Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Agenda: 21 May 2024
Tuesday, 21 May 2024
16th Meeting, 2024
Full agenda and available meeting papers
1. Decisions on taking business in private
The Committee will decide whether to take items 7, 8, 9 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
Papers for this item:
Paper 1 - Healthcare in remote and rural areas - Note by the Clerk (126KB, pdf) posted 16 May 2024
1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item
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
Papers for this item:
Paper 1 - Subordinate legislation - Note by the Clerk (214KB, pdf) posted 16 May 2024
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 - John Dunne
Director General
UK Vaping Industry Association - Sheila Duffy
Chief Executive
ASH Scotland - Dr Garth Reid
Consultant in Public Health
Public Health Scotland
Papers for this item:
Paper 1 - Tobacco and Vapes LCM - Note by the Clerk (132KB, pdf) posted 20 May 2024
1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item
7. Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill
The Committee will consider its approach to the scrutiny of the Bill at Stage 1.
Papers for this item:
1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item
8. 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].
Papers for this item:
1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item
9. Annual report
The Committee will consider a draft annual report for the parliamentary year from 13 May 2023 to 12 May 2024.
Papers for this item:
1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item
10. Healthcare in remote and rural areas
The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 2.
11. Tobacco and Vapes Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 6.