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Health, Social Care and Sport Committee 24 February 2026 [Draft]

24 Feb 2026 · S6 · Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

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Non-surgical Procedures and Functions of Medical Reviewers (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2

Haughey, Clare SNP Rutherglen Watch on SPTV

Good morning, and welcome to the ninth meeting in 2026 of the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee. I have received no apologies.Our first and only agenda item is consideration of the Non-surgical Procedures and Functions of Medical Reviewers (Scotland) Bill at stage 2. I will briefly explain, for anyone watching, the procedure that we will be following during today’s proceedings.Members should have with them a copy of the bill, the marshalled list and the groupings. Those documents are available on the bill web page on the Scottish Parliament’s website, for anyone observing.I will call each amendment individually in the order on the marshalled list. The member who has lodged the amendment should either move it or say, “Not moved,” when it is called. If that member does not move the amendment, any other member present may do so.The groupings of amendments set out the order in which they will be debated. There will be one debate on each group of amendments. In each debate, I will call the member who lodged the first amendment in the group to speak to and move that amendment and to speak to all other amendments in the group. I will then call other members with amendments in the group to speak to—but not to move—their amendments and to speak to other amendments in the group if they wish to do so.I will then call any other member who wishes to speak in the debate. Members wishing to speak should indicate as much by catching my attention or the attention of the clerk. I will then call the minister, if she has not already spoken in the debate.Finally, I will call the member who moved the first amendment in the group to wind up and to indicate whether they wish to press or withdraw the amendment. If the amendment is pressed, I will put the question on it. If a member seeks to withdraw an amendment after it has been moved and debated, I will ask whether any member present objects. If there is an objection, I will immediately put the question on the amendment. Later amendments in the group are not debated again when they are reached. If they are moved, I will put the question on them straight away.If there is a division, only committee members are entitled to vote. Voting is by a show of hands. It is important that members keep their hands raised clearly until the clerk has recorded their names. If there is a tie, I must exercise a casting vote.The committee is also required to consider and decide on each section of and schedule to the bill and the long title. I will put the question on each of those provisions at the appropriate point.At the bill’s introduction, the Presiding Officer determined that a financial resolution was not required for it. Under rule 9.12.6C of standing orders, the Presiding Officer has determined that the costs associated with amendment 105 would exceed the current threshold at which a bill requires a financial resolution. Therefore, in stage 2 proceedings, amendment 105 may be debated but may not be agreed to in the absence of a financial resolution.The Presiding Officer has also ruled that amendments 36, 37, 50, 52, 54, 93, 94, 98 to 100, 104, 28, 106, 59, 107 to 111 and 35 are cost-bearing amendments. However, the potential cumulative cost of the amendments would not require a financial resolution. As such, those amendments and any amendments that would be consequential on them will be debated and the questions will be put on them as normal at stage 2.Section 1—Meaning of “non-surgical procedure”

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