Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 17 February 2026 [Draft]
17 Feb 2026 · S6 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2026
I pay tribute to the work that has gone on to develop some of the online resources, but sometimes we do not get the messages out there. I wonder whether, during the course of this week, the minister could send all those links to every single member in this place and try to ensure that those links are also circulated more widely in the community, so that we can up the number of folk who access those pages, which I agree are valuable.
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The Deputy Presiding Officer (Annabelle Ewing)
SNP
The final item of business is a members’ business debate on motion S6M-20319, in the name of Elena Whitham, on eating disorders awareness week 2026. The deba...
Elena Whitham (Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley) (SNP)
SNP
I am pleased to bring to the chamber this debate recognising eating disorders awareness week 2026, which runs from 23 February to 1 March. I thank members fr...
Emma Harper (South Scotland) (SNP)
SNP
I welcome the opportunity to speak in recognition of eating disorders awareness week 2026, and I thank Elena Whitham for leading this important debate. I hav...
Maurice Golden (North East Scotland) (Con)
Con
I am pleased to speak in support of the motion recognising eating disorders awareness week 2026, as I have done in previous years, and I thank Elena Whitham ...
Carol Mochan (South Scotland) (Lab)
Lab
I, too, thank Elena Whitham for bringing this important debate to the chamber, and I welcome the guests to the public gallery. I thank parents such as David ...
Kevin Stewart (Aberdeen Central) (SNP)
SNP
I pay tribute to my friend Elena Whitham for securing tonight’s debate. It has become an annual event in this Parliament to have a debate during eating disor...
The Minister for Social Care and Mental Wellbeing (Tom Arthur)
SNP
I am extremely grateful to Elena Whitham for lodging the motion and securing this debate to mark eating disorder awareness week. I also put on record my grat...
Kevin Stewart
SNP
I pay tribute to the work that has gone on to develop some of the online resources, but sometimes we do not get the messages out there. I wonder whether, dur...
Tom Arthur
SNP
Mr Stewart makes a constructive and helpful suggestion, and I am happy to commit to take it forward. Implicit in his point is the recognition that, although ...