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Thank you. Tribunals are independent, but, given the resource available to Social Security Scotland compared with the appellant, do you think that the correct balance is given when allowing flexibility to both sides? For example, how easy is it for the appellant to secure an adjournment compared with Social Security Scotland?

Good morning, minister. Thank you for your update about the delivery plan. I will cover access to PrEP. What are you doing to address the problems of access for groups that are less likely to access PrEP? I refer to women, the transgender community and black and ethnic minority folk, to name a few.

That is key. We have also heard that it is much more expensive to administer PrEP through community pharmacies, even though that might be more convenient for folk who need it. Why is that and how do we address it?

There is concern that resource that is freed up from the ePrEP pilot might be diverted away from specialist sexual health services. What assurances can you give the committee that that will not happen and that it will be directed towards ensuring that underrepresented people have support to access ePrEP?

We would also be on that list of critical friends. Thank you.

Thanks for your time this morning. In your conclusion, you have recommended that careful consideration be given to

“how to measure additional costs of disability and the adequacy of benefits”.

Are you aware of countries across the globe that are doing it right and that we could learn from? If you do not have notes on that today, perhaps you could come back to the committee. It would be interesting to see how other countries are doing.

Good morning, panel. It is great to see you this morning. Do you agree with the provisions in part 6 of the bill on the ability to suspend people’s benefit payments if they repeatedly fail to provide the information required to Social Security Scotland?

That would be great. Thank you.

You have sort of answered my next question, which is about the kind of support that clients need. You have said that information is key to enabling the client to understand the process. Could you add anything to that?

To what extent does the bill align with the social security principles?