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David Aitken and Diane Fraser want to come in. Please be brief.

David Aitken, do you want to come in?

I am sorry—I thought that you had finished.

We lost you there for a moment.

You are back now. You might want to repeat what you were saying.

The next item on our agenda is an evidence session with integration joint boards as part of phase 2 of our post-legislative scrutiny of the Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013. I welcome David Aitken, who is head of adult services at East Dunbartonshire IJB, and Diane Fraser, who is head of adult social work at North Lanarkshire IJB, who join us remotely. I also welcome Stephen Morgan, who is service director in social work services and chief social work officer at Dumfries and Galloway Council, and is representing Dumfries and Galloway IJB; and David Williams, who is the interim chief officer of Clackmannanshire and Stirling IJB.

We will move straight to questions. What input have health and social care partnerships had in the development of guidance, strategies and standards to improve the full adoption of self-directed support? Who would like to start?

Good morning and welcome to the 19th meeting of the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee in 2024. I have received apologies from Tess White. The first item on our agenda is to decide whether to take item 3 in private. Do members agree to do so?

Members indicated agreement.

Diane Fraser, do you want to come in?

For clarity, are you saying that Clacks and Stirling were working differently but are now looking at a joint approach that will be the same right across the two local authorities?

Over to Stephen Morgan. You do not need to touch the microphone; broadcasting staff will operate it.