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Other members wish to ask questions. I remind all panellists that, if you have anything to contribute on the issues that come up, please just put an R in the chat box. I will get notice of it and I will come to you.

I bring in Ross Barrow to comment on Stephanie Callaghan’s second point.

Thank you very much. I thank everyone on the panel for their time this morning. I am sorry that we do not have more time to hear your views, but what you have told us has been very useful.

Agenda item 5 is consideration of a negative instrument. The purpose of these amendment regulations is to fulfil a commitment to general practitioners to remove the general requirement to provide certain vaccinations from their general medical services contracts and primary medical services agreements with health boards and to ensure that GPs’ contracts will only require them to provide vaccinations in exceptional circumstances.

The Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee has raised no issues with us on the regulations and no motions to annul have been lodged. If members have no comments or points to make, I propose that the committee make no recommendation in relation to them. Are we agreed?

Members indicated agreement.

I will bring in Professor Burns first.

I invite Sue Webber to ask a question. I remind you, Sue, that it would be good if you could say to whom your question is directed.

I will come to Colin Poolman first and then to Dr Robertson.

We are rapidly running out of time, but I want to bring in Evelyn Tweed, who has a specific question for the panel.

A couple of members want to ask questions about policy priorities. However, before that, I believe that Professor Marmot would like to comment on the issue that we are currently discussing.

I am assuming that, if witnesses put an R in the chat box, they want to come in. The clerks are feeding that information back to me. Does Professor Smith want to add anything?