Health and Sport Committee - 6 November 2018
Channel: The Scottish Parliament
Date: 2018-11-06

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The Committee will meet at 9:30 am in the James Clerk Maxwell Room (CR4)
1. European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 - Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 6 in private and all future considerations of evidence received on proposals by the Scottish Government to consent to the UK Government legislating using the powers under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 in relation to UK statutory instrument proposals.

2. European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018: The Committee will consider a proposal by the Scottish Government to consent to the UK Government legislating using the powers under the Act in relation to the following UK statutory instrument proposals—
The Human Tissue (Quality and Safety for Human Application) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations; The Quality and Safety of Organs Intended for Transplantation (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations; and The Blood Safety and Quality (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations.

3. European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018: The Committee will take evidence on the proposal by the Scottish Government to consent to the UK Government legislating using the powers under the Act in relation to the following UK statutory instrument proposals—
The General Food Law (EU Exit) Regulations 2018; The General Foodstuffs Hygiene (EU Exit) Regulations 2018; The Specific Foodstuffs (Hygiene) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018; The Contaminants in Food (EU Exit) Regulations 2018; and The Quick-Frozen Food (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 From—
Joe FitzPatrick, Minister for Public Health, Sport and Wellbeing, and Neel Mojee, Solicitor, Legal Directorate, Scottish Government;
Elspeth Macdonald, Head of Strategy and Policy, Food Standards Scotland.

4. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instrument—
The National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2018 (SSI 2018/300)

5. Human Tissue (Authorisation) (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—
David McColgan, Senior Policy and Public Affairs Manager (Devolved Nations), British Heart Foundation Scotland;
Harpreet Brrang, Information and Research Hub Manager, Children's Liver Disease Foundation;
Gillian Hollis, attending in personal capacity as a lung transplant recipient (2004);
and then from—
Shaben Begum, Director, Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance;
Fiona Loud, Policy Director, Kidney Care UK;
Dr Gordon Macdonald, Parliamentary Officer, CARE for Scotland.

6. European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018: The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting from Joe FitzPatrick, Minister for Public Health, Sport and Wellbeing and Elspeth Macdonald, Head of Strategy and Policy, Food Standards Scotland on a proposal by the Scottish Government to consent to the UK Government legislating using the powers under the Act in relation to the following UK statutory instrument proposals—
The General Food Law (EU Exit) Regulations 2018; The General Foodstuffs Hygiene (EU Exit) Regulations 2018; The Specific Foodstuffs (Hygiene) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018; The Contaminants in Food (EU Exit) Regulations 2018; and The Quick-Frozen Food (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

7. Human Tissue (Authorisation) (Scotland) Bill (in private): The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.

8. Preventative Agenda (in private): The Committee will consider a revised draft report.

Proposed future business
For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, DavidCullum on 0131 348 5210 or by email healthandsport@parliament.scot 
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