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The Convener (Margaret McCulloch) Lab Committee
11 May 2015
Age and Social Isolation
Madainn mhath. Fàilte gu coinneamh na comataidh. Welcome to the ninth meeting in 2015 of the Equal Opportunities Committee. I ask everyone to switch their electronic devices to flight mode or to switch them off altogether. We will begin with introductions. We are supported a...
The Convener (Margaret McCulloch) Lab Committee
03 Oct 2013
Decision on Taking Business in Private
Welcome to the Equal Opportunities Committee’s 25th meeting in 2013. I ask everyone to switch any electronic devices to flight mode or to turn them off.At the table we have our clerking and research team, together with official reporters. Around the room we are supported by br...
The Convener (Margaret McCulloch) Lab Committee
26 Sep 2013
Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
Welcome to the 24th meeting in 2013 of the Equal Opportunities Committee. Please set any electronic devices to flight mode or switch them off.Our clerking and research teams and official reporters are here. Around the room, we are supported by broadcasting services and securit...
The Convener (Margaret McCulloch) Lab Committee
10 Oct 2013
Draft Budget Scrutiny 2014-15
Welcome to the 26th meeting in 2013 of the Equal Opportunities Committee. I ask everyone present to switch off all electronic devices or put them on flight mode. We have received apologies from Alex Johnstone.I will begin with introductions. At the table we have our clerking a...
The Convener (Margaret McCulloch) Lab Committee
12 Sep 2013
Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
Welcome to the 22nd meeting in 2013 of the Equal Opportunities Committee. I ask those present to switch off or put into flight mode any electronic devices. The Parliament’s photographer is present and will be here for a few minutes while he takes some photographs. At the table...
The Convener (Margaret McCulloch) Lab Committee
28 Nov 2013
Work Programme
Welcome to the Equal Opportunities Committee’s 31st meeting in 2013. I ask everyone to switch off their electronic devices or put them into flight mode.Around the table are staff from our clerking and research teams, the official report and broadcasting services. We are also s...
The Convener (Margaret McCulloch) Lab Committee
20 Mar 2014
Fathers and Parenting
Welcome to the Equal Opportunities Committee’s sixth meeting in 2014. I ask everyone to set any electronic devices to flight mode or to switch them off, please.Today’s only agenda item is an evidence session on our fathers and parenting inquiry. We will start the session with ...
The Convener (Margaret McCulloch) Lab Committee
30 Jan 2014
Witness Expenses
Welcome to the second meeting in 2014 of the Equal Opportunities Committee. Please switch off any electronic devices or set them to flight mode.We will start with introductions. We are supported at the table by the clerking and research staff, official reporters and broadcasti...
The Convener (Margaret McCulloch) Lab Committee
13 Mar 2014
Decision on Taking Business in Private
Welcome to the fifth meeting in 2014 of the Equal Opportunities Committee. Please set any electronic devices to flight mode or switch them off.Today’s first agenda item is a decision on taking business in private. The committee is asked to agree to take item 3, on our inquiry ...
The Convener (Margaret McCulloch) Lab Committee
05 Jun 2014
Equality and Human Rights Commission
Welcome to the 11th meeting in 2014 of the Equal Opportunities Committee. Please set any electronic devices to flight mode or switch them off. Agenda item 1 is an update from the Equality and Human Rights Commission. We agreed to seek an update from it on a range of policy ar...
The Convener (Margaret McCulloch) Lab Committee
09 Oct 2014
Decision on Taking Business in Private
Welcome to the 16th meeting in 2014 of the Equal Opportunities Committee. I ask everyone to switch off electronic devices or set them to flight mode. Do members agree to take item 3, which is consideration of our work programme, in private? Members indicated agreement.
The Convener (Margaret McCulloch) Lab Committee
27 Mar 2014
Decisions on Taking Business in Private
I welcome everyone to the seventh meeting in 2014 of the Equal Opportunities Committee. I ask everyone to set their electronic devices to flight mode or to switch them off. We will begin with introductions. At the table, we have our clerking and research team, together with o...
The Convener (Margaret McCulloch) Lab Committee
19 Jun 2014
Female Genital Mutilation
I welcome everyone to the 12th meeting in 2014 of the Equal Opportunities Committee and ask everyone to set their electronic devices to flight mode or to switch them off. The first agenda item is an evidence session on female genital mutilation. We will start the session with...
