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Sandesh Gulhane has a supplementary question.

Thank you very much for your statement, minister.

You mentioned further engagement that will be carried out over the summer. Can you be a bit more precise about that? Can you give the committee an idea of the expected timeline for that engagement, who you are looking to engage with and when you expect to have completed that part of the exercise?

We will move to Tess White next.

We will move on to the impact of the delay on current services. Carol Mochan has some questions on that theme.

I thank the minister for her answer.

As no other members of the committee have any questions, I thank the witnesses for their attendance.

That concludes the public part of our meeting.

It sounds as though you are almost separating that out from public consultation-type of events and further discussions with the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities and the trade unions. Are you considering having further discussions or consultations with other parties? I am thinking of social care providers.

You said that you anticipate that you will publish reports in September or later in the autumn. I assume that some of those reports will be slightly later if some of the events are being held in September.

I am sure that the committee welcomes that reassurance. As you say, we have other work that we need to plan for.

Emma Harper will pick up on the theme of the nature of the planned work.

We move to Evelyn Tweed.