Health, Care and Sport Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 6 in private. 2. Preparing for future challenges in the health, care and sport sectors - pre-budget scrutiny: The Committee will take evidence from— Angela Constance, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Care, Christine McLaughlin, Director General for Health and Social Care, Richard Foggo, Director of Population Health, and Fiona Bennett, Chief Finance Officer, Health and Social Care Finance, Scottish Government. 3. Instruments subject to annulment: The Committee will consider the Sale of Tobacco (Miscellaneous and Consequential Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2026 (SSI 2026/278). 4. Review of Evidence: (In Private) The Committee will review the evidence it heard under Item 2. 5. Pre-Budget scrutiny – approach: (In Private) The Committee will consider the evidence received during pre-budget scrutiny and its recommendations to the Scottish Government. 6. Health Bill (UK Parliament legislation) – approach: (In Private) The Committee will consider its approach to scrutiny of legislative consent memorandum LCM-S7-6 Health Bill.