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I think that this was suggested by the Dogs Trust, RSPCA and Blue Cross in their statement last year, but the point of having a phased end to racing is that it is a way of ensuring dog welfare as best we can as racing comes to an end.
We can still hear you—we turned off your video because the sound was lagging a little bit, and it is best if we can still hear you. You can keep going.
With the usual fun and games as convener, I will go first and steal all the best questions. Before we start, I say that the continuing honesty in the annual report about the challenges that you, as the commissioner, and your office have faced is very welcome.
I appreciate that, with some of these questions, we are not really comparing eggs with eggs; we are throwing in bananas as well. It is about considering best practice in presenting public accounts.
That is really helpful, particularly with regard to the best practice from mainstream lending institutions and what we could design to ensure that nothing could outflank it.
I have had written answers on the issue from Màiri McAllan, who directly reports to you, cabinet secretary, but it is good to know who in Government is best to speak to. I want to move on to the much-anticipated energy strategy.
We set out a significant investment in employability programmes that are targeted at parents and that try to move them into employment. We know that that is the best way out of poverty. We have a target of supporting 12,000 parents into employment over the course of the plan.