Minutes: 30 September 2025

1. Choice of Temporary Convener:

 The Committee chose David Torrance as its Temporary Convener.

2. Decision on taking business in private:

The Committee agreed to take item 5 in private.

3. ADHD and ASD pathways and support:

The Committee took evidence from—

Bill Colley, Chair, Scottish ADHD Coalition;

Dani Cosgrove, Chief Operating Officer, Stronger Together for Autism and Neurodivergence (STAND);

Rob Holland, Director, National Autistic Society Scotland;

Mark McDonald, Media and Policy Officer, Scottish Autism;

and then from—

Kabie Brook, Chair, Autism Rights Group Highland (ARGH);

Matthew Day, National One Stop Shop Manager, Number 6;

Sofia Farzana, Director and Co-founder, Scottish Ethnic Minority Autistics (SEMA);

Lyndsay Macadam, Chief Executive Officer, SWAN Scotland.

4. Subordinate legislation:

The Committee considered the following negative instrument—

National Health Service (Common Staffing Method) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2025

5. ADHD and ASD pathways and support (in private):

The Committee agreed to consider the evidence it heard earlier at its next meeting.