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If there is nothing else on victims’ rights, we will move on to “Reducing youth offending”.

That is my recollection, as well, so I would not disagree with that.

I am conscious of the time, so I will keep us moving through the document. We are up to page 18—

I am certainly aware of the recent media coverage, and the inferred link between the two issues. It is probably appropriate for us to monitor that.

Okay. That is a point that we can easily take away. Thank you very much. Jamie?

That brings us to the end of our discussion of the action plan. I appreciate everyone’s comments.

Before we leave this agenda item, I turn to paragraphs 11 to 13 of paper 2. Do members agree that we should take forward those suggestions? They include the suggestion from the survivor we met, whom Jamie Greene spoke about earlier, who suggested that we should raise with the Lord President the issue of the fees that are charged for accessing court records. Do members agree to pick that up and take it forward?

Members indicated agreement.

A very good morning, everybody, and welcome back from the Easter recess to the 14th meeting in 2022 of the Criminal Justice Committee. We have received no apologies. Katy Clark joins us online.

Our main item of business today is consideration of the responses from different organisations and individuals to our report on priorities for the justice sector in this parliamentary session. I refer members to papers 1 and 2.

Members will see that we have received responses from the Scottish Government and various other bodies. We have also received a further response from one of the survivors of rape and sexual offences whom we had the privilege of meeting recently. That person has made a specific request about fees for accessing court records, which I would like to come back to.

Do members wish to make any comments on the responses that are set out in paper 1 before I turn to paper 2 and the progress report on delivery, which is a consolidated action plan in table format?

On you go.

Thank you—that is helpful.

No—just the first instrument. Are members content?

Members indicated agreement.

We need to keep that issue open. That is fine.

We move on to page 12, which covers “Long-term actions”. Again, I refer back to the recent chamber debate. It might be relevant to include some of the updates from that in the table.

On trauma training, I noted the update in Police Scotland’s submission on that issue. I think that the training is being delivered by NHS Education for Scotland, which I was pleased to see.

We move on to page 13. Jamie Greene has a point and then Russell Findlay can come in.