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Chamber and committees

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee


Meeting Agenda

2nd Meeting, 2025

  • Date: Tuesday, January 21, 2025
  • Session: 6
  • Location: TG.60-CR3 The Fleming Room
  • Start time: 09:00am
  • Published: Thursday, January 16, 2025 05:39pm

1 UK Subordinate legislation

The Committee will take evidence on the Food and Feed (Regulated Products) (Amendment, Revocation, Consequential and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2025 (RP reform SI) (UK statutory instrument proposals) from—


Witnesses

Jenni Minto, Minister for Public Health and Women's Health, Scottish Government

Georgina Finch, Senior Policy Advisor, Food Standards Scotland, Scottish Government

Neel Mojee, Lawyer, Scottish Government

Greig Walker, Project lead, Constitution and UK Relations, Scottish Government



2 UK Subordinate legislation

The Committee will consider a proposal by the Scottish Government to consent to the UK Government legislating in a devolved area as set out in the following UK statutory instrument proposal—

Food and Feed (Regulated Products) (Amendment, Revocation, Consequential and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2025 (RP reform SI).


3 Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill

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


Witnesses

Dr Gillian MacDougall, Trustee, Friends at the End

Professor Gareth Morgan, Convenor, Scottish Christian Forum on Assisted Dying

Fraser Sutherland, Chief Executive Officer, Humanist Society of Scotland

Alyson Thomson, Director, Dignity in Dying Scotland


Dr Miro Griffiths, Disability Studies Scholar at the University of Leeds, Not Dead Yet UK

Gordon Macdonald, Chief Executive Officer, Care Not Killing

Michael Veitch, Scotland Policy Officer, CARE

Dr Gillian Wright, Director, Our Duty of Care



4 Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill (In Private)

The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 3.


5 Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill (In Private)

The Committee will consider its approach to scrutiny of the Bill at Stage 1.



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