Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

1. Decisions on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 3 and 4 in private. 2. Pre-budget scrutiny 2026-27: The Committee will take evidence from— Emma Congreve, co-lead of the Scottish Health Equity Research Unit, University of Strathclyde Calum MacLeod, Senior Policy & Public Affairs Officer, Mental Health Foundation Professor Colin McKay, Professor of Mental Health and Capacity Law, Edinburgh Napier University Craig Smith, Public Affairs & Policy Manager, Scottish Action for Mental Health and then from— Duncan Black, Chief Officer, Finance and Resources, Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership Hamish Hamilton, Chief Finance Officer, West Lothian Integration Joint Board 3. Pre-budget scrutiny 2026-27: The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 2. 4. Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider a revised draft Stage 1 report.