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We heard Dr Pizzi’s views on the Scottish veterinary service, but how do the other panellists think the services in Scotland could be changed or improved? Dr Pizzi might want to add to his earlier comments.

I was interested in what you just said about the various challenges, and I would be interested to hear more about the work that you hope to do on climate emergency and the sustainability plan.

I was struck by something else in your evidence. It goes against what you have just said about different funding streams, but you give the example of the Creatives Rebuild New York initiative and the philanthropy that came into that. Is that something that you are looking to explore through creatives rebuild Scotland? As Ms Boyack said, the amount of economic benefit that the creative industries put into Scotland is large. I am interested to hear about those two slightly diverse things in relation to forward planning and finance.

That is right.

It goes slightly wider than that, convener. Before I start, however, I refer everyone to my entry in the register of members’ interests and to the fact that I am trustee of a small independent museum on Islay.

I want to widen out the conversation by considering the impact of the pandemic on the whole area of arts and culture, and how funding came to each of your organisations. What have you learned from that funding? The process to get funds out to people who needed it was far quicker in some respects.

I also want to look at this from the staycation perspective. I note the importance of not just investing in the central belt—more people are coming out to the wider parts of Scotland. From a culture perspective, how are your sectors supporting that shift of visitors and telling the story of the areas where people are visiting?

I do not know if you want to start with that, Ms Casot, or shall we give you a bit of a rest?

I will ask a slightly different question. Your submission mentioned the importance of research and development spend to allow the creative industries to come up with ideas. John McVay of the Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television mentioned that as well. What has been the success rate of that, if that is a fair question?

That was very helpful—thank you very much.

Yes—looking across the whole area, rather than farm by farm.

I asked about what a just transition looks like for west coast and island farmers.

I have a very quick question. Could you widen out what you said in answer to Ariane Burgess’s question about the level of consultation and who the consultation was with?

I thank the witnesses for joining us today.

Davy McCracken, you spoke about the impact of forestry on different farms and, indeed, how that impacts on farms that do not have forestry on their land. Most of the panel have commented on whole-farm farming, and I am interested to hear your thoughts on whole-community farming and how you think that the regional land use partnerships and frameworks will support active farming.

I represent a west coast constituency with islands, and I am also interested in your thoughts on how a just transition will work for the different types of farming across Scotland.