Health and Sport Committee

Meeting date: Tuesday, September 5, 2017

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Interests

Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the 18th meeting in 2017 of the Health and Sport Committee. I welcome everyone back from recess. I am sure that you are fully refreshed and that we all have our new school bag and pencil case with us for the new term.

I ask everyone in the room to ensure that their mobile phones are switched off or to silent. You can use them for social media, but do not film or record proceedings.

The first item on our agenda is a declaration of interests. In accordance with section 3 of the “Code of Conduct for Members of the Scottish Parliament”, I invite Brian Whittle to declare any interests relevant to the committee’s remit. I remind members that any declaration should be brief but sufficiently detailed to make clear to any listener the nature of the interest.

Thank you, convener. I am director of a collaboration and communication platform that includes healthcare in its clientele. I do not take an active part in that business anymore or take any remuneration from it.

I am also a board member of the west of Scotland NSPCC and—pertinent to today’s meeting—a level 4 coach, a former chair of Athletics Coaches Scotland and a member of the European Coaching Association.

Thank you, Brian, and welcome to the committee. It is only right that we also put on record our thanks to Donald Cameron for his work when he was a member of the committee.