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If, when you look at the statistics, you find that women are facing much greater bullying and harassment from colleagues on social media, will you look at putting in some training or working with the Improvement Service in that respect?

I declare that I was previously a councillor at South Lanarkshire Council.

Can I just follow that up?

Thank you for coming along today. I have been reading about problematic behaviour online and, anecdotally, we have heard that women councillors, in particular, are facing much more bullying and harassment. Are you looking at anything specific to address that? Are you doing any research on it?

I thank the panel members for their comments so far. I will go to Fraser McKinlay first, although the other panel members are welcome to come in, too.

As we have heard, the oversight board report talks about the perception that the Promise is a social work role, which has led to challenges with multi-agency working. What work has been done with schools to help them to realise the Promise and what more could be done in that area?

If I can just go back a bit, Mike, and talk about schools and about Glasgow learning from what has been happening in North Lanarkshire—I have seen some of that work and it is fantastic. What has been done to ensure that other areas are learning from the good practice, not just in North Lanarkshire and Glasgow but right across the board?

That is really helpful.

Moving on a bit, and staying with Fraser McKinlay, we noted that more robust data on sibling contact was needed. Who Cares? Scotland’s brothers and sisters participation project found that many siblings were unaware of their sibling rights and did not have regular contact. Clearly, children being aware of those rights—knowing that they will get to see their siblings—provides a lot of security for them. Has any further progress been made?

It is still not afternoon, so good morning to the panel. Our schools, colleges and universities have a unique opportunity to provide support and consistency. They have the time that care-experienced young people need to realise their full potential. I am interested in what assessments your organisations have made of progress in schools and education towards realising the Promise.

I will bring you in in a minute, but I want to stay with Louise Hunter for my next question.

You have spoken about the need to have good relationships with young people so that they feel that they are understood, and that that is the best way of recognising and accommodating the things that matter to them. To what extent do you feel that education is taking into account the views of care-experienced young people, and does there need to be a process whereby all young people in school get the opportunity to provide feedback on their experience?

Thanks, Louise. That is really helpful.

I invite Claire Burns to come back in. Claire and Louise, please both feel free to answer on the point about getting the views of young people.