Agenda and minutes from the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affair’s meeting with Rape Crisis Scotland, Close the Gap, SWA and Zero Tolerance: FOI release

Information requested

A copy of the agenda and minutes from the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affair’s meeting with Rape Crisis Scotland, Close the Gap, SWA and Zero Tolerance.

Response

The agenda for this meeting was as follows

Agenda/likely themes

SSI to add “sex” as characteristic to 2021 Act Future legislation on misogyny Potential for discussion around how we have defined “sex” for the purpose of the SSI (although this was not referred to in the letter)

I enclose a copy of the minutes of this meeting.

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FOI 202600501054 - Information released - Document 1

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