1. Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill (in private): The Committee will receive a briefing from Scottish Government officials.
2. Decisions on taking business in private: Not before 9.50am
The Committee will decide whether to take item 5 in private and whether to consider, in private at future meetings, evidence heard at those meetings as part of its Stage 1 scrutiny of the Abortion (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill.
3. Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on commissioned research on comparable legislation and its implementation worldwide from—
Emily Ottley, Independent Researcher.
4. Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—
Alice Murray;
Lily Roberts;
Lucy Grieve, Co-Founder, Back Off Scotland;
Rachael Clarke, Chief of Staff, British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS);
Dr Rebecca Mason, Research and Policy Lead, The Young Women’s Movement.
5. Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda items 3 and 4.