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—
- Sheila Duffy, Chief Executive, ASH Scotland
- John Dunne, Director General, UK Vaping Industry Association
- Dr Garth Reid, Consultant in Public Health, Public Health Scotland
- Dr Pete Cheema OBE, Chief Executive, Scottish Grocers Federation
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 Alex.Bruce@Parliament.scot