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We will be a bit more informed about all this when we see what it proposes.

It is not without its challenges.

When you say “good will”, you are talking about whether they stay on board and you can retain them.

Okay—fair enough.

There has been quite a lot of implied stuff about resources existing elsewhere. For example, in its written evidence, Children’s Hearings Scotland says:

“It is important that the resources are moved from existing provisions into the Children's Hearings System”.

Where do you think these resources to meet costs can be moved from?

My underlying question, then, is this: is the same true for other areas? How much of this is new money?

That is the answer on capacity.

How easy will the recruitment process be? What do you anticipate in that regard?

This will be quite a step-up, though, will it not?

You are coming across as saying, “We’re confident that we can deal with this.”