the Criminal Justice Committee, the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs and stakeholders for what has clearly been a coll...

The Deputy Presiding Officer SNP

We move to the open debate. 16:09

Audrey Nicoll (Aberdeen South and North Kincardine) (SNP) SNP

I thank everyone who supported scrutiny of the bill through its passage to stage 3 this afternoon. As we have heard, the Criminal Justice Modernisation and A...

The Deputy Presiding Officer SNP

We move to closing speeches. I call on Maggie Chapman to close on behalf of the Scottish Greens. 16:13

Maggie Chapman Green

As we close the debate, I thank everyone who has shaped the bill: survivors, campaigners, practitioners and the organisations whose expertise has been essent...

Katy Clark (West Scotland) (Lab) Lab

I am pleased to close the debate for Scottish Labour. Many of the changes in part 1 of the bill were introduced during the pandemic, with the Scottish Gover...

Sharon Dowey (South Scotland) (Con) Con

Scotland’s justice system is in a state of crisis, and the Scottish Conservatives welcome anything that improves things for those who work in it and, of cour...

The Deputy Presiding Officer SNP

I call the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs, Angela Constance, to wind up the debate on behalf of the Scottish Government. 16:28

Angela Constance SNP

I thank everyone for their constructive engagement on the bill and for their remarks this afternoon. In particular, I thank the criminal justice spokespeople...

Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Lab) Lab

Will the cabinet secretary take an intervention on that point?

Angela Constance SNP

I will indeed.

Jackie Baillie Lab

I cannot be silent on that. In my community, there are not enough police on Dumbarton High Street, and the number of people who are shoplifting and getting a...

Angela Constance SNP

I acknowledge that shoplifting is certainly a problem for our communities and our retail sector. That is why our budget for this year has invested £3 million...

The Presiding Officer NPA

That concludes the debate on the Criminal Justice Modernisation and Abusive Domestic Behaviour Reviews (Scotland) Bill at stage 3.