Health and Sport Committee

Meeting date: Wednesday, June 15, 2011

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Interests

Good morning and welcome to the Health and Sport Committee’s first meeting in the Scottish Parliament’s fourth session. I remind all those who are present, including members, that mobile phones and BlackBerrys should be turned off completely, as they interfere with the sound system even when they are switched to silent.

We have received no apologies. [Interruption.] I repeat my request for anyone in the public gallery who has a mobile phone to please switch it off.

Agenda item 1 is the declaration of interests. In accordance with section 3 of the code of conduct for members of the Scottish Parliament, I invite members to declare any interests that are relevant to the committee’s remit. I remind members that any declaration should be brief but sufficiently detailed to make clear to any listener the nature of the interest.

I will start. I am a fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and a member of the Royal College of General Practitioners, of the British Medical Association, of the trade unions Unite and Community, of the Scottish Association for Mental Health, of the Scottish Drugs Forum and of the Strathcarron Hospice charity. On the sport side, I am a member of Stirling County Rugby Football Club and I have family members who are selectors for touch rugby Scotland. My other interest is that I am an honorary professor at the University of Stirling, which is the university for sporting excellence.

I have no interests to declare.

I have no interests to declare.

I declare that I am a carer and that I received carers allowance until recently. I am a member of the health libraries group of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals. My husband is a health and safety adviser who often advises in health cases.

I do not think that I have anything in particular that I must declare but, for absolute transparency, I put it on the record that I am a member of the Educational Institute of Scotland and that I am registered with the General Teaching Council for Scotland; I do not imagine that that will be a conflict of interest. My partner is a practising nurse.

I have no registered interests, but I should point out for clarity that I am a member of the GMB trade union, which organises in the health sector.

I draw the committee’s attention to my entry in the register of member’s interests and say that I have nothing further to add to it.

I am still a local government councillor and have several interests in that regard. I am a member of the local sports executive and am the chair of two sub-groups of the Association for Public Service Excellence: the United Kingdom social care sub-group; and the Scottish sports sub-group. Until last month, I worked with NHS Lanarkshire. I am also an honorary president of a bowling club, and my son is involved in the Scottish Volleyball Association.

I am a director of Jim Eadie Consulting, a consulting business that provides services and advice within healthcare in the corporate and voluntary sectors. I have not undertaken any work for clients since my election. I worked previously as the director of the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry in Scotland and I am a past member of the Scottish Medicines Consortium.