Criminal Justice Modernisation and Abusive Domestic Behaviour Reviews (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum - Call for Views

Overview

About the Bill 

As introduced, this Bill has two main parts.

Part 1 of the Bill was created to modernise procedures in criminal courts. Some of these changes are already in place and the Bill makes these permanent.

Part 2 of the Bill aims to provide a process for reviewing deaths which relate to abusive behaviour within relationships, to allow lessons to be learned.

Current Status of the Bill

This Bill was introduced in the Scottish Parliament by the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs on 24 September 2024.

Read and find out more about the Bill: Criminal Justice Modernisation and Abusive Domestic Behaviour Reviews (Scotland) Bill.

Stage 1 

The Criminal Justice Committee has been designated as the lead Committee for the Bill.

A separate call for views on the Bill’s policy provisions has been issued by the lead Committee and published on this consultation platform.

Financial Memorandum 

As with all Bills, the Finance and Public Administration Committee invites written evidence on the estimated financial implications of the Bill as set out in its accompanying Financial Memorandum (FM). 

Read the FM published alongside this Bill.

Making a Submission

Before making a submission, please read our Privacy Notice about submitting your views to a Committee. This tells you about how we process personal data. 

Please note that in most cases your submission will be published on the Scottish Parliament's website and may be quoted in the Committee's report or in Committee meetings (which are public and broadcast). 

The consultation has 7 questions.

How to submit your views

Please submit your views using the online submission form, linked to below.

We welcome written views in English, Gaelic, Scots or any other language. 

The call for views closes on Friday 17 January.