Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Meeting Minutes
3rd Meeting, 2022
- Date: Tuesday, January 25, 2022
- Session: 6
- Location: www.scottishparliament.tv
- Meeting opened at: 09:00
- Meeting closed at: 12:31
- Published: Tuesday, January 25, 2022 02:17pm
Committee Members Attendees
- Gillian Martin (Convener)
- Paul O'Kane (Deputy Convener)
- Stephanie Callaghan (Member)
- Dr. Sandesh Gulhane (Member)
- Emma Harper (Member)
- Gillian Mackay (Member)
- Carol Mochan (Member)
- David Torrance (Member)
- Evelyn Tweed (Member)
- Sue Webber (Member)
1 Decision on taking business in private:
The Committee decided to take items 4 and 5 in private.
2 Health and Wellbeing of Children and Young People:
The Committee took evidence from—
Dr Josie Booth, Senior Lecturer in Developmental Psychology, University of Edinburgh;
Mike Corbett, National Official (Scotland), NASUWT;
Kevin Kane, Policy and Research Manager, YouthLink Scotland;
Jacqueline Lynn, Head of School and Community Sport, SportScotland;
Judy Edwards, Service Manager, Stirling Council.
The following interests were declared—
Sue Webber as a councillor at City of Edinburgh Council.
Evelyn Tweed as a councillor at Stirling Council.
3 National Planning Framework 4 :
The Committee took evidence from—
Professor Jamie Pearce, Professor of Health Geography, School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh;
Dr Matt Lowther, Head of Communities and Local Partners, Public Health Scotland;
Irene Beautyman, Place and Wellbeing Partnership Lead, Improvement Service.
The following interests were declared—
Stephanie Callaghan as a councillor at South Lanarkshire Council.
4 Health and Wellbeing of Children and Young People:
The Committee considered the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 2.
5 National Planning Framework 4:
The Committee considered the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 3 and agreed to write to the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee as the lead Scottish Parliamentary Committee with responsibility for scrutiny of the draft framework.