Decision details

(i)            to note that the Vice Chair advised that he had a connection in relation to all items on the agenda by virtue of being (1) a Member of the Diverse Experiences Advisory Panel, a named partner in the Scottish Government’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy Delivery Plan; (2) the Depute Representative of said Group to the Scottish Government Mental Health and Wellbeing Leadership Board; (3) a Lived Experience representative on the Scottish Government’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Leadership Board; (4) Co-Chair of the Scottish National Action Plan Leadership Board on Human Rights; and (5) Alternate Designate on the Human Rights Incorporation Oversight Board, however having applied the objective test, he did not consider that he had an interest and would not be withdrawing from the meeting;

(ii)          to note that the Vice Chair advised that he had a connection in relation to agenda item 4.5 (Draft Strategic Plan) due to his participation on a project with Dundee University investigating quantifying the prevalence of people living with chronic pain, however having applied the objective test, he did not consider that he had an interest and would not be withdrawing from the meeting for that item; and

(iii)         to note that Maggie Hepburn declared an interest in relation to agenda item 4.4 (Grant Funding for Voluntary Organisations) by reason of her employment as Chief Executive of ACVO and advised that she would therefore withdraw from the meeting for the duration of that item.