The Committee notes from your letter to the Deputy Convener of the Health, Social Care and Sport (HSCS) Committee of 17 April that the Scottish Government now intends to seek Parliament’s approval for a further extension to the Bill’s Stage 1 deadline beyond June. As you may be aware, the former Minister for Mental Wellbeing and Social Care wrote to the Committee on 28 February 2023, stating his intention to wait until all the Committee reports on the Bill have been completed before responding to the FPAC report.