Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
10th Meeting, 2026
The Committee agreed to take items 6 and 8 in private.
The Committee took evidence from—
Kim Atkinson, Chief Executive Officer, Scottish Sports Association;
Forbes Dunlop, Chief Executive Officer, sportscotland;
Dr David Meir, Lecturer in sport coaching and development, University of the West of Scotland;
Jon Doig OBE, Chief Executive Officer, Commonwealth Games Scotland.
Dr Sandesh Gulhane declared an interest as a practising NHS GP.
The Committee took evidence on from—
Jenni Minto, Minister for Public Health and Women's Health, Lucy Orren, Lawyer, and Alun Parry, Health Protection Team Leader, Scottish Government.Jenni Minto (Minister for Public Health and Women's Health) moved—
S6M-20591—That the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee recommends that the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (Licensing of Skin Piercing and Tattooing) Amendment Order 2026 be approved.
The motion was agreed to.
The Committee considered the following negative instruments—
The Committee agreed to make no recommendations in relation to the instruments.
The Committee considered a draft report on . The Committee delegated to the convener responsibility for finalising the report for publication.
The Committee considered a draft report and agreed it for publication.
The Committee considered the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 2.