Committee
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee 24 February 2026 [Draft]
24 Feb 2026 · S6 · Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Item of business
Non-surgical Procedures and Functions of Medical Reviewers (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
:I would be very happy to discuss that with Dr Gulhane in the lead-up to stage 3.I am content to consider discussions with Mr Balfour on his amendment 37, because I absolutely understand where it is coming from with regard to the underlying issues.I welcome the indication that Mr Golden will not be pressing his amendments in the group. However, if he decides to press them, I ask members not to support them, and I will continue discussions with him into stage 3.09:30I remind members that I already intend that a consultation requirement will be added to all the affirmative powers in the bill, so I hope that you all agree that it is unnecessary to put in place a further requirement, especially one that will prevent that power from being used effectively.I urge members to support the amendments in my name, which are critical to ensuring that the bill captures the intended procedures but does not capture anything else and that it works effectively with the licensing statutory instrument.I press amendment 6.Amendment 6 agreed to.Amendments 7 and 8 moved—Jenni Minto—and agreed to.
In the same item of business
The Convener (Clare Haughey)
SNP
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...
The Convener
SNP
Amendment 5, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendments 28, 30 and 34.
The Minister for Public Health and Women’s Health (Jenni Minto)
SNP
As this is the first group of amendments to be considered, I will make some quick general comments. I thank committee members for their consideration to date...
The Convener
SNP
No other member has indicated that they wish to speak to amendment 5. I call the minister to wind up.
Jenni Minto
SNP
:The amendments are necessary to meet the ambition to set training standards in the future.Amendment 5 agreed to.
The Convener
SNP
Amendment 6, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendments 7, 8, 64, 65, 36, 37, 10, 38, 11 to 17, 39 and 18 to 21.
Jenni Minto
SNP
:I am pleased to speak to this group, which includes amendments on several issues relating to the fundamental definition of a non-surgical procedure. I will ...
Sandesh Gulhane (Glasgow) (Con)
Con
I declare an interest as a practising national health service general practitioner.I will start with amendment 6, and I would like to directly ask the minist...
Maurice Golden (North East Scotland) (Con)
Con
As a result of an article appearing in a national newspaper today, I should put on the record that my girlfriend works in the aesthetics sector. Private live...
Jeremy Balfour (Lothian) (Ind)
Ind
Good morning to the minister and her team.My amendments are the result of, first, my discussions with a number of constituents who have raised concerns with ...
Joe FitzPatrick (Dundee City West) (SNP)
SNP
I am very sympathetic to Dr Gulhane’s amendments 64 and 65. I wonder whether the minister would consider agreeing to discuss those amendments further with Dr...
Jenni Minto
SNP
:I am grateful to members for their contributions to the discussion on this group, which covers some very important issues. The complexity of aspects of the ...
Sandesh Gulhane
Con
:Would the minister consider changing “clinical trial” in amendment 6 to “regulated clinical trial”?
Jenni Minto
SNP
:I would be very happy to discuss that with Dr Gulhane in the lead-up to stage 3.I am content to consider discussions with Mr Balfour on his amendment 37, be...
The Convener
SNP
Amendment 9, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendments 9, 22, 22A to 22D, 40, 23, 68, 69, 24, 41, 71, 25, 42, 43, 73, 44, 31, 112, 113, 60 and ...
Jenni Minto
SNP
:This group of amendments goes to the heart of the bill. It contains amendments to section 4, which sets out the most important public safety provisions on w...
The Convener
SNP
Maurice Golden will speak to amendment 22A and other amendments in the group.
Maurice Golden
Con
:I have lodged probing amendments on two areas, the first of which is permitted premises. The rationale behind those amendments is that they would allow perm...
Stuart McMillan (Greenock and Inverclyde) (SNP)
SNP
Before I speak about amendment 22C, I thank the minister for taking the bill forward and for listening to concerns from the sector. Safety is the paramount d...
Sandesh Gulhane
Con
:I will make general comments on this group of amendments. If we are talking about permitted premises under HIS standards, we are saying that a basic standar...
Emma Harper (South Scotland) (SNP)
SNP
Botulinum toxin comes in a multidose vial, so one vial would be used for more than one person. That raises issues of the traceability of that vial, its expir...
Sandesh Gulhane
Con
:I would agree. Further, the documentation about when the vial came out of the fridge and went back in the fridge, and how long it had been open for, is vita...
Jenni Minto
SNP
:I am grateful to members for the points that they have raised and I urge them to support amendments 9, 22 to 25 and 31. I ask Maurice Golden and Stuart McMi...
The Convener
SNP
Does Sandesh Gulhane wish to move amendment 64?
Sandesh Gulhane
Con
:I feel that removing osteopaths from the bill is important, so I move amendment 64.
The Convener
SNP
The question is, that amendment 64 be agreed to. Are we agreed?Members: No.
The Convener
SNP
There will be a division.
ForGulhane, Sandesh (Glasgow) (Con)Whittle, Brian (South Scotland) (Con)AgainstFitzPatrick, Joe (Dundee City West) (SNP)Harper, Emma (South Scotland) (SNP)Ha...
The Convener
SNP
The result of the division is: For 2, Against 8, Abstentions 0.Amendment 64 disagreed to.Amendments 65 and 36 not moved.
The Convener
SNP
Does Jeremy Balfour wish to move amendment 37?