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Thanks. I know that a lot of good practice is happening already in some authorities—it certainly is in my area.

Thanks for that.

I will move on to finances. Again, my questions in that area are similar to the ones that I asked last week. Under the financial estimates, we are talking about a cost of possibly £1 million. Do you think that that underestimates the costs of set-up and so on?

I appreciate your comments. Does anybody else wish to add something before I hand back to the convener?

You have all touched on the growing commissioner landscape in Scotland. What are your views on having a disability commissioner and a learning disabilities, autism and neurodivergence commissioner? How might the two operate? I will start with Amy Dalrymple. Amy, will you expand a wee bit on that?

No problem.

Referring back to what we heard last week, we want to know your thoughts about the concern that the funding of a new disability commissioner could divert money away from other public policies aimed at those with disabilities. I throw that out to the witnesses—but we do not want to be tokenistic on this point.

That is much appreciated. Thank you. I will hand back to the convener.

Does anyone else want to comment? Tomas?

It was about the growing commissioner landscape in Scotland. It is okay if you do not want to comment. There is no pressure to do so.

Last week, we heard from two panels, and one of the witnesses suggested that the success of the Disability Commissioner (Scotland) Bill could jeopardise the LDAN bill. Do you have any thoughts on that? Given your comments, Richard, you may not agree.