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That is really helpful. It was great to see some BSL in your video, too. Thanks.

Do you want to focus, for example, on co-ordinated support plans?

You see some challenges around that possibility. Do you also see opportunities, perhaps to work together and do some cross working?

Thanks for coming along today. You are probably aware of some of the themes of the work that the committee has undertaken, such as our inquiry into additional support for learning and our work on the Disabled Children and Young People (Transitions to Adulthood) (Scotland) Bill. It has been clear that, sometimes, different services do not work together well. Do you have views on how public services could work together better to support the right outcomes for disabled children and young people?

I want to pick up on what Willie Rennie was saying about boundaries, consequences and exclusions. You have already said that they are all linked, and I suppose that bullying can be part of that. A child who is continuing to be harmed might feel that they cannot attend school or they might be facing challenges around that. Is it your intention to zoom in to talk about those issues with young people and ask them to take a step back and look at both sides of the equation? We know that boundaries and consequences are important in helping children and young people to feel secure, and sometimes in stopping children whose behaviour is difficult from spiralling into other behaviours so that when they look back over their should a few years down the line, they are not thinking, “Oh my goodness! I cannot believe it got to that point or that I was responsible for those things happening.” Have you talked about how to approach that?

Good morning, minister. There is, understandably, a backlog in essential maintenance across housing tenures. I have two questions. First, how can that maintenance be paid for, and secondly, what role do you see for national and local government in supporting that work?

Thank you very much for allowing me to come back in, convener.

I have a short question. Minister, in your answer to Pam Gosal, you mentioned the importance of data. Can you say a little more about that? Local authorities often measure slightly different things in slightly different ways. Do you have any reflections on current monitoring? Is the data from across local authorities directly comparable?

Thank you; that is helpful.

Can you say any more about outcomes in that respect? Would outcomes be part of a framework?

I appreciate that you have already touched on this with Ariane, minister, but I would like to ask a bit more about tenants and residents. It was really good to hear Joe Brown mention the start of the external phase, and that you are planning to visit lots of communities directly. I think that we can all agree that it is vital that tenants and residents inform and influence matters, because people’s homes have such a huge impact on their wellbeing and health. How will the Scottish Government seek to involve local communities, tenants and residents in delivering the ambitions in “Housing to 2040”? How will you know whether outcomes have improved for communities on the ground and how will you embed that work?