Ms Lynne Embleton:

I thank the committee for the opportunity to engage with it once again. Before we get to substantive matters, I will briefly refer to the commentary that surrounded our inability to attend the committee’s planned meeting last week. As members will be aware, we were invited to that meeting at short notice. Not surprisingly, we had commitments that we were unable to change at short notice. We did, however, tell the committee we could attend at a future date or respond in writing to questions, if required. Therefore, we were somewhat taken aback at the comments concerning what was stated to be our refusal to attend on the original date. I am, though, happy to be here.