The Convener (Margaret McCulloch) Lab Committee
06 Nov 2014
Draft Budget Scrutiny 2015-16
I welcome everybody to the Equal Opportunities Committee’s 17th meeting in 2014. I ask everyone to set any electronic devices to flight mode or to switch them off, please. I would like to start with introductions. We are supported at the table by the clerking and research tea...
The Convener (Margaret McCulloch) Lab Committee
13 Nov 2014
Draft Budget Scrutiny 2015-16
I welcome everyone to the 18th meeting in 2014 of the Equal Opportunities Committee. Will everyone please switch off their electronic devices or put them into flight mode? I like to start with introductions. We are supported by clerking and research staff, official reporters,...
The Convener (Margaret McCulloch) Lab Committee
20 Nov 2014
Decisions on Taking Business in Private
Welcome to the 19th meeting in 2014 of the Equal Opportunities Committee. I ask everyone to switch their electronic devices to flight mode or turn them off altogether. I will start with introductions. We are supported at the table by the clerking and research staff, official ...
The Convener (Margaret McCulloch) Lab Committee
11 Dec 2014
Subordinate Legislation
Welcome to the Equal Opportunities Committee’s 21st meeting in 2014. I ask everyone to set any electronic devices to flight mode or switch them off. We are supported at the table by clerking and research staff, official reporters and broadcasting services and, around the room...
The Convener (Margaret McCulloch) Lab Committee
15 Jan 2015
Interests
Happy new year, everyone, and welcome to the first meeting in 2015 of the Equal Opportunities Committee. I ask everyone to switch off their mobile devices or put them in flight mode. We have received apologies from John Finnie. Agenda item 1 is a declaration of interests. I w...
The Convener (Margaret McCulloch) Lab Committee
19 Feb 2015
Decision on Taking Business in Private
Welcome to the third meeting in 2015 of the Equal Opportunities Committee. Please set any electronic devices to flight mode or switch them off. We will start with introductions. We are supported at the table by clerking and research staff, official reporters and broadcasting ...
The Convener (Margaret McCulloch) Lab Committee
05 Mar 2015
Age and Social Isolation
Welcome to the fourth meeting in 2015 of the Equal Opportunities Committee. I ask everyone to set any electronic devices to flight mode or to switch them off. I will start with introductions. We are supported at the table by the clerking and research staff, official reporters...
The Convener (Margaret McCulloch) Lab Committee
16 Mar 2015
Interests
Welcome, everyone, to the fifth meeting in 2015 of the Equal Opportunities Committee. Anyone who has an electronic device should put it in flight mode or switch it off, please. I welcome Annabel Goldie to the meeting as a new committee member, and ask her to declare any regis...
The Convener (Margaret McCulloch) Lab Committee
26 Mar 2015
Age and Social Isolation
Welcome to the Equal Opportunities Committee’s sixth meeting in 2015. I ask everyone to set any electronic devices to flight mode or switch them off. We will start with introductions. We are supported at the table by clerking and research staff, official reporters and broadca...
The Convener (Margaret McCulloch) Lab Committee
02 Apr 2015
Decision on Taking Business in Private
Welcome to the seventh meeting of the Equal Opportunities Committee in 2015. I ask everyone to set their electronic devices to flight mode or to switch them off, please. I will start with introductions. We are supported at the table by clerking and research staff, official r...
The Convener (Margaret McCulloch) Lab Committee
23 Apr 2015
Decision on Taking Business in Private
I welcome everyone to the eighth meeting in 2015 of the Equal Opportunities Committee. I ask everyone to set any electronic devices to flight mode or to switch them off, please. I will start with introductions. We are supported at the table by clerking and research staff, off...
The Convener Lab Committee
18 Jun 2015
Tackling Sectarianism
Again, I welcome everyone to the meeting and ask everyone to set any electronic devices to flight mode or to switch them off, please. We will start with our usual introductions. I am the committee’s convener. I invite members to introduce themselves in turn.
The Convener (Margaret McCulloch) Lab Committee
25 Jun 2015
Race, Ethnicity and Employment
I welcome everyone to the 13th meeting in 2015 of the Equal Opportunities Committee. Please switch off any electronic devices or put them into flight mode. I will start with introductions. We are supported at the table by the clerking and research staff, official reporters an...
The Convener (Margaret McCulloch) Lab Committee
03 Sep 2015
Interests
Good morning and welcome to the 14th meeting in 2015 of the Equal Opportunities Committee. I ask everyone to set their electronic devices to flight mode or to switch them off. I will start with introductions. I should point out first of all that we are supported at the table ...
