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Would that apply to medicines in general? People buy drugs online. Would that be the same sort of thing?

Would trading standards be involved in that?

Thank you—that was helpful.

When you talk about residential training, are you talking about Tulliallan?

I am sorry to press you but, on the SPF’s specific evidence on training, are you saying that there is enough training on mental health and wellbeing?

How is that work evaluated? How do you respond to the SPF evidence that officers do not think that they have the appropriate skills to help their colleagues?

I have a question about staffing levels. There are reports that 945 officers are eligible to retire before next summer. It is important to say that Police Scotland plans for the highest number of recruits since its inception in 2013. You can confirm whether that is true. With that in mind, are you concerned about the immediate staffing levels? Is it on your radar that there could be a problem?

So the training is not all done there, now.

My question is about increasing levels of staff and officer absence and the related increase in psychological disorders. Can you expand on the reasons for those increases, which may be related to what you have already said? Have Police Scotland and the SPA addressed those adequately? What is the impact of those absences on the workforce?

That is really helpful in giving the context.

Suzanne Smith and David Malcolm, would you like to comment? You do not have to.