Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 5, and equivalent items relating to evidence on the Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill on future agendas, in private. 2. Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from— Eleanor Deeming, Legal Officer, Scottish Human Rights Commission; Dr Tara Shivaji, Consultant in Public Health Medicine, Public Health Scotland; Hilary Steele, Solicitor, Law Society of Scotland; and then from— Dr Peter Rice, Former Chair, Royal College of Psychiatrists in Scotland; Lyndsey Turfus, Chair of Substance Use Subgroup, Social Work Scotland; Dr Chris William, Vice Chair, Royal College of General Practitioners Scotland. 3. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on the National Health Service (Common Staffing Method) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 from— Neil Gray, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Erin Murphy, Policy Manager, Nursing and Midwifery Policy Team, and Christopher Thompson, Team Leader - National Workforce Planning, Guidance and Strategy, Scottish Government. 4. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instruments— National Health Service (Common Staffing Method) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 5. Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 2.