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In a previous life, I worked with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, which did a tour to China that involved working with the British Council to provide education to children there. That was brilliant. Such projects add to Scotland’s opportunity to approach different organisations in the world.

When you have a project, what is the plan at the end of it? How is it expanded? How do you keep the connections? Do you have a continuing relationship with the client?

I thank the witnesses. This has been a very informative session and I am reflecting on what you are saying from an education, culture and design perspective. The work that you do reflects not only Scotland and Scots to the world but the world to Scotland.

Mr Hampson, I was having a look at some of the international collaborations that you have done, such as the collaboration between Dundee Rep and Scottish Dance Theatre and cities in India and the US, and the collaboration between Eigg and Newfoundland. I am interested to hear how those projects turned out and how they developed or are developing. How do one-off projects expand and lengthen their lives with your support?

Your answer to Ms Boyack pre-empted one of my questions, which was about the evolving situation in Northern Ireland and the impact on Scotland.

We took evidence from David McAllister MEP about the fact that Scotland can pursue a different and more informal engagement with the EU. I think that it was the first time that you came to the committee when I asked you about the connections that you are making on the softer side of things, such as through culture, education, design and Scandi noir. I am interested to hear a wee bit more about that, if possible.

You also commented on the wider diaspora and learning from how, for example, Flanders and Quebec engage on the world stage. Will you talk about that, too? Sorry—I have rolled a few questions into one.

I want to follow on from Ariane Burgess’s question on participation. It is interesting that Dr Shields talked about a community taking responsibility for an issue.

The bill is giving us a fresh approach by seeking to embed food within public policy. A word that has come up throughout this morning’s evidence is “coherence”—coherence across a wide range of areas to improve the food landscape for everyone and to encourage cultural change.

I am interested to hear about participation and how we get people involved. Some people—including, I think, Vicki Swales, in her evidence—proposed a citizens assembly. What do the witnesses think about that and other forms of engagement when creating food plans, including the national food plan and the plans for local authorities and other public bodies?

I was struck by Dr Rivington’s earlier comments about the time imperative for getting measures introduced. Please comment on that, too.

Claire Hislop, do you have anything to add?

Yes, she did.

Given the time, convener, do you want to move on?

Dr Rivington, I would be interested in hearing your thoughts on the timeframe versus the importance of public engagement and getting buy-in.

I have a question about participation. Is the bill strong enough to ensure that we get the right participation in the creation of the good food plans? Both Jill Muirie and Claire Hislop have given examples of such work. Perhaps you could expand on that in connection with the bill.

Dr Fletcher, you mentioned that there were gaps in the bill with regard to participation. Can you expand on that, please?

We will start with Dr Fletcher.

In the previous session, we also heard comments about the timeframe and the need to ensure that there is an iterative process so that we learn from everything.

I am interested to hear more from Jill Muirie on participation and how we can ensure that the plans are covered in that regard.