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Okay, thanks. I will bring in the deputy convener.

Absolutely, deputy convener. I will bring Lorna Slater in now.

I am conscious of time.

That brings us to the end of our evidence session, and I thank the witnesses for their comprehensive responses to members’ questions.

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

I will bring the deputy convener back in at this point.

You have highlighted the 400 direct jobs that will be lost as a result of the decision. I mentioned the committee’s work on a just transition for Grangemouth, and the Government has published its draft plan for a just transition. From the company’s point of view, where is the just transition for the 400 workers who will lose their jobs in a short period of time?

Okay. Thank you very much.

That brings us to the end of the evidence-taking session. I thank Iain Hardie and Colin Pritchard for joining us today.

We now move into private session.

I call Kevin Stewart for a brief supplementary before I bring in Daniel Johnson.

Thank you, Michelle. That is the smoothest election that I have ever been involved in. I thank the committee for that vote of confidence.

I begin by echoing the deputy convener’s thanks to Claire Baker for convening the committee over the past three and a half years. Over that time, the committee has carried out a number of important inquiries in areas such as town centre regeneration and the disability employment gap, and we have put forward some positive recommendations that, if implemented, would make a real difference to people in our communities. I hope that we can build on that work and, crucially, be clear about the committee’s important role in holding Government and agencies to account.

That would be very helpful, and information on the follow-up work that you are doing in Dumfries and Galloway and the Highlands and Islands would also be helpful.

I bring in Kevin Stewart, who has a question on another important issue.