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So, it could run in tandem with the national aquaculture technology hub in Stirling.

Good morning. I wanted to pick up Stephen Morgan’s point about the difficulty in becoming an employer and people being put off as a result. Why is it difficult and what would make it easier?

David Aitken, you talked about innovation and allowing social workers to have good ideas, and you used the example of dog grooming. How do we ensure that social workers who are making assessments can choose to be innovative?

I have a question for David Aitken, who is online. You talked about video learning as a method of teaching people. Is that delivered in multiple languages, including British Sign Language, in Scotland? During Covid, a lot of the instructions on hand washing and wearing face protection were provided in eight or nine different languages. Is education delivered multiculturally and in multiple languages?

When you google “self-directed support”, loads of information comes up from Alzheimer Scotland and In Control, for example. We now have a toolkit that people can use to help them to understand what self-directed support is. How do you deliver the education then? You said that you bring in groups, so is that done online? How do nurses know that self-directed support exists? In the cases that I have worked with, the people do not know that they are getting self-directed support, because if they get it through option 3, a local authority delivers it. Does that matter? They know that they are getting care so does it matter whether they know the technological language?

We have heard lots this morning already but I am interested in how we look at training for all different types of staff, whether it is the people who are auditing the finances or social workers, and at everybody who is involved in training and education.

I am very familiar with Dumfries and Galloway, Stephen, and my background is that I am a registered nurse. How do you ensure that staff in all the different parts of Dumfries and Galloway—the local authority or the national health service—get education on the self-directed support legislation? I am looking directly at you, Stephen, so go ahead first, please.

Okay. I know that the Global Salmon Initiative is working to look at non-medicinal approaches to managing sea lice, and there is continuing research and development. That is part of the process of research and development as we move forward. Are more chemicals and more types of antibiotics being used? Is that a concern?

I have a quick question. Some information from the University of Victoria says that fish mortality on fish farms has increased in Norway, Canada, the United Kingdom, Chile, Australia and New Zealand. What work is being done to learn lessons? I want to highlight that it is not just a Scottish problem but a global issue. What work is being done to join up all the scientific knowledge?

Good morning, everybody. Rachel Mulrenan, you mentioned chemicals and the environment. I do not want to impose on my colleagues’ questions about welfare that might be coming up, but I am interested to hear your thoughts on the progress towards use of medications and chemicals having minimal impact on the surrounding environment.

Our papers talk about comparisons between regulations in Norway and Scotland. The Norwegian industry has been established for a long time and seems to have not a condensed system but a quite straightforward system. In Scotland, however, it has been noted that the system is a wee bit disjointed. What do you think about that? What could Scotland do differently with regulation?