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Mental health is a priority for HEBS and in our health promotion efforts generally.The £26 million health improvement fund that Susan Deacon announced last month includes resources for measures aimed at promoting good mental well-being and tackling suicide among young people.
Subordinate Legislation I welcome to the committee Lewis Macdonald, the Deputy Minister for Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning, and Karen Martin, James Howe, Jonathan Moore and Caroline Lyon, who are officials from the Scottish Executive.
It is normal practice for the committee to give the minister the opportunity to make an initial statement and thereafter for the committee to ask questions of the minister and his officials prior to the official debate.
In response to John Home Robertson's point, I would guess that the Subordinate Legislation Committee's advice is coming from parliamentary officials, in the same way that the Executive advice is coming from Executive officials.