Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 19 February 2026 [Draft]
19 Feb 2026 · S6 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
General Question Time
Population Health Framework
Giving evidence to the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee, the chief medical officer stated:
“Our prevention agenda is one of the most important things that we can try to do nationally to ensure that we have a sustainable health and care system for the future.”—[Official Report, Health, Social Care and Sport Committee, 10 February 2026; c 5.]
It is clear that we need to do more on prevention to keep people well and, over time, to reduce the burden on the national health service. When will we see comprehensive bans on marketing of alcohol, foods that are high in fat, salt and sugar, and vaping?
In the same item of business
2. Gillian Mackay (Central Scotland) (Green)
Green
To ask the Scottish Government how the population health framework will help to tackle the commercial determinants of health. (S6O-05532)
The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care (Neil Gray)
SNP
The population health framework sets out a range of actions to tackle the drivers of ill health, including harms caused by alcohol, tobacco and vapes, overwe...
Gillian Mackay
Green
Giving evidence to the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee, the chief medical officer stated:“Our prevention agenda is one of the most important things t...
Neil Gray
SNP
I agree with the chief medical officer and with Gillian Mackay in her assessment of the need to ensure that we move to a more preventative upstream approach....