Health and Community Care Committee, 19 Jun 2002

Meeting date: Wednesday, June 19, 2002

Official Report 326KB pdf

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Items in Private

Good morning everybody and welcome to this morning's meeting of the Health and Community Care Committee. I have apologies from Shona Robison.

Item 1 is to consider whether the committee should take the following items in private and partially in private. I intend to move item 7, which is consideration of possible witnesses to give evidence on the Adults with Incapacity (Specified Medical Treatments) (Scotland) Regulations 2002, to item 5 on the agenda. I suggest that we have a discussion in public session on that issue, but if we need to discuss potential witnesses we will go into private session, as is our normal practice. Is that agreed?

Members indicated agreement.

I suggest that item 6, which is consideration of our draft annual report, be taken in private. Is that agreed?

Members indicated agreement.

Item 7 then, will be the cancer plan. The committee will consider several options regarding possible future action, which could include a draft report. Again, I suggest that we take that item in private. Is that agreed?

Members indicated agreement.

I also ask the committee to agree that at our evening meeting on 26 June we have a briefing on the proposed mental health bill, which we expect to be published in the next week or so. We will also have a report on possible advisers and witnesses for that proposed bill, which would obviously involve discussion about individuals, and a report on possible witnesses for the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc (Scotland) Bill. We have just been informed that we will be a secondary committee for that bill. Again, we will need to discuss individuals for that. Given the timing of the bill, we expect to have that discussion in private session at the evening meeting on 26 June. Would that be agreeable to committee members?

Members indicated agreement.