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Thank you for that wee bit of powerful testimony.

Hassan Darasi wants to come in on that point.

Graham, we are about to move on to that topic, as I really want to fit it in.

We have some questions on the Nationality and Borders Bill and the legislative consent memorandum. I bring in Marie McNair, who joins us remotely, and then I will hand over to Pam Duncan-Glancy.

Thank you very much for that; it is very helpful. Pam Duncan-Glancy, do you have a few questions on that issue?

Graham, please be very brief, because we have a few questions left and we are over time. Thank you.

The first question will require a detailed answer, so it would be fantastic if we could get some of that in writing. Does anybody have anything to add about the bus passes for under-22s? I can see that Andy Sirel has his hand up.

Thank you, Graham—it is good to recognise that we have the British Red Cross appearing on the second panel, which will be helpful.

We move to questions from Emma Roddick, who is joining us remotely, followed by Foysol Choudhury.

I will bring in Foysol Choudhury. I understand that Pam Gosal also has a further question on NRPF.

Under our next item, we will be taking evidence from two further panels on refugees and asylum seekers. Given that the topic is also of interest to the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee, we invited members of that committee to join this session. We welcome back Pam Gosal to our meeting. She joins us remotely.

I also welcome our first panel of witnesses, who are joining us remotely. We have Graham O’Neill, policy manager, Scottish Refugee Council; and Andy Sirel, legal director and partner, and Lidia Dancu, JustCitizens member, both from JustRight Scotland. We have received apologies from Robina Qureshi, chief executive officer of Positive Action in Housing, who is unable to join us.

I have a few things to point out before we start. Please allow our broadcasting colleagues a moment to turn your microphone on before you start to speak. You can indicate that you wish to speak by typing R in the chat function in BlueJeans—or simply by showing your hand if we are not picking you up or you are having technical difficulties.

I urge everyone to be mindful of time, because we have a lot of business to get through. You do not have to answer every question, but if you have something to add, please feel free to do so. I ask members of the committee to direct their question to a particular panel member initially. That would be very helpful.

For our first theme, I hand over to Jeremy Balfour to kick us off.

Thank you. I am sorry to interrupt, but Jeremy Balfour has another question. We only have until 9.55 and we have a lot of questions to get through.

Marie McNair has questions on the Nationality and Borders Bill and the legislative consent memorandum.