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Jamie McGrandles, do you want to expand on that and the overall position?

The difficulty with a panel of five is that you do not always get to answer every single question, but if there is something that members of the panel feel very strongly about, you should just raise your hand and catch my eye and I will try to bring you in. Do not throw anything at me—that does not work.

Mark Ruskell, do you want to come in?

Sorry, but I will just jump in there, I am slightly confused by this. Are you saying, Clare, that there is a figure that is just allocated to expenditure for social care?

But social care, for example, in Edinburgh and Glasgow, would be totally different from social care in the Highlands.

It does not seem precise. It seems a bit of a guesstimate at the best.

George, you were nodding at one stage. Was that because you wanted to come in, or were you just generally agreeing?

George Tarvit, you have suggested that you are happy with what you have said.

There is a health warning on the figures. Bob Doris wants to come in, to be followed by Mark Ruskell.

I thank the cabinet secretary and her officials. In the interests of time, I will move straight on to the next item while she and her team move on.

The trouble is that, if you all look away, Monica Lennon will have to nominate somebody. Well done, George—you put your hand up quickly.