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Emma Harper has a supplementary.

We will move on to our next theme—performance—which we have touched on a little already.

Yes, if it is very short, because we still have another theme to cover.

I am sorry, but I want to drill down into that. I am trying to get at whether the £12.6 million is for bank and agency staff or only agency staff?

The second item on our agenda is continuation of our scrutiny of front-line national health service boards. For this morning’s session, I welcome to the meeting Calum Campbell, who is the chief executive of NHS Lothian; Professor Caroline Hiscox, who is the chief executive of NHS Grampian; and Carol Potter, who is the chief executive of NHS Fife. I thank you for being with us this morning.

We will move straight to questions. Given the increased cost pressures and increasing demand that health boards currently face, what can they do to reduce deficits as planned and achieve a break-even position?

Caroline Hiscox’s light came on first.

I will make a small plea to the Scottish Government that, if it is looking at reducing alcohol sponsorship, it takes some lessons from what has happened in Ireland, where there have been alcohol advertising bans. Some companies appear to be trying to get around the rules by advertising low or no-alcohol products that share the same or similar names, so they still get that brand recognition.

We will move on to the next theme.

David Torrance joins us remotely.

Thank you.

I thank the witnesses for their attendance and their time. We will have a short break to change to the next panel of witnesses.