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I will come back to the national care board in a wee minute, convener, if that is okay. I just want to give Dave Moxham the opportunity to respond to my first question.

Dave, what do you think about the role and the purpose of the national care board? What should become of the integration joint boards that we have at present?

Thank you.

Thank you, convener. I thank the panel members for coming along this morning.

As we know, stage 1 of the bill has been extended to find compromise and consensus. What impact do you expect the agreement between the Scottish Government and the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities on shared accountability to have on the national care service proposals?

Perhaps I can follow up on that. Are you expecting any particular impacts on your trade union membership from that shared legal accountability?

Are people reassured by the fact that it is no longer proposed that there will be any transfer of staff or assets from local authorities? Has that provided reassurance?

That is helpful.

Cara, you mentioned the national care board. What do you believe its role and purpose should be?

What do you think will become of the role of the integration joint boards that exist presently?

Thank you. That was very helpful.

This has been an informative morning.

I am interested in the transfer from disability living allowance to the personal independence payment or ADP. Some people who have had a change of circumstance during the transfer process have told the DWP about it but have not had it taken into account in their DLA or PIP award. We have heard from stakeholders that the process has not always worked as intended.

You mentioned trusted organisations. Enable Scotland, for example, said that it has a small number of cases that have passed between DWP and Social Security Scotland in which the claimant is unclear on who should be taking responsibility. I am interested in what Social Security Scotland is doing to ensure that clients and staff are clear about how changes of circumstance are reported during the transfer process.