1. Decision on taking business in private

The Committee will decide whether to take item 3 in private.

2. National Care Service (Scotland) Bill

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

• Maree Allison
  Acting Chief Executive
  Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC)
• Alison Bavidge
  National Director
  Scottish Association of Social Work (SASW)
• Kay McVeigh
  Head of Personnel Services at South Lanarkshire Council and SPDS Portfolio Lead for Workforce Planning
  Society of Personnel and Development Scotland (SPDS)
• Colin Poolman
  Director - Scotland
  Royal College of Nursing
• Sharon Wiener-Ogilvie
  Deputy Chair
  Allied Health Professions Federation Scotland (AHPFS)

and then from:

• Mary Alexander
  Deputy Regional Secretary
  Unite
• Tracey Dalling
  Regional Secretary
  UNISON Scotland
• Roz Foyer
  General Secretary
  Scottish Trades Union Congress
• Cara Stevenson
  Organiser for the Women’s Campaign Unit
  GMB Scotland

3. National Care Service (Scotland) Bill

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