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Health and Sport Committee Minutes of Proceedings

HS/S3/08/14/M

14th Meeting, 2008 (Session 3)

Wednesday, 14 May 2008

Present:

Helen Eadie Ross Finnie (Deputy Convener)
Joe Fitzpatrick (Committee substitute) Christine Grahame (Convener)
Rhoda Grant Michael Matheson
Mary Scanlon Dr Richard Simpson

Also present: Shona Robison (Minister for Public Health).

Apologies were received from: Ian McKee.

The meeting opened at 10.00 am.

1. Public Health etc. (Scotland) Bill: The Committee took evidence from—

Kathy Banks, Chief Executive, The Sunbed Association;

Ron Culley, Policy Manager, COSLA;

Lene Priess, Director, Consol Suncenter plc; and

Alastair Shaw, Society of Chief Officers of Environmental Health in Scotland.

2. Public Health etc. (Scotland) Bill: The Committee considered the Bill at Stage 2 (Day 2).

The following amendments were agreed to (without division): 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 177, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 238, 239, 240, 241, 187, 188, 189, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213 and 214.

Sections 56, 57, 62, 63, 72, 81, 82, 83, 84, 86 and 87 were agreed to without amendment.

Sections 54, 55, 58, 59, 60, 61, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 85, 88 and 89 were agreed to as amended.

The Committee ended consideration of the Bill for the day section 89 having been agreed to.

3. Finance Committee’s review of the budget process (in private): The Committee agreed to consider a draft response to the Finance Committee’s consultation at a future meeting.

The meeting closed at 12.32 pm.

Tracey White
Clerk to the Committee