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I found the visit to north Edinburgh helpful. Due to the scale of the work that is required, it is estimated that the cost will be in the region of £40 million for that development alone. I am concerned about how the work will be funded. Is it likely that the developer will meet the costs? How much assistance will the UK Government and the Scottish Government provide? It would be interesting to look at that as well.

On that last bit, local authorities have robust void strategies, but there is huge pressure on the housing revenue account just now.

The annual report on the social housing charter shows that tenant satisfaction with the quality of their homes remains around the same: 84 per cent compared with 85 per cent previously. What are you doing to ensure that you meet your priorities around quality of homes and tenant and resident safety? You have touched on that a bit, but will you expand?

I would certainly welcome that. That would be really helpful. Thanks.

I will move on to my last question. Earlier in the year, you said that you had started to log complaints about housing repairs, specifically about dampness and mould. The committee is very interested in that. You said that the numbers were very low. Can you advise the committee of what you are doing to find out what complaints there are? Has there been a big jump in numbers?

Good morning, minister and officials. The regulations also propose a period of grace from the application of the premium for new owners of empty homes when repairs and renovations are being undertaken. How does that proposal fit with your wider audit of empty homes, and what progress has been made on it?

Good morning, panel. Rosemary, in your opening remarks you touched on what you are doing to develop child-friendly complaints. You may want to expand on that a bit.

When we heard from you last year, you talked about vulnerable groups who did not make complaints, and you referenced them a second ago. We do not know what the barriers are to making complaints, but what are you doing to reach out to those groups and individuals?

I have previously asked for assurances that Clydebank Asbestos Group would be included in that advisory group, and I hope that the role that it plays will continue.

Finally, do you envisage the core principles of Mr Griffin’s bill being covered in your consultation on employment injury assistance?

You mentioned in your paper that you accepted that doing away with the 20m rule was not possible at that point. Can you share any further dilemmas around that issue? Just now, we are looking at employment injury assistance support, which has remained unchanged since 1948.

Good morning to you, cabinet secretary, and to your officials.

Our committee is keen to ensure that, as much as is possible, the bill delivers on the aspirations of all the witnesses. Do you believe that it meets those aspirations with regard to assessment?

Thank you.

With other transfers, there have been minor adjustments to eligibility criteria. Is it possible that we could include, for example, widely accepted asbestos-related cancers, or is safe and secure transfer where we are going?

Is the Scottish Government still planning to re-establish a stakeholder advisory group on industrial injuries, as mentioned in your letter to the committee?