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Stewart S (Sara)
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Stewart S (Sara)
Subject: RE: Offences (Aggravation by Prejudice) (Scotland) Bill - catch up
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Dear Sara,
Following the fax of the original letter we received from National AIDS trust, here is the text
of Patrick's letter in response. I hope this is helpful.
Kind regards,
Marie Campbell
PA to Patrick Harvie MSP
Dear Ms Jack,
Many thanks for your letter and for your interest in the Member’s Bill which I am pursuing in
Holyrood.
I am certainly aware of the need to ensure that HIV status is included in the definitions used in the
Bill and have had discussions with HIV Scotland and others to address this. I will ask the Bill team
to reply separately to explain how this issue has been addressed in the drafting of the Bill.
We have been given a disappointingly long timescale for parliamentary progress, with Stage 1
continuing until perhaps as early as next April. However, this additional time means that we can
ensure that any outstanding issues can be dealt with before we reach Committee. If you would like
to meet to discuss the Bill’s application to HIV, please don’t hesitate to contact my office.
Best wishes,
Patrick Harvie MSP
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Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 4:20 PM
To: Harvie P (Patrick), MSP
Subject: RE: Offences (Aggravation by Prejudice) (Scotland) Bill - catch up
Thanks for this Patrick. Our fax number is 0131 244 3297.
Sara Stewart
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Sentencing Policy Unit
Criminal Law & Licensing Division
Ext: 42214
From: [email address] [mailto:[email address]]
Sent: 23 June 2008 16:05
To: Stewart S (Sara)
Subject: RE: Offences (Aggravation by Prejudice) (Scotland) Bill - catch up
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Many thanks for the update. I will of course keep you posted with any requests I receive. I will also be
meeting with the supporting organisations to keep everyone up to date with the current position, and to
discuss the approach to committee scrutiny.
Meanwhile I have replied to a letter from the National AIDS Trust, in which they raise concerns about whether
HIV status will be covered by the Bill. I have assured them that we have considered this and that we believe
that HIV status will indeed be covered, however I would be grateful if you could take a look at the letter and
see if there's anything else you or other officials would like to add. If you have a fax number, I will ask my
office to send you the letter.
Cheers,
Patrick
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From: [email address] [mailto:[email address]]
Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 4:22 PM
To: Harvie P (Patrick), MSP
Cc: McEwan S (Shonagh)
Subject: Offences (Aggravation by Prejudice) (Scotland) Bill - catch up
Hi Patrick,
I hope this finds you well.
Now that the Bill has been allocated to a Committee, I thought I would just give you a quick
round up of where we stand and our understanding of the current situation. The Clerks to both
the Justice and Equal Opportunities Committees have been in touch already. As secondary
Committee, the Equal Opportunities Committee is likely to consider the general principles of
the Bill and look in particular at the possibility of including age and gender related
aggravations. (This has not been finalised yet.) It will then provide the Justice Committee
with a report of its findings. The Equal Opportunities Committee has asked to see officials
informally for a factual briefing on 2 September. The Justice Committee will also probably
want an informal briefing towards the end of the year or even in early January and is looking
to begin formal consideration of the Bill in the second week of January in order to have stage 1
complete by 3 April 2009. It will likely be Andy, me and lawyers who attend these briefings.
I will keep you posted on any requests for appearances by Mr MacAskill. It would be helpful
to us to know when you have been asked to appear and we are of course happy to provide any
and all support you may want.
Mr MacAskill wrote today to the Convener of the Justice Committee, copied to the Convener
of the Equal Opportunities Committee, enclosing the Executive Memorandum on the Bill.
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Ministers are invited to submit an Executive Memorandum on any Member’s Bill setting out
Scottish Government views on the Bill and how it should be handled. Obviously in this case,
the Memorandum is very short and simply reiterates that we have supported you in the
production of the Bill and Accompanying Documents and that as such, the Government
endorses both the Bill as introduced and the information contained in the Accompanying
Documents.
I plan to ask my Division Head to authorise publication of our Equalities Impact Assessment.
It should go live on the Government website in the next few days.
Please give me a call if anything is unclear.
Kind Regards,
Sara
Sara Stewart
Criminal Law & Licensing Division
Sentencing Policy Unit
The Scottish Government
Area GW.15
St Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh EH1 3DG
Tel: 0131 244 2214
e-mail: [email address]
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