Ms Suzanne Kinross:

Two major charities have historically been the secretariat for that cross-party group. After the last AGM earlier this year it was decided that the autistic voice needed to be part of that secretariat, so some autistic-led organisations now also contribute to that. Their role is to consider what key topics are representative of the membership of that group. It comprises a lot of autistic people themselves and parents of autistic children. They meet every couple of months and the secretariat brings in experts to talk about different things, be it on the subject of education or, as at the last meeting, on mental health. Social care will be a topic in a couple of weeks. The secretariat brings people in, co-ordinates that, and has an accessibility meeting two weeks ahead so that autistic people can contribute fully to the meeting because their needs have been addressed in the best way for them to communicate.