1. Decision on taking business in private

The Committee will decide whether to take item 5, and equivalent items relating to evidence on the Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill on future agendas, in private.

2. Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill

The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—

• Eleanor Deeming
  Legal Officer
  Scottish Human Rights Commission
• Dr Tara Shivaji
  Consultant in Public Health Medicine
  Public Health Scotland
• Hilary Steele
  Solicitor
  Law Society of Scotland

and then from -

• Dr Peter Rice
  Former Chair
  Royal College of Psychiatrists in Scotland
• Lyndsey Turfus
  Chair of Substance Use Subgroup
  Social Work Scotland
• Dr Chris Williams
  Vice Chair
  Royal College of General Practitioners Scotland

3. Subordinate legislation

The Committee will take evidence on the National Health Service (Common Staffing Method) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 from—

• Neil Gray
  Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
  Scottish Government
• Erin Murphy
  Policy Manager, Nursing and Midwifery Policy Team
  Scottish Government
• Christopher Thompson
  Team Leader - National Workforce Planning, Guidance and Strategy
  Scottish Government

4. Subordinate legislation

The Committee will consider the following negative instruments—

National Health Service (Common Staffing Method) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025

5. Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill

The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 2.