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Thank you—that was very helpful.

Thanks very much, Paul.

I will bring in Marie McNair, after whom we will come to the end of the session, unless other members have questions.

Okay. We have come to the end of our questions. I thank all our witnesses for taking part in the meeting and sharing their expertise. We will continue with the inquiry in September, as this is our last day before we go into recess—that is why you see lots of smiley faces here today. We will continue with the theme then—in particular, on transport and the challenges that it brings.

I briefly suspend the meeting to allow us to set up for the next item of business. Thank you very much for joining us.

I will bring in James Dornan, then Katy Clark. James is joining us online.

Thank you very much. It has been an absolute pleasure working with you all and I will miss you.

Nobody else wants to come in on that issue, so I will pass over to Marie McNair.

Thanks, Miles. I will bring in Paul quickly, and then we will bring the session to an end.

Lynn, do you want to come back in?

Welcome back. We will now hear from our second panel of witnesses, who are business and union representatives, as we continue our inquiry into addressing child poverty through parental employment. I welcome Andrea Bradley, general secretary of the Educational Institute of Scotland, representing the Scottish Trades Union Congress; Karen Hedge, deputy chief executive of Scottish Care; and Louisa Macdonell, Scotland director of Business in the Community. All the witnesses join us in the room. I now invite our members to ask questions.

A very good morning to you, and welcome to the 17th meeting in 2023 of the Social Justice and Social Security Committee. We have no apologies today. Our first item of business is a decision to take in private agenda items 3, 4 and 5. Are we all agreed?

Members indicated agreement.