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The Official Report is a written record of public meetings of the Parliament and committees.  

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 10 December 2024
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Health, Social Care and Sport Committee [Draft]

Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 19 November 2024

Clare Haughey

We will move on to other parts of the bill and other members have questions, so please stick to the question that Carol Mochan asked.

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee [Draft]

Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 19 November 2024

Clare Haughey

Thank you very much to the witnesses for their attendance and their evidence today.

11:47 Meeting continued in private until 12:21.  

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee [Draft]

Decision on Taking Business in Private

Meeting date: 19 November 2024

Clare Haughey

Good morning and welcome to the 33rd meeting in 2024 of the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee. I have received no apologies.

We continue our scrutiny of the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill at stage 1. By virtue of rule 12.2.3(a) of the Scottish Parliament’s standing orders, Liam McArthur MSP, the member in charge of the bill, may attend the meeting if he wishes.

The first item on our agenda is to agree to take agenda item 4 in private. Do members agree to do so?

Members indicated agreement.

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee [Draft]

Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 19 November 2024

Clare Haughey

No one else wishes to speak.

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee [Draft]

Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 19 November 2024

Clare Haughey

Is the bill sufficiently clear on the types of activities that would be regarded as assistance and would, therefore, be lawful for healthcare professionals to provide?

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee [Draft]

Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 19 November 2024

Clare Haughey

I have a follow-up question with regard to the bill’s financial memorandum, in which the estimated costs for staff training are £200,000 in year 1, minimal in year 2 and projected to be minimal in year 20. Is that realistic?

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee [Draft]

Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 19 November 2024

Clare Haughey

I thank the witnesses for their evidence. We will suspend briefly to allow for a changeover of witnesses.

10:11 Meeting suspended.  

10:21 On resuming—  

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee [Draft]

Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 19 November 2024

Clare Haughey

We continue our scrutiny of the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill with a second panel of witnesses, focusing on potential implications for palliative care. I welcome to the committee Amy Dalrymple, the associate director of policy and public affairs at Marie Curie Scotland; Mark Hazelwood, the chief executive of the Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care; Dr Sarah Mills, lecturer in academic general practice at the University of St Andrews; and Rami Okasha, chief executive officer of Children’s Hospices Across Scotland, which is known as CHAS. We will move straight to questions.

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee [Draft]

Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 19 November 2024

Clare Haughey

Dr Provan, perhaps you could write to the committee with that breakdown of information that Sandesh Gulhane has asked for.

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee [Draft]

Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 19 November 2024

Clare Haughey

We have touched on the age of eligibility. The simple question is, is 16 an appropriate minimum age to make a decision on assisted dying?