Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Meeting Minutes
34th Meeting, 2023
- Date: Tuesday, November 14, 2023
- Session: 6
- Location: TG.60-CR3 The Fleming Room
- Meeting opened at: 10:30
- Meeting closed at: 12:20
- Published: Thursday, November 16, 2023 12:32pm
1 Declaration of interests:
Ruth Maguire was invited to declare any relevant interests and indicated she had nothing to declare.
2 Decision on taking business in private:
The Committee agreed to take item 4 in private.
3 Public health impact of vaping:
The Committee took evidence from—
Professor Emily Banks, Head, Centre of Epidemiology for Policy and Practice, Australian National University and Visiting Professor, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford;
Professor John Britton, Emeritus Professor of Epidemiology, University of Nottingham;
Sheila Duffy, Chief Executive, ASH Scotland;
Dr Garth Reid, Consultant in Public Health, Public Health Scotland.
Emma Harper declared an interest as a Co-Convener of the Cross-Party Parliamentary Group on Lung Health.
Sandesh Gulhane declared an interest as a practising NHS GP.
4 Public health impact of vaping (in private):
The Committee considered the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 3.
The Committee agreed to consider a draft letter to the Scottish Government on vaping policy at a future meeting.