The Convener (Margaret McCulloch) Lab Committee
17 Sep 2015
Race, Ethnicity and Employment
Good morning everybody and welcome to the 15th meeting in 2015 of the Equal Opportunities Committee. Please set any electronic devices to flight mode or switch them off. I will start with introductions. We are supported at the table by the clerk and research staff, official r...
The Convener (Margaret McCulloch) Lab Committee
24 Sep 2015
Decision on Taking Business in Private
Welcome to the Equal Opportunities Committee’s 16th meeting in 2015. Please set any electronic devices to flight mode or switch them off. I start with introductions. We are supported at the table by clerking and research staff, an official reporter, broadcasting services and,...
The Convener (Margaret McCulloch) Lab Committee
01 Oct 2015
Decision on Taking Business in Private
Welcome to the 17th meeting in 2015 of the Equal Opportunities Committee. Please set any electronic devices to flight mode or switch them off. Apologies have been received from Sandra White. I start with introductions. We are supported at the table by clerking and research s...
The Convener (Margaret McCulloch) Lab Committee
12 Nov 2015
Decision on Taking Business in Private
I welcome everybody to the Equal Opportunities Committee’s 18th meeting in 2015. Please set any electronic devices to flight mode or switch them off. I will start with introductions. We are supported at the table by clerking and research staff, official reporters and broadcas...
The Convener (Margaret McCulloch) Lab Committee
19 Nov 2015
Decision on Taking Business in Private
I welcome everyone to the Equal Opportunities Committee’s 19th meeting in 2015. Please set any electronic devices to flight mode or switch them off. I will start with introductions. We are supported at the table by the clerking and research staff, the official reporters and br...
The Convener (Margaret McCulloch) Lab Committee
26 Nov 2015
“Gypsy/Travellers in Scotland” (Scottish Housing Regulator Report)
I welcome everybody to the 20th meeting in 2015 of the Equal Opportunities Committee. I ask everyone to put any electronic devices into flight mode or switch them off. Apologies have been received from Drew Smith. Under agenda item 1, we have an evidence session with the Scot...
The Convener (Margaret McCulloch) Lab Committee
10 Dec 2015
Decisions on Taking Business in Private
Welcome to the Equal Opportunities Committee’s 21st meeting in 2015. I ask members to switch any electronic devices to flight mode or off, please. The first agenda item is a decision on taking business in private. Members are asked to agree to take in private item 2, which is...
The Convener (Margaret McCulloch) Lab Committee
17 Dec 2015
Decision on Taking Business in Private
Welcome, everyone, to the Equal Opportunities Committee’s 22nd meeting in 2015. I ask members to switch any electronic devices to flight mode or off. The first agenda item is a decision on taking business in private. Do members agree to take in private agenda item 2, which is...
The Convener (Margaret McCulloch) Lab Committee
21 Jan 2016
Decision on Taking Business in Private
Welcome to the Equal Opportunities Committee’s second meeting in 2016. I ask everyone to switch electronic devices to flight mode or off, please. Under agenda item 1, members are asked to agree to consider in private agenda item 3, which is our approach to this session’s lega...
The Convener (Margaret McCulloch) Lab Committee
04 Feb 2016
Decision on Taking Business in Private
Welcome to the Equal Opportunities Committee’s third meeting in 2016. I ask members to set any electronic devices to flight mode or switch them off. Our first agenda item is a decision on taking business in private. Do we agree to take in private item 3, which is consideratio...
The Convener (Margaret McCulloch) Lab Committee
11 Feb 2016
Decision on Taking Business in Private
Welcome to the fourth meeting in 2016 of the Equal Opportunities Committee. Please switch off any electronic devices or set them to flight mode. I will start with introductions. We are supported at the table by clerking and research staff, official reporters and broadcasting ...
The Convener (Margaret McCulloch) Lab Committee
25 Feb 2016
Decision on Taking Business in Private
Welcome to the fifth meeting in 2016 of the Equal Opportunities Committee. I ask everyone to set any electronic devices to flight mode or switch them off. We have received apologies from Drew Smith. Agenda item 1 is a decision whether to take in private item 4, which is consi...
The Convener (Margaret McCulloch) Lab Committee
10 Mar 2016
Decision on Taking Business in Private
Welcome to the Equal Opportunities Committee’s sixth meeting in 2016. Please switch all electronic devices to flight mode or off. Agenda item 1 is a decision on taking business in private. Does the committee agree to consider in private at agenda item 3 its approach to this s...
