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Over the past number of months, the committee has taken evidence on how hard it is for many people in our society to keep going—they are having to rely on things such as food banks, which are often provided by religious bodies.
The construction of our statute book on many public health issues, which often hinges on the chief medical officer’s advice, is designed to give us the ability to interrogate and interpret events as they unfold and then come to a view on what merits the necessary action by ministers.
Their evidence has been very helpful, and it is part of a continuing dialogue that we have around many of those areas, which are very much of interest for the Public Audit Committee.
Scotland is an open and inclusive country, and we welcome and benefit from students who come to study in many of our first-class further and higher education institutions.
I think that it is the case—and that it is well understood—that many women who are in prison will be the victims of abuse and will be vulnerable in many respects.
I know how important it was for me and for many people whom I studied with. I know, from seeing it at first hand, how it helped to transform the lives of many students.