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That is a really helpful start.

I think that I can now bring in Sandesh Gulhane. Can you hear me, Sandesh?

My colleagues will dip into quite a lot of that, and you will be asked specific questions on that.

I believe that Sandesh Gulhane has one more question.

Thank you very much. We will move on to discuss co-design and sequencing.

Thank you. We will move on to questions from Paul O’Kane.

Can we have James’s mic live? James, you will have to say that again, as your mic was not unmuted.

Thank you, Karen. I apologise for not bringing you in at the time—I did not realise that you had asked to come in.

Emma, do you have a final question? We will then need to move on.

That is helpful.

Did you want to comment, Hannah?

We come to our second evidence session on the National Care Service (Scotland) Bill. I am delighted to welcome our witnesses. In person, we have Frank McKillop, who is head of policy and research for Enable Scotland, and Andy Miller, who is strategic lead for participation and practice lead for the Scottish Commission for People with Learning Disabilities. Online, we have Dr Caroline Gould, who is a trustee and access auditor for the Skye and Lochalsh access panel; Dr Pauline Nolan, who is head of leadership and civic participation for Inclusion Scotland; and Rhona Willder, who is development manager for the Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance.

I will put the first question to the witnesses—I guess that I do that every time and I did it with the first panel. How do you feel that the bill could be strengthened? I will go round everyone. Not every committee colleague will have the luxury of going round everyone, because we do not have time, but I will take convener’s privilege in that regard to start things off. I will go to Frank McKillop first.

That is helpful. We will, of course, have the minister in front of us just before we break for Christmas, so we will be able to put all those questions to him.

I want to go to those who are joining us online. Can Caroline Gould come in?