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Angela Leitch has indicated that she wants to come in.

Yes. As you said in response to Fulton MacGregor’s questions, that is something that the review group could potentially take forward in terms of shifting public perceptions.

Roughly when did you start in April? Was it towards the beginning or the end?

You started at a time where there was a change in leadership in the Government, which might have had an impact.

Pam, do you have more questions?

Thank you for shining a light on that. I will now bring in Miles Briggs.

Our second panel this morning is Shona Robison, the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government, and Fiona Campbell, who is a local government strategy manager in the Scottish Government. I welcome the cabinet secretary and Ms Campbell to the meeting.

Before we turn to the committee’s questions, I invite the cabinet secretary to make a short opening statement.

I was going to say that that concludes our questions, but Miles Briggs wants to say something.

Thanks very much for that. Mark Griffin has some questions.

Thanks very much for that clarity. Emma, do you want to come back in?

I wonder whether someone from SLARC could clear up an issue that I picked up when you appeared before us previously, which was about disconnecting the recommendation on remuneration from an hourly rate and making the situation similar to that for MSPs, whereby they get paid a certain amount but there is no hourly rate. I see nodding heads; perhaps Martin McElroy can tidy that up for me.