The submission states that there is a lack of specialist support available in many areas, which can leave children feeling unsupported, particularly when contrasted with the type of close support that children who are in conflict with the law receive.I note that that aligns very much with the evidence received and the concerns that were raised during the committee’s consideration of petitions relating to youth crime, during which we undertook on-site visits to various parts of Scotland and met many young people—and their families—who had been affected in that way, all of whom felt that the attention was very much on the perpetrator, whereas they had very much been left to fend for themselves.In the light of the commissioner’s response, do colleagues have any suggestions as to how we might proceed and how the issue might be taken forward effectively in the next session of the Parliament?