Management of Offenders (Scotland) Bill

A Bill for an Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for electronic monitoring of offenders and as to certain other restrictive measures imposable on offenders; to make provision about periods and processes as regards disclosure of convictions by offenders; and to make provision relating to the organisation and functions of the Parole Board for Scotland.

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Current Status of the Bill

This Scottish Government Bill was introduced by the Cabinet Secretary for Justice, Michael Matheson MSP, on 22 February 2018.  The Bill is currently at Stage 1.

Stage 1

The Justice Committee was designated the lead Committee for Stage 1 scrutiny.

The Committee launched a call for views on 16 March 2018. The deadline for responses was Friday 20 April 2018.

Evidence

• Read the call for evidence on the Bill
• Read the written submissions received

The Committee began taking evidence on the Bill on 24 April 2018.

• Read the meeting papers and official reports

Correspondence

• Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Justice to the Convener on Mental Health Support for Young Offenders (23 November 2018) (159KB pdf)
• Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Justice to the Convener on proposals for an offence of remaining unlawfully at large (15 March 2019) (528KB pdf)
• Letter from the Parole Board for Scotland to the Convener on amendments to Risk Assessment Tool (20 June 2019) (128KB pdf)
• Letter from Risk Management Authority to the Convener on Stage 3 amendments (20 June 2019) (33KB pdf)
• Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Justice to the Convener on regulations commencement (10 October 2019) (452KB pdf)

Report

The Committee published its Stage 1 report to the Parliament on 31 January 2019.

• Justice Committee, 2nd Report, 2019 (Session 5): Stage 1 Report on the Management of Offenders (Scotland) Bill
• Response from the Scottish Government to the Committee's Stage 1 report (26 February 2019) (4860KB pdf)