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Absolutely. It is not the only solution, and we need to do a lot more, but it is certainly important, and we need to spend time educating people on that.

Look at Scotland’s diet. We in Scotland are one of the fattest nations in the world. I cannot really talk, because I am overweight, but I am working hard to lose weight. I am trying to lose weight not because I want to look better but for health reasons and to make sure that I do not progress to type 2 diabetes, for example. It is important that we frame the conversation around health, not looks.

I have a few questions. Can Food Standards Scotland look at things such as meal deals, for example? I do not know anyone who would choose a banana over a bag of crisps or a chocolate bar. The cost of such things does not make sense to me. Is there anything that you could do to offer free fruit with a meal deal or something along those lines?

Anjan, we had a meeting before, and I was very impressed with the drive and the change that you have brought to your personal business and which you are bringing to this issue. That is very important. What barriers are you facing right now?

You made reference to your budget, and we heard from Forbes Dunlop that £460,000 is being given to Cricket Scotland. Is that enough? What is the realistic cost of the change that you want?

Okay. When will that be?

For me, that is vital.

How can you possibly look at racism and at what is going on with the drop-out rate if you do not know about that? That is vital.

I have a final question. Anjan, what is your commitment with other sport around Scotland? Also, what barriers do other sport face?

On the issue of choice, I often hear people saying that they struggle to know what to buy and struggle to cook. Lots of companies—we do not want to promote them, but I am thinking of companies such as HelloFresh and Gousto—create a food box to send to people. You get everything that you need, with step-by-step instructions on how to cook the meal, but they are very expensive. Would it be useful for supermarkets to create things that are easy to pick up, so that people would not have to get their onions from one place and then walk across the supermarket to get something else? Instead, the supermarket could give them a card that shows that the ingredients are all in one place and easy to find, and that shows how to cook the soup, the casserole or whatever they are looking for.

It is really important to say that everyone on the committee is united in how much we despise racism, and we all want to see the best players playing for Scotland and Scotland to be as successful as it can be.

On the back of Paul O’Kane’s questions, I want to say that I was personally quite upset by some of the words that Gordon Arthur used at the previous committee hearing. We know Anjan’s story, but we do not know whether that is the story for everyone, because you do not have the data. That is why it is so important that you get the data as a matter of priority. If you do not know why people are leaving, surely you cannot dismantle the barriers.

I will move on to my questions, turning to Forbes Dunlop first. Do you feel that there is institutional racism in other sports?

I am a little flabbergasted at the idea that we will never solve anything if we do not ensure that individuals eat less and exercise more. As a general practitioner, I tell my patients about ways to improve their diet and ways to exercise. Not everyone is able to do the same thing. Surely you recognise that individuals need to be better educated and need to learn how to do things, rather than saying that that will never make any difference.

It is important to say that, if you are of darker skin, you should be taking vitamin D in Scotland all year round.