Chamber and committees

I am sorry about that. [Laughter.]

The final theme is inclusivity. We have touched on that throughout the meeting, but Paul O’Kane has specific questions about it.

I want to ask about disabled women. Yesterday, we had a meeting with some sports bodies. Representatives from Disability Scotland talked about some of the barriers that disabled women face in accessing physical activity and sport. Those barriers were not only at the drop-out points; there were barriers throughout youth, adolescence and young womanhood. Did you get any evidence about that?

I am interested in how Government will evaluate the success of the patient safety commissioner, once that person is in place.

The committee heard from the Patient Safety Commissioner for England. It was useful to hear from her and from Baroness Cumberlege. They told us about some of what they learned in setting up that role. My colleagues may speak about that later.

Tess White has some questions.

We turn to questions on the resourcing of the post and the office, on which Evelyn Tweed will lead.

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.

The second item on our agenda is our final evidence session on the Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland Bill, at stage 1. Today, we will take evidence from the Minister for Public Health, Women’s Health and Sport, Maree Todd, who is joined by Scottish Government officials. Annalena Winslow is safety, openness and learning unit head and Will Wood is the Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland Bill team leader. I welcome all of you.

I believe that the minister has an opening statement to make.

I will use some convener’s privilege and build on what Tess White asked about. I will ask the same question as one that I asked our sports bodies yesterday.

We have the broadcasters coming in front of us. You talked about social media but what would you say to the broadcasters about the way in which women’s sport is portrayed in the mainstream broadcast media? I do not know whether you had them in front of you but we will.

It is about designing things with people rather than hearing their issues after things have been structured.