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It is important that we have heard evidence that it will be possible and that the change is supported.

Yes, I do. As I said, the committee has heard evidence to that effect, so it is not necessarily about whether I believe it. That is what the key stakeholders are saying.

That is in a similar vein to the questioning from Mr Kerr.

As I said, the Scottish Government is working with the key stakeholders and those involved to ensure that we can implement the bill. We are aware of persisting challenges around staff recruitment and retention in the social care sector, and those issues have obviously been exacerbated by the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. However, the Scottish Government block grant to local government of £13.5 billion is an increase, despite the most challenging budget settlement since devolution, so the financial resources are there. In terms of support, the Government will work with local authorities on that.

I am satisfied. I am confident in that. Again, Children’s Hearings Scotland has said that it will be possible. We have the working group under way and, if there are any issues or concerns, we will work through them.

The Sentencing Council rightly has a statutory duty periodically to review the sentencing guidelines that it publishes. The Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs intends to meet the chair of the council to discuss that work and, when doing so, will raise the general question of how the council plans to keep its guidelines under review, including those on the sentencing of young people.

Yes, they were considered.

It is not for a minister to comment on a live case.

Appropriate safeguards remain in that any measure must be absolutely necessary, proportionate and in the child’s best interests and, in limited circumstances, in order to protect the public from serious harm. You say that that is a subjective test, but harm was always contained in the definition, because psychological injury or psychological harm was always included in the current criteria of injury.

I am sorry—I can see that you want to come back in.

It is, and it always has been, a matter for the panel members to decide what impact the child’s behaviour has on themselves or others and whether the criteria are met.

I will bring in Debbie Nolan, as I know that she would like to give more information.