Chamber and committees

I thank the minister and all his officials for the extra time that they have given to answer our questions.

As no member has indicated that they have further questions to ask, I will wind up our session now.

That was our final meeting of 2022. At our first meeting in the new year, we will be taking evidence on the Scottish budget for 2023-24 from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care.

I take this opportunity to wish everyone a happy and restful festive period. I reiterate my thanks to everyone in Scottish society who has helped us with our work during this year.

That concludes the public part of our meeting today.

We move on to Anne’s law, which is our final theme.

Good morning and welcome to the 38th—and last—meeting in 2022 of the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee. I have not received any apologies.

The first item on our agenda is to decide whether to take item 3 in private. Do members agree to do so?

Members indicated agreement.

I will come back to Stephanie Callaghan, who has a follow-up.

I was looking at the papers and thinking about where you were coming from. It is now on the record.

We now want to talk about care boards. I hand over to Paul O’Kane.

When we receive that, we will put it up on the website.

If you are quick. We are almost 90 minutes into the meeting and we are not even halfway through our questions.

Carol, do you have a follow-up question?

Tess, I remind you that, as part of our budget scrutiny, we have a couple of evidence sessions with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care in the new year. You might want to pick up that issue then.

The cabinet secretary has been sitting here for nearly 90 minutes, so we will have a break in about 10 minutes’ time. We will deal with one more theme before we do that, because we still have a lot to discuss.

Sandesh, you had some questions on this subject. [Interruption.]