Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

Meeting date: Tuesday, March 14, 2023

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Decision on Taking Business in Private

Good morning, and welcome to the ninth meeting in 2023 of the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee. I have not received any apologies.

I thank everyone who came along to our informal engagement sessions in Dunfermline yesterday. Those sessions were extremely informative—not to mention fun; the latter ones were especially fun—and they will be very useful in informing our inquiry into female participation in sport and physical activity. We had an informal round-table session with the Scottish Sports Association and many other sports bodies from throughout Scotland, which was extremely informative.? We then went on to the Carnegie Judo Club and heard about the Fighting Chance Project in Dunfermline. We finished off at Dunfermline Reign Basketball Club, which hosted us. We were put through our paces in both clubs—some of us more than others. We will see that when the photographs emerge from the sessions. It was a fantastic opportunity to speak to women from a couple of different demographics who are involved in sport. I thank them for hosting us.

The first item on our agenda is to decide whether to take items 5 and 6 in private. Do members agree that we should take those items in private?

Members indicated agreement.