We come to agenda item 3. Paper HS/S4/13/3/10 is by the clerks and our Europe reporter, Aileen McLeod. Aileen is not with us today, but members have the paper and I invite comments on it.
I thank Aileen McLeod for her input and for taking on the role of reporter. I am keen to have active and healthy ageing on the agenda. I attended a conference on that in Canada, and I know that the European Commission is doing a lot of work on it. It is obviously relevant for this committee to explore that, so I support that recommendation.
The basic decision that we have to make is on the priority topics that Aileen McLeod has suggested. Those are the e-health action plan for 2012 to 2020 and the European innovation partnership on active and healthy ageing, which Bob Doris referred to. We also need to consider—although this is not an either/or option—whether to monitor the UK Government’s review of the balance of competences and ascertain how the Scottish Government intends to respond before considering our approach; and to keep under review any developments concerning the two main priorities from 2012, which were revision of the tobacco products directive and a package of innovation in health and medical devices.
That concludes our meeting. I thank members for their participation and patience.
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