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I have one final question, which I hope will be a quick one. From everything that I have heard from the young people who have come to speak to us and from what I have heard around the table today, school is the start of a good journey. We have spoken about what happens at school. Some young people said that they had amazing experiences; others had very bad experiences. Is school where we need to think about getting it right before the rest of their life journey starts?

Yes.

That leads me nicely on to my next question. We heard some great evidence about employers that had taken on neurodivergent people and people with disabilities. We heard how amazing it had been for their businesses and how well the people had thrived. As you said, such people have contributed much. They are happy to come out and say what they really think, whereas other people might be a wee bit scared of that. Do we need to think about how we get the message out to the business community about how they can really build their businesses by being inclusive?

Good morning, panel, and thank you for all your answers so far. Alan Thornburrow’s comments are a nice segue into what I am going to ask about. How can more support be offered to employers for recruitment in order to ensure that things are inclusive for all young people? What would you say to that?

Can I ask another question, convener?

Heather, you mentioned rural areas. Are there specific challenges in rural areas?

Good morning. Are employers doing enough to make recruitment processes and workplaces more inclusive for disabled people? I will go to Angela Matthews first.

Moving on, a couple of you have mentioned providing guidance and support to businesses, but what else needs to be done? How can we support businesses to get this right?

Does anyone else want to comment on the partnership agreements?

I was interested in the initial comments that you all made about relationships with local employability partnerships. You used language such as “inconsistent communication issues” and “engagement issues”. Why do you think that is and how might we make that better?