National Preventive Mechanism Eighth Annual Report 2016–17 Members’ involvement in consultations and the development of government policy included the following. • The CI made a number of submissions throughout the year, including to: the Scottish Parliament Health and Sport Committee’s inquiry into how health and social care is delivered in prisons; the consultation on section 35(2) and (3) of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (April 2016); the consultation on the implementation of certain sections of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015 and associated regulations (Part 1); the consultation on the implementation of certain sections of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015 and associated regulations (Part 2); the review of learning disability and autism in Scottish mental health law – a scoping consultation; and the consultation on the Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility. • The CCE provided written evidence to the Justice Committee’s inquiry into the disclosure of children’s criminal records, and to the consultation on the Sentencing Council’s revised Overarching Principles for Sentencing Youth. The CCE also contributed to the Review of the Youth Justice System in England and Wales, in particular exploring what models could replace YOIs and secure training centres for children. • CJINI presented evidence to the Committee for Justice in relation to its July 2016 report of an announced inspection of Maghaberry Prison. • As part of its role as a member of the Home Office PACE Strategy Group, ICVA contributed to consultations on the drafting of the Police and Crime Act 2017. ICVA also provided both verbal and written 66 • • • • submissions to the Dame Elish Anglioni review into Deaths in Custody. HMI Prisons provided comments on a number of draft Detention Services Orders and Prison Service Instructions and Orders, and made submissions to a range of consultations, including: the Work and Pensions Committee inquiry on support for ex-offenders; the Women and the Criminal Justice System inquiry; the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) review of the physical health of people in prison; the National Offender Management Service review of the incentives and earned privileges scheme; the Lammy review of black and minority ethnic representation in the criminal justice system; the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs inquiry into older drug users; the Health in Justice and Other Vulnerable Adults review of women in the criminal justice system in London: a health strategy; the Justice Committee inquiry into prison reform; the Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody inquiry into deaths of women in custody; and the Joint Committee on Human Rights inquiry into mental health and deaths in prison. HMIPS gave evidence to the Scottish Parliament Health and Sport Committee on health care in prisons. The IMB provided both written and verbal evidence to the Justice Committee’s investigation into prison reform. MWCS provided responses to consultations on the implementation of provisions in the new mental health legislation in Scotland, on proposals about secondary legislation relating to the new act, and on a new mental health strategy for Scotland (Consultation on the implementation of certain sections