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1. Declaration of interests:

Tess White MSP did not have any relevant interests to declare.

2. Decision on taking business in private:

The Committee agreed to take item 5 in private.

The Committee agreed to take the next meeting on 7 June 2022 in private.

3. Health Inequalities:

The Committee took evidence from—

Dr Ima Jackson, Scottish Migrant Ethnic Health Research Strategy (SMEHRS) Group;

Bill Scott, Chair, Poverty and Inequality Commission;

Claire Sweeney, Director of Place and Wellbeing, Public Health Scotland;

Ed Pybus, Policy and Parliamentary Officer, Child Poverty Action Group in Scotland;

and then from—

Danny Boyle, BEMIS Scotland Senior Parliamentary and Policy Officer and National Coordinator of the EMNRN, BEMIS and Ethnic Minority National Resilience Network;

Gill Bhatti, Employee and Diversity Manager, South Lanarkshire Council;

Emma Fyvie, Senior Manager (Development), Clackmannanshire Council;

Dr Gillian Purdon, Head of Nutrition, Science and Policy, Food Standards Scotland.

4. Subordinate legislation:

The Committee considered the following negative instrument—

The Committee agreed to make no recommendations in relation to the instrument.

5. Health Inequalities:

The Committee considered the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 3.