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John Mason would like to come in, then we will move to a question from Jeremy Balfour.

We will now focus on the co-design process. I invite Katy Clark to come in.

Following today’s proceedings, the clerks will prepare a draft report. The committee is invited to decide whether to consider the draft report in private at a meeting in the coming weeks. Do members agree to do so?

Members indicated agreement.

Absolutely.

Theme 5 is the Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) Act 2023.

I thank the cabinet secretary and officials for their evidence. That concludes our public business for today.

Thank you, Marieke. That was very helpful. I think I speak on behalf of all the committee when I say good luck to Maureen Mallon for her retirement.

Before we move to questions, I have a few points to mention about the format of the meeting. Please wait until you hear me or the member asking the question say your name before speaking. We have approximately an hour, and I ask everyone to keep questions and answers as concise as possible.

We move to questions. The first theme is on strategy and priorities. OSCR has five priorities in its 2023-26 corporate strategy, five different priorities in its regulatory priorities for 2024-26 and six focuses, which are listed online in the “How we regulate” section of the OSCR website. Will you explain the purpose of the various lists of priorities and how they interact?

I have a question before we wrap up the meeting. I recently met one of our local interface groups, Voluntary Action South Lanarkshire, which is calling out for assistance for third sector organisations. It talked about smaller charities having shared services such as human resources and procurement. Is that something that OSCR would be able to help with and give guidance on, to assist charities that are really struggling?

We will move on to the application process. I invite Paul O’Kane to come in.

I thank the cabinet secretary and her officials for attending. That concludes our public business for today, and we will now move into private session to consider the remaining items on the agenda.

Thank you. That is helpful.