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Will you comment on broader issues with the delivery programme and the indicators that you would like to see?

Are there any other indicators that you would like to see? Quite a few have been mentioned already.

Issues have been raised with the committee around whether there is enough flexibility with regard to local situations. Out-of-town development might depend on what the local situation is.

Jim Miller, from a planner’s point of view, is there enough flexibility in the policy? It is not the case that one size fits all for out-of-town developments. Is there enough flexibility in the system to take account of individual concerns?

Okay; thank you.

I will ask the same questions as I asked the previous two panels. They are to get your views on the delivery programme that accompanies NPF4, and includes the establishment of the planning, infrastructure and place advisory group. One of the key things that we are keen to focus on is monitoring of the effects of NPF4. What indicators would you like to be part of that, Professor Hague?

Our challenge is to monitor the things that you have suggested and to go deeper, beyond them. That is the role of this committee. That has been very helpful, so thank you.

Good morning, panel. I have two questions, the first of which is about the delivery programme and the establishment of the planning, infrastructure and place advisory group. Both of you have touched on that. I do not know whether there is anything else that you want to add to what you have said.

The second question is about monitoring the implementation of NPF4 over a number of years. The committee is keen on that. We have seen how much things have changed in the past 10 years, and we are keen to monitor how effective the approach is over the next number of years. Are there any indicators or issues that you think the committee should pay particular attention to?

Do you have anything to add, Robbie Calvert?

Do the witnesses have any views on the delivery programme that accompanies the NPF4?

I have another question, which relates to something that has been touched on already. One of the key things that the committee was keen to look at was ways of monitoring the implementation and the idea of having indicators to ensure that NPF4 is a live document. I am interested to hear what the witnesses would like to see on the delivery programme and the indicators. I put that question to Liz Hamilton and Morag Watson first, and then to rest of the panel.

You mentioned transitional arrangements, which was raised by the first panel. That issue is coming through in the evidence that we are taking, and I think the committee needs to look at it.