Consultations
Howard League Scotland actively responds to relevant consultations with its views on proposed changes or reforms in the Criminal Justice system. When opportunity presents, the League has put forward written and oral evidence to the Justice Committee of the Scottish Parliament.
Commission on Women Offenders
Submission to the Scottish Parliament's Justice Committee.
Dated submitted: 18 June 2014
Written evidence provided by Howard League Scotland on the Scottish Government's implementation of the recommendations of the Commission on Women Offenders.
Redesigning the community justice system
Submission to the Scottish Government.
Date submitted: April 2013
Response from Howard League Scotland to the Scottish Government's consultation on redesigning community justice.
Electronic Monitoring
Submission to the Scottish Government.
Date submitted: December 2013
Response from Howard League Scotland to the Scottish Government's consultation paper 'Developing electronic monitoring in Scotland'.
Automatic Early Release
Submission to the Scottish Parliament's Justice Committee.
Date submitted: 6 May 2014
Written evidence from Howard League Scotland on Scottish Government proposals to end automatic early release for certain categories of prisoner.
Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill
Submission to the Scottish Parliament's Justice Committee.
Dated submitted: 30 August 2013
Written evidence provided by Howard League Scotland on the Scottish Government's Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill.
Brain Injury and the Criminal Justice System
Submission to the Scottish Parliament's Justice Committee.
Date submitted: August 2014
Scottish Government’s Draft Budget 2014/15
Submission for the Scottish Parliament's Justice Committee
Date submitted: 11 October 2013
Howard League Scotland's response to Justice Committee's consideration of the Scottish Government's Draft Budget 2014/15
Reform of Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974
Submission to the Scottish Government.
Date submitted: 12 August 2015
Response from Howard League Scotland to the Scottish Government's consultation on reform of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
Purposeful activity in prisons
Submission to the Scottish Parliament's Justice Committee.
Dated submitted: 8 February 2013
Response from Howard League Scotland to the Justice Committee's inquiry into purposeful activity in prisons.
Scottish Government’s Draft Budget 2015/16
Submission to the Scottish Parliament's Justice Committee.
Date submitted: 31 October 2014
Howard League Scotland response for Justice Committee's consideration of the Scottish Government's Draft Budget 2015/16.
Scottish Independence Referendum (Franchise) Bill - Prisoner Voting Rights
Submission to the Scottish Parliament's Referendum (Scotland) Bill Committee.
Dated submitted: 21 March 2013
Written evidence from Howard League Scotland on the Scottish Government's Scottish Independence Referendum (Franchise) Bill.
Prisoners (Control of Release) Bill
Submission to the Scottish Parliament's Justice Committee.
Date submitted: 16 February 2015
Written evidence from Howard League Scotland to the Justice Committee on the Scottish Government's proposed revisions to the Prisoners (Control of Release) Bill.
Prisoners (Control of Release) Bill
Submission to the Scottish Parliament's Justice Committee.
Date submitted: 20 May 2015
Written evidence from Howard League Scotland (pp.32-33) to the Justice Committee on the Scottish Government's amendments to the Prisoners (Control of Release) Bill.
Scottish Independence Referendum (Franchise) Bill - Prisoner Voting Rights (2)
Submission to the Scottish Parliament's Referendum Bill Committee.
Date submitted: 12 April 2013
Supplementary written evidence provided by Howard League Scotland on the Scottish Independence Referendum (Franchise) Bill
Scottish Elections (Reduction of Voting Age) Bill - Prisoner Voting Rights
Submission to the Scottish Parliament's Devolution (Further Powers) Committee.
Date submitted: 20 April 2015
Written evidence provided by Howard League Scotland on the Scottish Government's Scottish Elections (Reduction of Voting Age) Bill.
Redesigning the community justice system (2)
Submission to the Scottish Government.
Dated submitted: July 2014
Response from Howard League Scotland to the Scottish Government's revised proposals to redesign the community justice system.
Presumption against short periods of imprisonment
Submission to the Scottish Government.
Dated submitted: December 2015
Response from Howard League Scotland to the Scottish Government's proposals to strengthen the presumption against short periods of imprisonment.
Minimum age of criminal responsibility
Submission to the Scottish Government.
Date submitted: June 2016
Response from Howard League Scotland to the Scottish Government's consultation on raising the minimum age of criminal responsibility.
Community Justice (Scotland) Bill
Submission to the Scottish Parliament's Justice Committee.
Dated submitted: 12 August 2015
Written evidence provided by Howard League Scotland on the Scottish Government's Community Justice (Scotland) Bill.
Public Services Reform (Prison Visiting Committees) (Scotland) Order 2014
Submission to the Scottish Parliament's Justice Committee.
Date submitted: 8 November 2013
Written evidence provided by Howard League Scotland to the Justice Committee on the Scottish Government's Public Services Reform (Prison Visiting Committees) (Scotland) Order 2014.
Draft Public Services Reform (Inspection and Monitoring of Prisons) (Scotland) Order 2014
Submission to the Scottish Government.
Date submitted: October 2014
Response from Howard League Scotland to the Scottish Government's consultation on the Draft Public Services Reform (Inspection and Monitoring of Prisons) (Scotland) Order 2014.
Public Services Reform (Prison Visiting Committees) (Scotland) Order 2014 (2)
Submission to the Scottish Parliament's Justice Committee.
Date submitted: 30 January 2014
Written evidence provided by Howard League Scotland on the Public Services Reform (Prison Visiting Committees) (Scotland) Order 2014.
Support for children (impact of imprisonment)
Submission to Mary Fee MSP, Convener of the Cross Party Group for Families Affected By Imprisonment.
Date submitted: 7 May 2015
Written response provided by Howard League Scotland on support for children affected by imprisonment.
Commission on Women Offenders
Submission to the Scottish Government's Commission on Women Offenders.
Dated submitted: April 2012
Written evidence provided by Howard League Scotland to the Scottish Government's Commission on Women Offenders.
Healthcare in prisons
Submission to the Scottish Parliament's Health and Sport Commitee.
Date submitted: 28 February 2017
Written evidence provided by Howard League Scotland to the Health and Sport Committee's inquiry into healthcare in prisons.
Electronic monitoring
Submission to the Scottish Government.
Date submitted: May 2017
Response from Howard League Scotland to the Scottish Government's consultation document 'Electronic Monitoring in Scotland A Consultation on Proposals for Legislation'.