UK Supreme Court Judgment (For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers): working group minutes: 18 June 2026

Attendees and apologies

• Director of Equality, Inclusion & Human Rights, DG Communities
• Deputy Director of Equality, Inclusion & Human Rights, DG Communities
• DG Education & Justice
• Strategy & Coordination Lead, DG Communities
• Strategy & Coordination Officer, DG Communities
• Unit Head, DG Education and Justice
• Unit Head, DG Economy
• Deputy Director, DG Corporate
• Communications Manager, DG Corporate
• Deputy Director, Health & Social Care
• Unit Head, DG Communities
• Team Leader, DG Corporate
• Team Leader, Health & Social Care
• Deputy Director, DG Corporate
• Unit Head, DG Education and Justice
• Deputy Director, DG Net Zero
• Unit Head, DG Health and Social Care
• Senior Policy Officer, DG Health & Social Care
• Head of Prisons Unit, DG Education & Justice
• Senior Policy Officer, DG Education &Justice
• Communications Manager, DG Corporate
• Deputy Director, DG Corporate
• Deputy Director, Social Security Scotland
• Unit Head, DG Education and Justice
• Deputy Director, Health & Social Care
• Senior Policy Officer, DG Communities
• DG Communities & External Affairs
• Senior Research Officer, DG Exchequer, Strategy and Performance

Items and actions

Introduction

The Chair welcomed members to the meeting.

Minutes

Members approved the minutes from last meeting.

Outstanding minutes from the pre-election period have now been published.

Update on the EHRC Code of Practice

The Unit Head for the Equalities Division thanked policy teams for their analysis on the revised EHRC Code of Practice and outlined next steps for this work.

The Unit Head invited colleagues to share reflections on the analysis provided and offer any further observations.

Legal Update

A general update was provided on ongoing work.

Updates from other DG Areas

High level updates were provided by representatives from DGs:

• Communities
• Education
• Health
• Justice
• Corporate

Updates from Communications

Communications colleagues provided an overview of recent and upcoming work.

AOB and Close

The chair closed the meeting and thanked members for their continued support.