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The Human Tissue (Supply of Information about Transplants) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 (SSI 2025/139)
The fourth item on our agenda is further consideration of a negative instrument. The purpose of the instrument is to create a duty for relevant clinicians to notify the Human Tissue Authority if they are made aware that their patient has received a transplant outside the United Kingdom or if they have a reasonable suspicion that specified offences under human tissue or modern slavery legislation may have been committed. The Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee considered the instrument at its meeting on 13 May 2025 and made no recommendations in relation to the instrument. No motion to annul has been received in relation to the instrument.
The committee considered the instrument at its meeting on 20 May and decided to write to the Minister for Public Health and Women’s Health to request additional information on it. The committee received a response from the minister on 27 May, which has been published on the committee’s web pages.
As members have no comments to make, I propose that the committee does not make any recommendations in relation to the negative instrument. Are we agreed?
Members indicated agreement.
At next week’s meeting, we will undertake periodic scrutiny of the work of the Care Inspectorate, as well as taking evidence from representatives of Food Standards Scotland. That concludes the public part of our meeting.
11:56 Meeting continued in private until 12:09.