Health and Sport Committee - Scottish Parliament: 27th January 2015
Channel: The Scottish Parliament
Date: 27/01/2015

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk - Scottish Parliament Health and Sport Committee. Agenda:

1. Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1, in round-table format, from—
Dr Pat Carragher, Medical Director, Children’s Hospice Association Scotland;
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff, Palliative Care Lead Clinician for Wales and Crossbench Peer, House of Lords;
Dr Stephen Hutchison, Consultant Physician in Palliative Medicine, Highland Hospice, Inverness;
Mark Hazelwood, Chief Executive, Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care;
Richard Meade, Head of Policy and Public Affairs, Scotland, Marie Curie Cancer Care;
Dr David Jeffrey, Honorary Lecturer in Palliative Medicine, University of Edinburgh;
and then from—
Rev Sally Foster-Fulton, Convener, Church of Scotland (Church and Society Council);
Rev Dr Harriet Harris, Convener, Doctrine Committee, Scottish Episcopal Church (General Synod);
Rev Dr Donald MacDonald, Former surgeon and retired Professor of Theology and Ethics, Free Church of Scotland;
Ephraim Borowski, Director, Scottish Council of Jewish Communities;
Dr Salah Beltagui, Member of the Standing Committee on Parliamentary Affairs, Muslim Council of Scotland;
John Deighan, Parliamentary Officer, Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Scotland.

2. Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill (in private): The Committee will consider the main themes arising from the oral evidence heard earlier in the meeting.

3. Mental Health (Scotland) Bill (in private): The Committee will consider a revised draft Stage 1 report.


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