Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Meeting Minutes
20th Meeting, 2022
- Date: Tuesday, May 31, 2022
- Session: 6
- Location: TG.60-CR3 The Fleming Room
- Meeting opened at: 09:03
- Meeting closed at: 12:41
- Published: Tuesday, May 31, 2022 01:51pm
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)
- Tess White (Member)
1 Declaration of interests:
Tess White MSP did not have any relevant interests to declare.
2 Decision on taking business in private:
The Committee agreed to take item 5 in private.
The Committee agreed to take the next meeting on 7 June 2022 in private.
3 Health Inequalities:
The Committee took evidence from—
Dr Ima Jackson, Scottish Migrant Ethnic Health Research Strategy (SMEHRS) Group;
Bill Scott, Chair, Poverty and Inequality Commission;
Claire Sweeney, Director of Place and Wellbeing, Public Health Scotland;
Ed Pybus, Policy and Parliamentary Officer, Child Poverty Action Group in Scotland;
and then from—
Danny Boyle, BEMIS Scotland Senior Parliamentary and Policy Officer and National Coordinator of the EMNRN, BEMIS and Ethnic Minority National Resilience Network;
Gill Bhatti, Employee and Diversity Manager, South Lanarkshire Council;
Emma Fyvie, Senior Manager (Development), Clackmannanshire Council;
Dr Gillian Purdon, Head of Nutrition, Science and Policy, Food Standards Scotland.
4 Subordinate legislation:
The Committee considered the following negative instrument— Food and Feed Safety (Fukushima Restrictions) (Scotland) Revocation Regulations 2022
The Committee agreed to make no recommendations in relation to the instrument.
5 Health Inequalities:
The Committee considered the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 3.