Commissioner meets with Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs

On 13 September 2023, the Commissioner met with the Cabinet Secretary at Parliament to discuss the Scottish Code of Practice. Planned assurance activity over the coming months in was also discussed.

The Commissioner highlighted the potential for Ministers to consider independent oversight and the safeguards of the Code being extended beyond ‘policing’ bodies to the wider criminal justice ecosystem in Scotland where biometrics are shared and used extensively.

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