Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Meeting Minutes
10th Meeting, 2024
- Date: Tuesday, March 26, 2024
- Session: 6
- Location: TG.60-CR3 The Fleming Room
- Meeting opened at: 09:17
- Meeting closed at: 11:57
- Published: Thursday, March 28, 2024 09:16am
1 Decisions on taking business in private:
The Committee agreed to take items 5 and 6 in private, and to consider, in private at future meetings, a draft report on the Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill.
2 Subordinate legislation:
The Committee took evidence on the Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Act 2012 (Continuation) Order 2024 [draft] and the Alcohol (Minimum Price per Unit) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2024 [draft] from—
Christina McKelvie, Minister for Drugs and Alcohol Policy, Orlando Heijmer-Mason, Drugs Policy Division, Katherine Myant, Health and Social Care Analysis, and James Wilson, Population Health Strategy and Improvement, Scottish Government.
Clare Haughey declared an interest as a registered nurse and as holding a bank nurse contract with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
Sandesh Gulhane declared an interest as a practising NHS GP.
Emma Harper declared an interest as a registered nurse and as a former liver transplant nurse.
3 Subordinate legislation:
Christina McKelvie (Minister for Drugs and Alcohol Policy) moved—
S6M-12220—That the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee recommends that the Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Act 2012 (Continuation) Order 2024 [draft] be approved.
S6M-12221—That the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee recommends that the Alcohol (Minimum Price per Unit) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2024 [draft] be approved.
After debate, motion S6M-12220 was agreed to by division: For 8, Against 2, Abstentions 0, and motion S6M-12221 was agreed to by division: For 8, Against 2, Abstentions 0.
4 Subordinate legislation:
The Committee considered the following negative instrument—
Regulation of Care (Social Service Workers) (Scotland) Order 2024
The Committee agreed to make no recommendation in relation to the instrument.
5 Subordinate legislation (in private):
The Committee considered a draft report on the Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Act 2012 (Continuation) Order 2024 [draft] and the Alcohol (Minimum Price per Unit) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2024 [draft]. Various changes were agreed to, and the Committee agreed to consider a revised draft via correspondence.
6 National Care Service (Scotland) Bill (in private):
The Committee considered its approach to the scrutiny of the Bill at Stage 2.
The Committee agreed, subject to the Scottish Government providing draft versions of its Stage 2 amendments in the near future, to undertake further scrutiny of those draft amendments prior to conducting formal Stage 2 proceedings on the Bill. It also agreed to a draft call for views to be issued when the draft amendments were available.