Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Meeting Agenda
16th Meeting, 2024
- Date: Tuesday, May 21, 2024
- Session: 6
- Location: TG.60-CR3 The Fleming Room
- Start time: 09:15am
- Published: Monday, May 20, 2024 12:26pm
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—
Witnesses
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
Healthcare in remote and rural areas - Note by the Clerk posted 16/05/2024 (Ref: HSCS/S6/24/16/1, 126KB, pdf)
HSCS/S6/24/16/2(P) (Private Paper)
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—
Witnesses
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
Subordinate legislation - Note by the Clerk posted 16/05/2024 (Ref: HSCS/S6/24/16/3, 214KB, pdf)
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—
Witnesses
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
Tobacco and Vapes LCM - Note by the Clerk posted 20/05/2024 (Ref: HSCS/S6/24/16/4, 132KB, pdf)
HSCS/S6/24/16/5(P) (Private Paper)
7 Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill
The Committee will consider its approach to the scrutiny of the Bill at Stage 1.
HSCS/S6/24/16/6(P) (Private Paper)
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].
HSCS/S6/24/16/7(P) (Private Paper)
9 Annual report
The Committee will consider a draft annual report for the parliamentary year from 13 May 2023 to 12 May 2024.
HSCS/S6/24/16/8(P) (Private Paper)
10 Healthcare in remote and rural areas (Private)
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.