Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Meeting Agenda
6th Meeting, 2024
- Date: Tuesday, February 27, 2024
- Session: 6
- Location: T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room
- Start time: 09:00am
- Published: Thursday, February 22, 2024 04:34pm
1 Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill (Private)
The Committee will receive a briefing from Scottish Government officials.
HSCS/S6/24/6/1(P) (Private Paper)
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—
Witnesses
Emily Ottley, Independent Researcher
Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill - Commissioned research - Note by the clerk 1MB pdf posted 22/02/2024 (Ref: HSCS/S6/24/6/2)
Commissioned Research Report (powerpoint) 292KB pdf posted 22/02/2024 (Ref: HSCS/S6/24/6/3)
4 Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill
The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—
Witnesses
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
Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill - Note by the clerk 658KB pdf posted 22/02/2024 (Ref: HSCS/S6/24/6/4)
HSCS/S6/24/6/5(P) (Private Paper)
5 Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill
The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda items 3 and 4.