The Convener (Margaret McCulloch) Lab Committee
19 Sep 2013
Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
I welcome everyone to the 23rd meeting in 2013 of the Equal Opportunities Committee. I ask that electronic devices be set to flight mode or switched off.We will start by introducing ourselves. To my left are our clerks, our research team and the official reporters and around t...
The Convener (Margaret McCulloch) Lab Committee
31 Oct 2013
Decision on Taking Business in Private
Welcome to the 27th meeting in 2013 of the Equal Opportunities Committee. Please set any electronic devices to flight mode or put them off.I will start with introductions. At the table we have our clerking and research team, together with our budget adviser, official reporters...
The Convener (Margaret McCulloch) Lab Committee
19 Dec 2013
Decision on Taking Business in Private
I welcome everyone to the Equal Opportunities Committee’s 32nd meeting in 2013 and I ask all who are present to set any electronic devices to flight mode or turn them off.I will start with introductions. At the table, we have our clerking and research team, official reporters ...
The Convener (Margaret McCulloch) Lab Committee
16 Jan 2014
Decision on Taking Business in Private
Happy new year, everyone, and welcome to the first meeting in 2014 of the Equal Opportunities Committee. Please turn off any electronic devices or set them to flight mode.I start with introductions. At the table we have our clerking and research team, official reporters and br...
The Convener (Margaret McCulloch) Lab Committee
20 Feb 2014
Decision on Taking Business in Private
Welcome to the Equal Opportunities Committee’s third meeting of 2014. Please set any electronic devices to flight mode or off. We will come to the usual introductions in a moment. Agenda item 1 is a decision on taking business in private. Members are asked to agree to take it...
The Convener (Margaret McCulloch) Lab Committee
06 Mar 2014
Fathers and Parenting
Welcome to the fourth meeting in 2014 of the Equal Opportunities Committee. I ask everyone to turn off their electronic devices or set them to flight mode. Today’s only agenda item is an evidence-taking session for our fathers and parenting inquiry. We will start the session ...
The Convener (Margaret McCulloch) Lab Committee
25 Sep 2014
Equality and Human Rights Commission
Welcome, everyone, to the 14th meeting in 2014 of the Equal Opportunities Committee. I ask everyone to set any electronic devices to flight mode or to the off position, please. The only item on the agenda is evidence on the Equality and Human Rights Commission. We will start ...
The Convener (Margaret McCulloch) Lab Committee
02 Oct 2014
Having and Keeping a Home
Welcome to the 15th meeting in 2014 of the Equal Opportunities Committee. I ask everyone to set their electronic devices to flight mode or to turn them off. Today’s only agenda item is an evidence-taking session for our having and keeping a home inquiry. We will start the ses...
The Convener (Margaret McCulloch) Lab Committee
14 Aug 2014
Having and Keeping a Home
I welcome everyone to the 13th meeting in 2014 of the Equal Opportunities Committee and ask that any electronic devices be set to flight mode or switched off, please. Agenda item 3 is on the delegation of the payment of witness expenses in the youth homelessness inquiry. Memb...
The Convener (Margaret McCulloch) Lab Committee
05 Feb 2015
Decision on Taking Business in Private
Welcome to the second meeting in 2015 of the Equal Opportunities Committee. I ask everyone to set any electronic devices to flight mode or turn them off, please. I will start with introductions. We are supported at the table by clerking and research staff, official reporters a...
The Convener Lab Committee
05 Mar 2015
Age and Social Isolation
Again, I welcome everyone to the fourth meeting in 2015 of the Equal Opportunities Committee and remind people to set electronic devices to flight mode or the off position. My name is Margaret McCulloch and I am the committee’s convener. For the benefit of witnesses, members w...
The Convener (Margaret McCulloch) Lab Committee
28 May 2015
Decision on Taking Business in Private
Welcome to the 10th meeting in 2015 of the Equal Opportunities Committee. Please set any electronic devices to flight mode or turn them off. I will start with introductions. We are supported at the table by clerking, research, official report and broadcasting staff and, aroun...
The Convener (Margaret McCulloch) Lab Committee
04 Jun 2015
Decision on Taking Business in Private
Welcome to the 11th meeting in 2015 of the Equal Opportunities Committee. Please turn off any electronic devices or set them to flight mode. I start with introductions. We are supported at the table by the clerk, research staff, official reporters and broadcasting services, a...
The Convener Lab Committee
05 Jun 2014
Female Genital Mutilation
Item 2 is an evidence session on female genital mutilation. I remind everyone who has just come in to switch off any electronic devices that they may have. We will start with introductions. At the table, we have our clerking and research team as well as official report and br...
