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While you are giving evidence on that, will you also address the wider point that you make in your written submission about the importance of multiyear financial settlements to allow planning to take place in the sector?

I thank everybody for being here.

Sharon Dowey will kick off with questions on the financial health and sustainability of the sector.

What are the trends, for example, on the early retention and the overall retention rates? Are they going up? Are they plateauing? Are they going down?

Who wants to pick that up, whether from a college, a lecturer or a student perspective?

Does David Belsey or Matt Crilly want to come in on that question?

Sharon, do you want to come back on any of that?

Perhaps it should be introduced more rapidly, Shona—is that what you are saying?

If nobody else wants to come in on student support, does any member of the committee have any final, lingering questions that they want to ask of the witnesses while they are here?

Craig Hoy has a final question to ask.

Shona Struthers wants to come in on this question as well.

That is a very clear point.