HS/S3/08/15/M

15th Meeting, 2008 (Session 3)

Wednesday, 21 May 2008

Present:

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

The meeting opened at 10.03 am.

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee agreed to take items 5 and 6 in private.

2. Subordinate legislation: The Committee considered the following negative instruments—

the Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2008 (SSI 2008/166);

the Guar Gum (Restriction on First Placing on the Market) (Scotland) Regulations 2008 (SSI 2008/176)
and agreed to make no recommendations in relation to the instruments.

3. Public Health etc. (Scotland) Bill: The Committee considered the Bill at Stage 2 (Day 3).

The following amendments were agreed to (without division): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 158, 15, 222, 159, 190, 223, 16, 224, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 225 and 17.

Amendment 9 was agreed to (by division: For 5, Against 2, Abstentions 0).

The following amendments were disagreed to (by division)—

202A (For 3, Against 5, Abstentions 0)

202B (For 3, Against 5, Abstentions 0)

202 (For 3, Against 5, Abstentions 0)

203 (For 3, Against 5, Abstentions 0)

Amendments 266 and 191 were moved and, with the agreement of the Committee, withdrawn.

Amendments 267 and 204 were not moved.

Sections 91, 92, 96, 97, 99, 100, 103, 104, 105, schedule 2, sections 106 and 108 were agreed to without amendment.

Sections 90, 93, 94, 95, 98, 101, 102, schedule 3, section 107 and the Long Title were agreed to as amended.

The Committee completed Stage 2 consideration of the Bill.

4. Annual report: The Committee agreed its annual report for the parliamentary year from 9 May 2007 to 8 May 2008.

5. European matters: The Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government regarding developments in relation to cross-border health services and to agree a by correspondence a draft response to the European and External Relations Committee. The Committee also agreed to hold an away day during the summer recess to discuss its forthcoming work programme, including its scrutiny of European matters.

6. Finance Committee’s review of the budget process: The Committee agreed its response to the Finance Committee’s consultation.

The meeting closed at 12.19 pm.

Tracey White
Clerk to the Committee