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I will ask about what I think of as support staff—or non-warranted staff, as you described them, Mr Page. Does that cohort of staff include, for example, specialist forensic investigators and information technology specialists? Would they be included in the numbers that you mentioned?

I apologise to James Gray—I forgot to bring you in. I know that you wanted to respond to Rona Mackay’s questions, so you are very welcome to come in now.

Okay. I will bring in Collette Stevenson first and then Russell Findlay.

I now bring in Pauline McNeill.

John Thomson, do you want to comment on that?

Would it be helpful to follow that up in writing to provide some information?

John Thomson, did you want to say something?

I will bring in Pauline McNeill, then Jamie Green wants to come back in, I think.

I will bring in Jamie Greene, then Collette Stevenson.

Agenda item 6 is a discussion of recent correspondence that the committee has received. I refer members to paper 5. The clerks have made some suggestions about how we might want to take the various issues forward, but ultimately the decision on what action to take is for us.

I will take each of the letters in turn. With regard to the first letter, which is from Police Scotland and relates to the use of cyberkiosks, do members have anything that they want to raise? If not, are we happy to agree the recommendation that has been made?

Members indicated agreement.