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With the possibility of putting such a process in place, if need be.

Thank you.

Yes, convener.

I just want to follow on from that by teasing things out a bit. You have talked about the internal analysis, which I totally understand, but if we are going to make such changes, we must ensure that we gather the right kind of statistical information. What information will Social Security Scotland publish on funeral support payments that are awarded outwith local areas, and what process will you put in place for that?

Thank you, convener. I have no relevant interests.

That is very helpful. Thank you.

Erica, what are your comments on the point about being risk averse or risk aware, and on the leadership and management issues?

Yes—I am happy with that. I know that it is a big question.

Glasgow City Council has highlighted that there are barriers in leadership and management as regards how that long-term funding process would take place. It falls back on the risk-averse processes that we all work under. I get it that your funding process is very much risk aware, but Government and local government are very risk averse. We have to follow the public pound and be accountable to taxpayers. It is a different set of requirements rather than an auditing requirement. Is long-term funding possible?

That is lovely. I will give you longer than 30 seconds to think about it.

Neil, you say in your submission that long-term funding may limit funders’ ability to quickly address unexpected crises when they happen. Given that we are looking at the whole process and how Government structures consider long-term funding, will you explain that crisis problem a little more and say how a Government structure could get around that?

Yes—and who delivers it.

I see that Tobias Jung wants to come back in.

That is very helpful. Thank you.

I have really enjoyed being on this committee. Thank you very much, convener, and thank you to everybody for helping me. We have looked at some really interesting topics over the past year and I am sorry to be leaving, but I thank you very much for putting that on the record, convener.