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You thought that I was going to close it. [Laughter.]

I think so, yes.

Would the committee consider closing the petition under rule 15.7 of standing orders on the basis that NICE guidelines state that, for women aged 40 to 45, HRT can be offered without the need for blood tests when other menopause symptoms are present? There is now a specialist menopause service in every mainland NHS health board, with a buddy system in place for the islands health boards. NHS Education for Scotland has been commissioned to create an online learning package on menopause and menstrual health, which will be free to access for practitioners working in Scotland, and includes cases describing the lived experience of women facing barriers to accessing HRT preparation.

I wonder whether we could write to the Lord Advocate to seek an update on the review of diversion from prosecution in cases of serious sexual offences, and, following on from the suggested action for PE1947, on Scotland’s culture of youth violence. Could we also invite the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs, the Minister for Victims and Community Safety and the Lord Advocate to give evidence on the petition and on other petitions relating to serious crime committed by young people, at a future meeting?

I wonder whether the committee would consider closing the petition under rule 15.7 of standing orders, on the basis that ScotRail has previously stated its support for the end goal of having a system that would enable automatic calculation of the cheapest fare for passengers and is pursuing a pilot scheme to support the same.

The report on the fair fares review has now been published, and the Scottish Government is continuing to progress the review recommendations, including through its smart, digital, integrated ticketing and payments delivery system.

I wonder whether the committee would like to write to Transport Focus and Transform Scotland, and to the trade unions—the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers, the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, the Transport Salaried Staffs Association and Unite the union—to seek their views on the action that the petition calls for.

Would the committee consider writing to the Minister for Public Health and Women’s Health to highlight the petitioner’s recent written submission and to ask what information is available and what monitoring takes place that gives the Scottish Government confidence that people are receiving satisfactory care, despite the individual experiences that are noted in the petitioner’s recent submission? What information does the Scottish Government have on the number of clinicians who are currently treating or willing to accept patients with PoTS, and what steps will the Scottish Government take to improve understanding of autonomic dysfunction among general practitioners?

Do the different ways in which NHS dental services work in Scotland make it a more or less attractive place to practice dentistry than other parts of the UK? What are you doing to remove any barriers to dentists moving to Scotland to work?

Given the range of suggestions and solutions coming from the directors of dentistry, how are you engaging with them collectively and individually to improve recruitment and retention?

How do you plan for the dental workforce when it is so easy for dentists and dental staff to go into the private sector?