As a country, we bid for the Games not just because we wanted to see some of the world's best athletes competing in Scotland, but because we saw the potential of the Games to inspire change in our society, to improve people's health and to give our children greater chances in life.Glasgow 2014 - Delivering a lasting legacy for Scotland
The Session 3 Health and Sport Committee heard from Professor Coalter who questioned whether it was realistic to claim so much potential for the Glasgow games and cautioned against raising expectations in such a way as to set them up to fail.Health and Sport Committee (Session3) Official Report, 26 March 2008
The Committee agreed two and a half years on from the Games was an appropriate moment to assess whether the Active Legacy short term ambitions were being achieved and whether they were on course to be achieved in the medium to long term.