The committee will meet at 9:15am at TG.60-CR3 The Fleming Room.
1. Decisions on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 8, 9, 10 and 11 in private.
2. Healthcare in remote and rural areas: The Committee will take evidence from—
- Neil Gray, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Scottish Government
- Stephen Lea-Ross, Deputy Director of Health Workforce Planning and Development, Scottish Government
- Paula Speirs, Deputy Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland
3. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (Independent Health Care) Modification Order 2024 [draft] and the Healthcare Improvement Scotland (Inspections) Amendment Regulations 2024 [draft] from—
- Neil Gray, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Scottish Government
- Lorraine Alcock, Team Lead, Safety, Openness and Learning, Scottish Government
- Kirndeep Kaur, Solicitor, Scottish Government Legal Directorate, Scottish Government
- Robert Law, Senior Policy Manager, Safety, Openness and Learning, Scottish Government
- Annalena Winslow, Unit Head, Safety, Openness and Learning, Scottish Government
4. Subordinate legislation: Neil Gray (Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care) to move—S6M-13020—That the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee recommends that the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (Independent Health Care) Modification Order 2024 [draft] be approved.S6M-13021—That the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee recommends that the Healthcare Improvement Scotland (Inspections) Amendment Regulations 2024 [draft] be approved.
5. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instrument—Healthcare Improvement Scotland (Fees) Regulations 2024: SSI 2024/130
6. Tobacco and Vapes Bill (UK Parliament legislation): The Committee will take evidence on legislative consent memorandum LCM-S6-44 from—
- Dr Pete Cheema OBE, Chief Executive, Scottish Grocers Federation
- Sheila Duffy, Chief Executive, ASH Scotland
- John Dunne, Director General, UK Vaping Industry Association
- Dr Garth Reid, Consultant in Public Health, Public Health Scotland
7. Healthcare in remote and rural areas (in private): The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 2.
8. Tobacco and Vapes Bill (UK Parliament legislation): The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 6.
9. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider a draft report on the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (Independent Health Care) Modification Order 2024 [draft] and the Healthcare Improvement Scotland (Inspections) Amendment Regulations 2024 [draft].
10. Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider its approach to the scrutiny of the Bill at Stage 1.
11. Annual report: The Committee will consider a draft annual report for the parliamentary year from 13 May 2023 to 12 May 2024.
For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Alex Bruce on 85229 or at [email protected]