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A couple of members want to ask questions on funding, which will be the last theme that we touch on. I thank the minister for the huge amount of information that she has already given us.

That would be really helpful. Thank you. I come to Paul O’Kane and ask him to be quick.

We will move on to other drugs policy issues, in particular progress and priorities.

I thank the minister for the time that she has spent with us this morning and, in particular, for the update and the offers of specific information on services around the country. That would be really helpful to us, because we are considering our work programme for the next year.

The committee’s next meeting will be on 21 September, when we will host two round-table discussions with key stakeholders to explore session 6 priorities in relation to public health and NHS policy.

Our second item is to consider whether to take item 4 in private, to consider the evidence that will have been heard on the Minister for Drugs Policy’s session 6 priorities. Do members agree to do that?

Members indicated agreement.

There are a couple of specific things in there that I want to pick up on. You were saying that we do not have enough people in treatment. Are there two parts to that, one being getting hold of people and giving them the pathways to get treatment, and the other being having enough treatment capacity? That strays into the area of what is reserved and what is devolved. Is it fair to say that the drug consumption facilities are more than just a facility for the safe use of drugs, and that they are also a pathway to getting people into treatment?

Where do you see general practitioners in this? People might not be in treatment, but most people are registered with a GP, and that is an early intervention pathway for them, too. How do you see both of those things matching up and helping people to get into treatment?

I will pick up on your point about families. You mentioned that there are services for women. I watched your evidence to our predecessor committee in March, in the previous session of Parliament, in which you picked up on some of the historical difficulties in accessing treatment for women who have families and caring responsibilities. Can you give me a wee bit more information on how you have moved on that and what interventions you are putting in place to help more women with families to get the treatment that they need?

Thank you. We move to questions from Gillian Mackay.

This has to be the last question, as we are running out of time.

I am interested in the focus on health with regard to the menopause. I note, for example, that the women’s health plan recommends the setting up of specialist clinics to deal with menopause. Do you have any more detail on that, cabinet secretary? I know that the plan has been out for only a couple of weeks, but what are the proposed provisions for specialist centres for women who have a more complex type of menopause?