Innovations in working methods
40. The Health Committee took advantage of visits
to Edinburgh and Cardiff to hold informal discussions with Members
of the Scottish Parliament's Health Committee and the Health and
Social Services Committee of the National Assembly for Wales respectively.
The meetings provided an opportunity for Members not only to discuss
their work and topics of mutual interest, but also to explore
different working methods. We hope that similar meetings will
take place in the future.
41. In our inquiry into Obesity we examined a health
issue which relates to the work of many departments. Indeed, we
found that other departments were in a better position to affect
obesity and improve fitness than the Department of Health. We
took evidence from the Departments of Culture, Media and Sport,
Education and Skills, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister,
the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and the
Department for Transport and in our report stressed the obvious:
that there has to be much better co-ordination between departments.
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