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I thank all four of our witnesses for a very informative and helpful evidence session. Next week, we will continue to take evidence on the bill, with a panel focusing on the concerns of carers of potentially vulnerable clients and the concerns of clients who have a carer.

That concludes our public business, and we now move into private session.

This might be an appropriate point to say something that I normally say at the end of the meeting. If there is other evidence that you want to draw to our attention, please do so. The process is on-going, so this is not your one opportunity to put on the record what you believe is important. I thank Kirstie Henderson and Craig Smith for that offer. To all the witnesses, I say that this is an iterative process and that, if you want to draw any other information to our attention, please do that.

That is very brief for you, Mr Mason, on audit purposes, but there we are. We will move on.

I was wrong, Marie: not everyone had something to say in response to your question.

The committee has no further questions, but I invite the members of the panel to put on record anything that the lines of questioning have not touched on, or to make a final comment. I will start with the witnesses joining us online. Allan Faulds, is there anything that you want to add before we close this evidence session?

That may be a theme. Claire Andrews?

That is very helpful. I am concerned that that DWP practice might still be going on. Do any other witnesses want to come in on that before we move on?

Thank you, convener. It is good to be here. I have nothing to declare other than to say that my entry in the register of members’ interests is shown on the Parliament’s website. Nothing in it relates to the work of this committee.

I do not doubt the challenges.

I am sure that some committee members—perhaps along with the Scottish Parliament information centre—can get that information to you, given the analysis that has been done.

I have a couple of follow-up questions, but Gillian Cameron wants to come in.

Will you clarify what the thresholds are that you are referring to, Ms Cameron?