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Chamber and committees

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee


Agenda: 27 February 2024

Tuesday, 27 February 2024

6th Meeting, 2024

Start time: 09:00am
Location: T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room
Agenda items:

  1. Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill (in private)
  2. Decisions on taking business in private
  3. Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill
  4. Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill
  5. Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill

Agenda published: Thursday, 22 February 2024 04:34pm

Full agenda and available meeting papers


1. Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill (in private)

The Committee will receive a briefing from Scottish Government officials.

Papers for this item:

1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item


2. Decisions on taking business in private

 

Not before 9.50am

The Committee will decide whether to take item 5 in private and whether to consider, in private at future meetings, evidence heard at those meetings as part of its Stage 1 scrutiny of the Abortion (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill.


3. Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill

The Committee will take evidence on commissioned research on comparable legislation and its implementation worldwide from—

  • Emily Ottley
    Independent Researcher

4. Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill

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

  • Alice Murray
  • Lily Roberts
  • Lucy Grieve
    Co-Founder
    Back Off Scotland
  • Rachael Clarke
    Chief of Staff
    British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS)
  • Dr Rebecca Mason
    Research and Policy Lead
    The Young Women’s Movement

Papers for this item:

1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item


5. Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill

The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda items 3 and 4.