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The next theme is that of domestic abuse, which Jeremy Balfour will ask about.

You will be pleased to know that that concludes our questions. I thank you all for your contributions.

I will suspend the meeting to allow us to set up for the next panel.

I welcome our second panel on the Housing (Scotland) Bill. We have Suzie Mcilloney, who is change lead at All in for Change; Heather McCluskey, who is implementation lead at the Centre for Homelessness Impact; Sarah Rogers, who is a senior policy and public affairs officer at Families Outside; and Shea Moran, who is a senior representative from Aff the Streets. Thank you for joining us.

We move straight to questions. In general, to what extent do you agree with the Scottish Government’s overarching policy objective of the homelessness measures in the bill to create a shift away from crisis intervention to prevention activity? I go to Heather McCluskey first.

I will move on to the theme of the ask and act duty and invite Paul O’Kane to ask questions.

We move on to questions on the final theme, which is equalities issues and the impact on rural areas, from Roz McCall.

I invite Marie McNair to ask some questions on the next theme, which is domestic abuse.

That concludes our second evidence session today. I thank all of you for your contributions. Next week, we will hear from the Scottish Government.

We will now move into private session to consider the remaining item on the agenda.

Thanks for that contribution.

We move on to theme 2, which is the ask and act duty. I invite Bob Doris in.

We move on to theme 3—preventing homelessness sooner—which Paul O’Kane will ask about.

The jobcentre was also mentioned.