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I guess that it would be helpful if we had that information. I anticipate that it would be clinical information. My understanding from reading the instrument is that the person who has had information withheld from them would have the right to know why it was being withheld. I guess that the reason why they were not being given the information would have to be laid out explicitly, and that it would be due to the harmful nature of that, as perceived by health professionals.

Good morning, and welcome to the Social Justice and Social Security Committee’s 19th meeting in 2022. We have received apologies from Foysol Choudhury.

Our first item of business is to decide whether to take item 3 in private. Do members agree to do so?

Members indicated agreement.

Fantastic.

The committee will now consider two negative instruments. For the first instrument, background information is outlined in paper 1. Are members content to note the instrument?

It is for you to bring them in if you wish to bring them in, minister.

Thank you very much for those remarks. We now turn to questions from members. We have a few themes to explore, the first of which is how the updated forecasts compare with the December forecasts. Thank you for setting the scene.

The first questions will be asked by my colleague Paul McLennan, who will be followed by Jeremy Balfour.

That was a very good answer at the end; it is incumbent upon us to find those other people and get them to come and help us scrutinise those plans.

Thank you very much, all three of you, for coming along and giving your evidence. I will briefly suspend the meeting for a changeover of panels.

Of course, I will go to Jeremy Balfour first and then I will come back to you.

Apologies—I see that you were just typing that in the chat box.

Finally, Pam Duncan-Glancy, do you have a further question?

I thank the minister and the officials who have joined us online today.