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In your experience, who is supporting young people and their families before they get to the application stage? Obviously, there is some work involved there.

That would be really interesting to know.

Do you have any information on the outcomes for young people who come in on the various routes? You spoke about beginning work with people in S2 and S3, the school partnerships and people just applying. The numbers might make it impossible to do so, but would Colleges Scotland look at that?

My question was about the outcomes for young people who come in by the various routes. For example, some students might have had support since school, where there is a school-college partnership, but others might have come through a different route. Do you disaggregate numbers in that way?

Good morning. Last week, we heard evidence from witnesses about some of the challenges in supporting better outcomes for children and young people with disabilities. They spoke about availability of services, resources and capacity. I am interested to hear your reflections on what the key barriers are to getting better outcomes for disabled children and young people when they leave school. Anne-Marie Sturrock is nodding and making eye contact, so I will come to her first.

Okay. You spoke about key contacts in the colleges. Do Colleges Scotland members have people in the colleges specifically for young persons coming in and their families?

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That is helpful.

Good morning, panellists. I appreciate what Ailsa Raeburn and Cliff Hague have said, particularly on the sustainability of jobs and homes. I wish to drill down a bit further on what Rob Dickson has said about the guidance. My understanding is that the committee has received written evidence saying that some local authorities are applying conditions to short-term licences outwith the scope of the legislation. I would be interested to hear Rob Dickson’s further reflections on that. Do you understand that to be correct? What are the implications of that?

After that, I would like to hear from the officers representing Highland Council and Glasgow City Council. Specifically, have those councils applied any additional conditions? If so, what are they, and what do they set out to address?

We have heard about the impact that short-term lets can have occasionally—one of the witnesses described them as “party flats”. You said that the condition relating to noise is not automatically applied. What would trigger a condition relating to noise? I am thinking about neighbours who have such a property next to them.