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We are exploring ways to ensure that it has the right support to enable it to focus on the areas that it considers the biggest risk.

I cannot comment on that now. I accept where you are coming from, especially based on the evidence that Professor Alexandra Johnstone gave.

When we were gathering evidence, I recognised that it was important to get feedback from areas where people live with higher deprivation. We had two round-table discussions with the Poverty Alliance to understand how it felt that the policy could impact such areas.

It comes back to what I said earlier about the whole environment that people are shopping in, and we need to look at how we reduce the poorer health outcomes of those in poverty. We did an equality impact assessment, alongside a fairer Scotland duty assessment, to ensure that we were bringing in recommendations and regulations that did not impact too negatively on people’s available budgets; I have spoken about that.

We heard evidence that buy one, get one free offers resulted in people making unplanned purchases, which is why we wanted to review that area and bring in regulations to cover that.

We have also got to recognise that the Scottish Government does a lot outwith the food regulations to address inequalities. We have provided £3 billion to tackle poverty, 1,140 hours of free childcare and free school meals as well as investing in community food networks to ensure that people have access to high-quality, healthy food.

As I touched on earlier, what I saw yesterday, and what I have also seen in a number of food pantries, is the ability to educate people on how to cook healthier meals. There is a whole-system approach.

I have said on a number of occasions that I find this to be one of the most difficult areas of my portfolio, because I love food, and I was lucky to have an upbringing in which the education side of things was explained to me. Indeed, that is why I am passionate about looking at this from a whole-environment perspective and ensuring that when families go to the shops, they see healthy food first and that, when they pay for their shopping, they are not seeing the treats that might push them into a less healthy environment.

You have just taken evidence on the pressure to spend more money on high in fat, salt and sugar items because of buy one, get one free offers. What we want to do with the regulations—they are a nudge in that direction—is ensure that people use their available budgets in the best way possible, so that they get the healthier meals and the healthier food environment that will, hopefully, allow them to be healthier.

As for getting sport on the agenda, I think that last week’s result against Denmark has really put sport front and centre. I would also mention the curling that is going on in my constituency just now, the world stone skimming championships and so on. There is a lot of sport going on that the Scottish Government is supporting, as required.

I have just given you an example of where that sort of thing is happening across Argyll and Bute, and where we are working to ensure that children get the right education, which I think is part of this.

I have been clear that this has always been the first step in relation to all the food environment regulations. As I said, we are considering the matter, taking evidence on it and exploring it under the population health framework.

Enforcement is one of the areas that we have to get right, which is why we have pulled together a group to consider it. We work very closely with COSLA and local authorities to ensure that they have the right support to do the enforcement.

I agree. That would be part of the work that I would expect Public Health Scotland to be carrying out in its evaluation.

Last Friday, I was at Public Health Scotland’s annual review. PHS collects a wealth of data across healthcare and, as I indicated in my opening remarks, the Scottish cardiac audit was published just yesterday. It includes some additional information on out-of-hospital cardiac arrests—this is the first year that that has been included, and we recognise the importance of it. As you pointed out in your question, that will allow us to plan better for the pathways and the support that we can give to communities.

I am pleased that PHS is able to collect that data. We are hoping that the next stage will be that health boards feed in directly to that process, as opposed to there being a two-stage approach. That is really positive and it will not only help the Scottish Government but help health boards to understand more about the needs in their communities.

I think that we, as ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ, all have a responsibility in that regard. A few months ago, there was a debate in Parliament about that, explaining to members the importance of ensuring that the defibrillator in their area is logged on to the circuit. As Steven Short explained in his oral evidence to you, that is how the Scottish Ambulance Service can direct people to the closest defibrillator in the area.

Last Friday, I was in Oban, visiting the Happy Wee Health Club. Outside the gym, there is a defibrillator on the wall. We need to ensure that it is well known where the defibrillators that are dotted around communities are situated.