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There seems to be some—

Thank you. That clears that up.

Does the 12-month time limit on the PIRC assessing allegations against former officers apply to all former officers or just senior officers?

Thank you, that is great. Should the duty of candour apply to police staff, or only to police officers? The PIRC, Police Scotland and HMICS think that it should apply to staff, but Unison opposes that.

Did you say senior officers only—not all officers?

Thank you. That clarifies that point.

Good morning. Earlier you acknowledged that you had seen some of the distressing evidence that the committee heard from former police officers and from the public about the process that they had gone through. Does the bill do enough to address their concerns about delays, transparency and lack of communication, and to remove some of the complexity from the system?

You have said that it is quite a complex system. I do not know whether the bill will streamline it in any way. Do you think that it will?

My final question in this area is probably a bit vague. Is there any key element that you think should be in the bill but is not? Are we missing anything?

Okay. Is it planned that that will take place before the end of the year?

Do you prefer that approach?

It is exactly on that point. That was really interesting, Mr Naylor, but I wonder whether you could expand a wee bit on what you mean—what form that work will take, who will do it and that kind of thing.