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Subject to Parliamentary Bureau approval of the Committee’s request to meet at the same time as plenary business, the Committee will reconvene at 18:00 in Committee Room 4 to continue its consideration.

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Emma Johnston on 85225 or at [email protected]

The committee will meet at 9:00am at T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room and will be broadcast on

1. Prevention of Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—

Dr Emma Forbes, National Lead for Domestic Abuse, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service.

Professor Liz Gilchrist, Criminal Law Committee, Law Society of Scotland.

Detective Superintendent Adam Brown, Police Scotland.

Glyn Lloyd, Chief Social Work Officer and Head of Children's and Community Justice Services Dundee City Council and Chair of Justice Standing Committee, Social Work Scotland.

2. Prevention of Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Bill: (In Private) The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 1.

3. Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Bill: (In Private) The Committee will consider a draft Stage 1 report.

4. Pre-Budget Scrutiny: (In Private) The Committee will consider a draft report on its Pre-Budget Scrutiny.

5. Inquiry into the harm caused by substance misuse in Scottish prisons: (In Private) The Committee will consider a draft report.

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Stephen Imrie on 85931 or at [email protected]

The committee will meet at 9:00am at TG.40-CR1 The Burns Room and will be broadcast on

1. Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Bill: (In Private) The Committee will consider a draft Stage 1 report.

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Pauline McIntyre on 85252 or at [email protected]

The committee will meet at 9:30am at T1.40-CR5 The Smith Room and will be broadcast on

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 4 in private.

2. Consideration of continued petitions:

The Committee will consider the following continued petitions—

PE2099: Stop the proposed centralisation of specialist neonatal units in NHS Scotland. The Committee will take evidence from—

Jenni Minto, Minister for Public Health and Women’s Health, Kirstie Campbell, Unit Head, Maternity, Neonatal and IVF Policy, and Danielle Le Poidevin, Neonatal Policy Manager, Scottish Government

and then consider—

PE1952: Specialist services for patients with autonomic dysfunction;

PE2031: Provide insulin pumps to all children with type 1 diabetes in Scotland;

PE2038: Commission suitable NHS services for people with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and hyper mobility spectrum disorders;

PE2080: Implement the recommended screening guidelines for people with Li Fraumeni Syndrome;

PE2086: Recognise the vaccine injured and offer appropriate treatment;

PE2125: End the pause on new NHS building projects and prioritise capital funding for primary care buildings;

PE1876: Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape;

PE1995: Improve support for victims of spiking;

PE2081: Make chronic kidney disease a key clinical priority;

PE2102: Require anyone found guilty of rape or sexual assault to be registered as a sex offender;

PE2145: Bring in compulsory microchipping for cats in Scotland; and

PE2147: Create more women-only homeless accommodation that protects and meets the specific needs of women.

3. Consideration of new petitions:

The Committee will consider the following new petitions—

PE2174: Stop council tax debt collection;

PE2179: Strengthen veto powers when assessing Business Improvement District proposals;

PE2184: Provide BID levy relief to charities and non-profit organisations;

PE2186: Review the Personal Footcare Guidance to ensure equity to access footcare services in rural and remote areas in Scotland;

PE2189: Remove legal protected status for gulls to help reduce their numbers in residential areas; and

PE2195: Establish a kindergarten stage in Scottish education.

4. Consideration of evidence: The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 2.

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Jyoti Chandola on 85227 or at [email protected]

The committee will meet at 9:30am at T1.60-CR4 The Clerk Maxwell Room and will be broadcast on

1. Digital Assets (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—

Greg McLardie, Co-Founder and CEO, Two Hands.

Professor Jill Robbie, Professor of Property Law and the Natural Environment, University of Glasgow.

Professor Burkhard Schafer, Co-investigator, DeCaDe.

2. Digital Assets (Scotland) Bill: (In Private) The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 1.

3. Work programme: (In Private) The Committee will consider its work programme.

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Anne Peat on 85182 or at [email protected]

The committee will meet at 9:30am at TG.60-CR3 The Fleming Room and will be broadcast on

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take agenda items 4, 5, 6 and 7 in private.

2. Improving care experience: Delivering The Promise: The Committee will take evidence from—

Neil Rennick, Director-General Education and Justice, Andrew Watson, Director for Children and Families, and Gavin Henderson, Deputy Director for Care Experience, Children's Services and the Promise, Scottish Government.

Fraser McKinlay, Chief Executive, The Promise Scotland.

David Anderson, Chair of the Oversight Board for Keeping the Promise.

Nicola Dickie, Director of People Policy and Fiona Whitelock, Policy Manager, The Promise, COSLA.

3. The 2024/25 audit of NHS Tayside: The Committee will take evidence from—

Stephen Boyle, Auditor General for Scotland.

Rachel Browne, Audit Director and Eva Thomas-Tudo, Audit Manager, Audit Scotland.

4. The 2024/25 audit of NHS Tayside: The Committee will consider the evidence heard at agenda item 3 and take further evidence from—

Stephen Boyle, Auditor General for Scotland.

Rachel Browne, Audit Director and Eva Thomas-Tudo, Audit Manager, Audit Scotland.

5. Improving care experience: Delivering The Promise: The Committee will consider the evidence heard at agenda item 2 and take further evidence from—

Stephen Boyle, Auditor General for Scotland.

Jillian Matthew, Senior Manager, and Claire Tennyson, Audit Manager, Audit Scotland.

6. Improving care experience: Delivering The Promise: The Committee will consider the evidence heard at agenda items 2 and 5 and agree any further action it wishes to take.

7. The 2024/25 audit of NHS Tayside: The Committee will consider the evidence heard at agenda items 3 and 4 and agree any further action it wishes to take.

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Katrina Venters at [email protected]

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