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The cabinet secretary said in her opening statement that we have supported the appointment of a director for digital participation at the SCVO. To pick up on Mary Fee’s final comments, the logic for that is twofold.
I do not think that any members want the game to be conducted in what one witness described as “a Mary Poppins atmosphere”, so sanitised as to be sterile of emotion or passion.
We are also considering how we can take advantage of workplace-based weight monitoring and engage employers to play their part in making such services available to their employees.I assure Mary Scanlon that we are determined to make progress in tackling obesity, which is one of our major public health challenges.
I am sympathetic to the spirit of Mary Fee’s amendments. I commend the briefing on the subject that we received from the Equality Network, which covers many of the comments that Mary Fee made.
The next question is, that amendment S3M-5267.1, in the name of Mary Mulligan, which seeks to amend motion S3M-5267, in the name of Nicola Sturgeon, on the Child Poverty Bill, which is United Kingdom legislation, be agreed to.
Is the system going to be very different or will there be only minor changes? As Mary Pitcaithly said, the 2012 election was perceived at the time to have been a very successful event.
I disagree with some of the points that Mary Scanlon made about where the money should go, because I think that the schools are best placed to make up their minds on that.