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Equal Opportunities Committee 11 May 2015

11 May 2015 · S4 · Equal Opportunities Committee
Item of business
Age and Social Isolation
McCulloch, Margaret Lab Central Scotland Watch on SPTV
Madainn mhath. Fàilte gu coinneamh na comataidh. Welcome to the ninth meeting in 2015 of the Equal Opportunities Committee. I ask everyone to switch their electronic devices to flight mode or to switch them off altogether. We will begin with introductions. We are supported at the table by our clerking staff, official reporters and staff from broadcasting services and around the room by security officers. I welcome to the meeting all those who are observing. I am the committee’s convener. I ask members to introduce themselves in turn, starting on my left.

In the same item of business

The Convener (Margaret McCulloch) Lab
Madainn mhath. Fàilte gu coinneamh na comataidh. Welcome to the ninth meeting in 2015 of the Equal Opportunities Committee. I ask everyone to switch their e...
Sandra White (Glasgow Kelvin) (SNP) SNP
I am the MSP for Glasgow Kelvin and the committee’s deputy convener.
Christian Allard (North East Scotland) (SNP) SNP
I am a North East Scotland MSP.
John Finnie (Highlands and Islands) (Ind) Ind
Madainn mhath. Good morning. I am a Highlands and Islands MSP.
John Mason (Glasgow Shettleston) (SNP) SNP
I am the MSP for Glasgow Shettleston.
Lorraine Paterson (NHS Highland)
I am locality manager for mid Argyll, Kintyre, Islay and Oban.
Lloyd Wells (Islay and Jura Generic Social Work Team)
I am team leader for the generic social work team for Islay and Jura.
Anne Tait (NHS Highland)
I am senior charge nurse for Islay and Jura community nursing.
The Convener Lab
We have just been joined by Alison McGrory—welcome to the meeting, Alison. Before we begin the formal part of the meeting, I put on record the committee’s t...
Lorraine Paterson
I am happy to start. I have responsibility for the delivery of health services to the island. We are moving towards an integrated health and social care serv...
The Convener Lab
Can you give some examples of that?
Lorraine Paterson
I will pass over to Alison McGrory to tell you about some of the local examples.
Alison McGrory (Argyll and Bute Community Health Partnership)
My role is health improvement principal across Argyll and Bute. The published academic evidence tells us that loneliness and isolation have a clear link with...
The Convener Lab
Would Lloyd Wells like to comment?
Lloyd Wells
I am the team leader for social work here, so I am based on Islay. When I answer your questions, I will be thinking of individual people, because the populat...
The Convener Lab
I think that someone has identified with that.
Lloyd Wells
That is fine, but we do not always get the views of other people. From a social work point of view, priority is everything, but there are about 10 priorities...
Anne Tait
There is undoubtedly social isolation here, but because we are a small community people become known to one another, and that is an advantage. Working closel...
John Finnie Ind
Good morning. Members obviously have some prepared questions and the nature of the replies means that some ground has already been covered. How does an indiv...
Alison McGrory
We have given that a lot of thought and it happens across Scotland. Asset mapping is the jargon—I do not know whether members are familiar with that term, bu...
Lorraine Paterson
When we move further forward with integration, we will bring health and social work teams together, but we also have to forge stronger links with the third a...
Lloyd Wells
We are a long way off people knowing exactly what is going on on the island. Just last week, something happened that meant we had to ask about kinship care. ...
Anne Tait
Social prescribing on Islay could definitely be improved. Everybody does a certain amount of it, but there are gaps. A helpful leaflet has recently been prod...
John Finnie Ind
I want to ask about general practitioners. It is all very well to provide a rack of leaflets, but that is different from assuming that a busy GP will have re...
Lorraine Paterson
We have a very good relationship with GPs, and they are involved in our service review group meetings. They understand the way we are moving forward with ser...
Lloyd Wells
On Islay we have a communication meeting on a Thursday. It is held in the hospital and is attended by three or four GPs—or however many are available—along w...
Lorraine Paterson
The medical practices in Islay have recently changed. There used to be three individual practices operating in isolation in the three parts of the island, bu...
Sandra White SNP
I have an add-on question. It seems that you are working very much in tandem. What do you think about the Government’s links worker programme? You seem to be...
Alison McGrory
I just came across the links worker programme last week at the living well in localities event that is held by the joint improvement team in Glasgow. I went ...
John Mason SNP
Somebody said to me yesterday that they can see a GP quite easily but that it is a different one every time. Is that a problem? Is that the reality? Do GPs g...