Chamber and committees

Were you going to ask a question, Ms Stevenson?

A number of members want to speak—I am watching the time—but I will bring in Sandy Brindley, followed by Professor Chalmers.

I think that Fulton MacGregor is interested in asking some general questions. Then, if nobody else wants to ask general questions, we will move on to considering priorities for action, at which point I will bring in Russell Findlay.

I will bring in Jamie Greene and then Collette Stevenson, who is keen to ask some more questions on priorities for action.

Perhaps Sandy Brindley would like to come in on that.

Yes, we can.

Do you have someone in mind to answer that question?

I will hand over to Pauline McNeill, who is keen to come in, and then move on to Katy Clark, who is also keen to come back in. There is understandably a big interest in this area, so I propose that, if everyone agrees, we extend the session to around 11.35. Again, I ask witnesses and members to keep questions and responses as succinct as possible.

Dr Scott, may I ask you to be very brief, so that I can bring in Mr Greene before we bring the evidence session to a close? Thank you.

I will bring the session to a close. There has been lots of really interesting discussion, and I thank the witnesses very much for their time. If any witnesses feel that they have outstanding points that they would like to raise with the committee, please feel free to follow up in writing and we will take that evidence into account. Thank you for attending the session.

We will take a short break before we hear from our next set of witnesses.