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I have one last question, which is possibly for Julie Murray, who I see wants to come in anyway. I will ask my question and that will give you a chance to respond to it.

Some of the evidence that we have taken so far is about how much could be done now. Even if we progress the bill to the next stage, is there an urgency to some of the work that we should be doing?

I have a couple of questions on quite specific issues. I am interested in what has become known as Anne’s law. We have discussed with other witnesses whether we are able to implement that now or whether we need to wait for the bill. What are your views on how we might implement it?

Could you describe that in a few sentences? I know that it is complex, but what could we do now to ensure that that redress is provided?

That is lovely—thank you.

That is excellent. We are at stage 2 of the bill process and we have proposed amendments from the Government. Would any of the witnesses prioritise any of those amendments or suggest anything that is missing or that the committee should pick up on in its scrutiny process?

That is great—thank you.

There is another thing that you have already touched on. I am interested to know about children’s and justice services. Do you wish to say anything in addition to your written submission about where we go with that if the bill progresses?

Am I right in picking up—

I just want to pick up the point about the social care workforce being seen as very professional, which is something that I think that we can all agree on. There are two questions to ask in that respect. There is a sense that we are very slow in getting justice for that workforce. Particularly with regard to sectoral and collective bargaining, should we be looking at whether we need to do things now, as well as trying to make robust advances with regard to what would be in the bill? Can we do things now on fair work and bargaining?

No—that is fine. Thank you.

With regard to our being able to robustly monitor and put forward improvements that would work for people and staff members, you are saying that we would need to make sure that more funding was available—that even if what we had to do was clear in writing, it would not be doable if we do not have the resources to implement it.