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Thank you. Our next theme is culture and governance but, first, we have a supplementary question from Evelyn Tweed.

The next item on our agenda is a further evidence session as part of our inquiry into female participation in sport and physical activity. Today, we will focus on inequalities and the additional barriers to participation in sport that are faced by women and girls from marginalised communities and those experiencing physical and mental health challenges.

I welcome Ewelina Chin, chief executive officer of HSTAR Scotland, which is a member of BEMIS; Lynne Glen, pathways manager at Scottish Disability Sport; Baz Moffat, CEO and co-founder of The Well HQ; Robert Nesbitt, head of physical activity and sport at the Scottish Association for Mental Health; and Heidi Vistisen, policy manager at LEAP Sports Scotland.

We will move straight to questions and we will start with Gillian Mackay.

We are getting a bit tight for time and we have two more themes to cover, so I ask people to keep their questions and answers short, please.

What you are describing is how a whole-system approach of ensuring that there is childcare, housing and so on could be a double whammy: you would get staffing and you would also help to bring families to increase the population of the Western Isles and the sustainability of your communities.

Our next theme is Covid recovery and progress of the recovery plan. We are getting a bit tighter for time, so if we can have concise questions and answers, please, I would be very grateful.

I know that Michael Dickson wants to come in, but could Gordon first explain what level 9 nursing is?

I have a question for Laura Skaife-Knight. Laura, I appreciate that you have only been in post for eight weeks, but you will be aware that NHS Orkney had the lowest overall experience score on the employee engagement index. The committee is keen to hear what steps NHS Orkney has taken or is taking to address that.

Before we finish up, Tess White has a brief supplementary on one of the issues that we discussed earlier.

Thank you, Gordon. That was for lay people so that they are aware of what you are talking about.

I think that Gordon Jamieson wanted to come in on the previous question.