The Committee agreed to consider a revised approach at its next meeting.
26th Meeting, 2024 (Session 6), Tuesday, 1 October 2024
Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill (in private): The Committee considered and agreed a revised approach to the scrutiny of the Bill at Stage 1.
29th Meeting, 2024 (Session 6), Tuesday, 5 November 2024
Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: The Committee took evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from -
Julian Gardner AM, Chairperson, Voluntary Assisted Dying Review Board, Victoria, Australia; Ben White, Professor of End-of-Life Law and Regulation, The Australian Centre for Health Law Research
30th Meeting, 2024 (Session 6), Monday, 11 November 2024
Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: The Committee took evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—
Dr Stefanie Green, Founding President of the Canadian Association of MAiD Assessors and Providers and Adviser to the British Columbia Ministry of Health; Dr Ramona Coelho, Physician and Member of the Medical Assistance in Dying Death Review Committee of Ontario, Canada
31st Meeting, 2024 (Session 6), Tuesday, 12 November 2024
Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: The Committee took evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—
Eleanor Deeming, Legal Officer, Scottish Human Rights Commission; Dr Murray Earle, Lecturer in Medical Law, Mason Institute for Medicine, Life Sciences and the Law, University of Edinburgh; Dr Mary Neal, Reader in Law, Strathclyde University; Lynda Towers, Public Policy Committee Member, Law Society of Scotland;
and then from—Dr Stephen Potts, Consultant in Liaison Psychiatry, NHS Lothian, representing the Royal College of Psychiatrists in Scotland; Professor Colin McKay, Professor, Centre for Mental Health Practice, Policy and Law Research, Edinburgh Napier University.
33rd Meeting, 2024 (Session 6), Tuesday, 19 November 2024
Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: The Committee took evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—
Dr Iain Kennedy, Chair of Scottish Council, BMA Scotland; Fiona McIntyre, Policy and Practice Lead, Scotland, Royal Pharmaceutical Society; Colin Poolman, Executive Director, Royal College of Nursing Scotland; Dr Chris Provan, Chair, Royal College of General Practitioners Scotland;
and then from—Amy Dalrymple, Associate Director of Policy and Public Affairs, Marie Curie Scotland; Mark Hazelwood, Chief Executive, Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care; Dr Sarah Mills, Lecturer in Academic General Practice, University of St Andrews; Rami Okasha, Chief Executive Officer, Children's Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS).
1st Meeting, 2025 (Session 6), Tuesday, 14 January 2025
Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: The Committee took evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—
Vicki Cahill, Policy and Public Affairs Lead, Alzheimer Scotland; Susan Webster, Head of Policy and Campaigns, MND Scotland; Stephanie Fraser, Chief Executive, Cerebral Palsy Scotland;
and then from—Tressa Burke, Chief Executive Officer, Glasgow Disability Alliance; Lyn Pornaro, Chief Executive Officer, Disability Equality Scotland; Marianne Scobie, representing the Glasgow Centre for Inclusive Living.
2nd Meeting, 2025 (Session 6), Tuesday, 21 January 2025
Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: The Committee took evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—
Fraser Sutherland, Chief Executive Officer, Humanist Society of Scotland; Dr Gillian MacDougall, Trustee, Friends at the End; Professor Gareth Morgan, Convenor, Scottish Christian Forum on Assisted Dying; Alyson Thomson, Director, Dignity in Dying Scotland;
and then from—Dr Miro Griffiths, Disability Studies Scholar at the University of Leeds, representing 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.
3rd Meeting, 2025 (Session 6), Tuesday, 28 January 2025
Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: The Committee took evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—
Laura Buchan, Policy and Engagement and Andy Shanks, Head of the Scottish Fatalities Investigation Unit, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service; Steve Johnson, Assistant Chief Constable, Police Scotland;
and then from—Neil Gray, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Ailsa Garland, Principal Legal Officer, Nicki Crossan, Assisted Dying Shadow Bill Team Leader, Neil Ritchie, Palliative Care Unit Head and Jo Swanson, Healthcare Quality and Improvement Divisional Head, Scottish Government.
4th Meeting, 2025 (Session 6), Tuesday, 4 February 2025
Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: The Committee took evidence from—
Liam McArthur, Member in Charge of the Bill, Nick Hawthorne, Senior Clerk, Non-Government Bills Unit and Claudia Bennett, Senior Solicitor, Scottish Parliament; Dr Amanda Ward, Advisor to Liam McArthur.
10th Meeting, 2025 (Session 6), Tuesday, 25 March...