Chamber and committees

I have a quick question for Jane Grant and Pamela Dudek. In its report, Audit Scotland said that it does not feel as though there has been a full reflection of the scale of the challenges and that that has had an impact. Is that accurate, or do you feel that some of the stuff had to be quite local? There were high-level targets. Was making decisions at local level helpful or unhelpful for what you wanted to do to?

You pre-empted my next question; I was going to ask you about what you have been doing at the Golden Jubilee hospital. How significant is that? Should it be scaled up and applied elsewhere?

Is that essential in order to make an impact on achieving the ambitions?

On that point about using green spaces, do you have any examples of where girls and women have successfully worked to co-create and design such spaces and that has increased the number of girls and women who use them?

The Scottish Government annual progress report back in October said that “significant progress” in delivering on the ambitions of the recovery plan had been made. Do you agree with that, or do you have some challenges in that respect?

I suppose that what I am really asking is whether there is an opportunity—

What about looking at outdoor spaces?

Do I have time for a second question?

One of the things that stood out for me in the film was the fact that many girls in that long line-up said, in answer to the question about why they do not do sports, “Boys”. We have certainly heard about the comments and attitudes that lead to girls feeling embarrassed and sometimes ridiculed, which can be a huge barrier for them. How can we address that issue and change boys’ attitudes?

My question is for Dr Stark. We spoke about mothers being huge role models but putting themselves last because of unaffordable costs. I am wondering about the early motherhood period. Is that an area that we should focus on and target in order to help mothers to understand that making their activity a priority and keeping it up, because they have a little bit of time and space to do so at that time, would have really positive impacts for their children? Could that make a real difference, going forward?