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The Cabinet Secretary reiterated in evidence that the Bill focuses on non-executive members and “takes targeted action in response to our new powers”iiiOfficial Report, 26 October 2017, Col. 15, and that there are broader equality issues for boards.
Your views
As part of the inquiry, the Committee undertook a call for views which closed on 26 September 2023. Evidence sessions started in November 2023.
Official Report of Meeting 14 January 2026
Written Submissions
PE2078/A: Scottish Government submission of 20 February 2024
PE2078/B: Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care submission, 13 June 2024
PE2078/C: Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care written submission, 26 March 2025.
This qualitative study was based on 12 focus groups with women entrepreneurs (6 with start-ups and 6 with growth businesses) in 6 regions in Scotland and individual interviews with 12 women entrepreneurs and 26 enterprise support organisation staff in Scotland.