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I ask you to keep your answers short, please.

I call David Torrance.

Thank you for that statement, cabinet secretary. Sandesh Gulhane has a question.

We have actually discussed that, Dr Cheema—we did so before you joined us online.

I suspend the meeting to allow for a change of witnesses.

The sixth item on our agenda is an evidence session as part of our scrutiny of a legislative consent memorandum on the Tobacco and Vapes Bill, which is United Kingdom legislation. I welcome to the committee John Dunne, who is the director general of the UK Vaping Industry Association. We were also expecting Dr Pete Cheema OBE, the chief executive of the Scottish Grocers’ Federation, but he has not yet joined us. We will move straight to questions.

Sorry, we need to move on. We are quite tight for time and we have a lot of questions, so if you can keep your answers brief, that would be helpful.

I go to James Dornan.

I suspend the meeting to allow for a changeover of witnesses.

That was a helpful update. For the committee’s information, what is the reporting and monitoring structure of the national centre?

I have had no indication that anyone else wishes to ask a question on the instruments, so we move to item 4, which is the formal debate on the instruments on which we have just taken evidence. I remind the committee that officials may not speak during the debate. I ask the cabinet secretary to speak to and move motions S6M-13020 and S6M-13021.