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The Official Report is a written record of public meetings of the Parliament and committees.  

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 29 July 2025
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Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

Independent Review into Racism in Scottish Cricket

Meeting date: 24 January 2023

Dr Sandesh Gulhane

I would not really expect you to be able to answer that question. Individual instances of racism can be stopped through education; it does not take much to move away from that. On the other hand, it takes a lot to move away from institutional racism. Do you feel that you should be undertaking work on that?

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

Independent Review into Racism in Scottish Cricket

Meeting date: 24 January 2023

Dr Sandesh Gulhane

I will pause you there. What is the timescale for that?

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

Food Standards Scotland

Meeting date: 24 January 2023

Dr Sandesh Gulhane

Absolutely. It is not the only solution, and we need to do a lot more, but it is certainly important, and we need to spend time educating people on that.

Look at Scotland’s diet. We in Scotland are one of the fattest nations in the world. I cannot really talk, because I am overweight, but I am working hard to lose weight. I am trying to lose weight not because I want to look better but for health reasons and to make sure that I do not progress to type 2 diabetes, for example. It is important that we frame the conversation around health, not looks.

I have a few questions. Can Food Standards Scotland look at things such as meal deals, for example? I do not know anyone who would choose a banana over a bag of crisps or a chocolate bar. The cost of such things does not make sense to me. Is there anything that you could do to offer free fruit with a meal deal or something along those lines?

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

Independent Review into Racism in Scottish Cricket

Meeting date: 24 January 2023

Dr Sandesh Gulhane

One of the things that I was very pleased to hear about was the appointment of an HR team. At our meeting last October, Tess White was very clear about the importance of HR. I was very disappointed with the answers that we got back about that, so that is a very pleasing step that you have taken.

Gordon, you said that you have different districts doing things differently, but surely you accept that the unacceptable is unacceptable. It does not matter how you break it down: what happened was totally unacceptable.

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

Independent Review into Racism in Scottish Cricket

Meeting date: 24 January 2023

Dr Sandesh Gulhane

This is a leading question for either Forbes or Anjan: what is the ethnic diversity mix of your players at differing age groups?

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

Independent Review into Racism in Scottish Cricket

Meeting date: 24 January 2023

Dr Sandesh Gulhane

I asked Cricket Scotland about its data on ethnicity. Do you have that data for other sports?

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

Independent Review into Racism in Scottish Cricket

Meeting date: 24 January 2023

Dr Sandesh Gulhane

I asked Anjan Luthra whether he was in contact with people in other sports around Scotland. Would it be helpful to have regular meetings at chair level? Given that Cricket Scotland is going through a formal detailed process and is having to innovate on a lot of things, surely that is the type of work that should be going on throughout all sport in Scotland and, actually, UK wide.

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

Food Standards Scotland

Meeting date: 24 January 2023

Dr Sandesh Gulhane

When I went to the Royal Highland Show, some of the producers told me that, through their work, they can tell exactly what is in the mince and where it has come from, which is quite incredible.

I am not sure whether you will be able answer my last question, but I want to ask it. Along with food safety, food security is important. With the war in Ukraine and possible future conflicts on the horizon, I am incredibly concerned about whether we can ensure food security in Scotland and the rest of the United Kingdom. Is that an area that you are working on? Can you ensure that food security?

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

Independent Review into Racism in Scottish Cricket

Meeting date: 24 January 2023

Dr Sandesh Gulhane

How can you possibly look at racism and at what is going on with the drop-out rate if you do not know about that? That is vital.

I have a final question. Anjan, what is your commitment with other sport around Scotland? Also, what barriers do other sport face?

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

Food Standards Scotland

Meeting date: 24 January 2023

Dr Sandesh Gulhane

On the issue of choice, I often hear people saying that they struggle to know what to buy and struggle to cook. Lots of companies—we do not want to promote them, but I am thinking of companies such as HelloFresh and Gousto—create a food box to send to people. You get everything that you need, with step-by-step instructions on how to cook the meal, but they are very expensive. Would it be useful for supermarkets to create things that are easy to pick up, so that people would not have to get their onions from one place and then walk across the supermarket to get something else? Instead, the supermarket could give them a card that shows that the ingredients are all in one place and easy to find, and that shows how to cook the soup, the casserole or whatever they are looking for.