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Good. Mark Griffin and Stephanie Callaghan have supplementary questions.

I know that you were not going to, but others were.

It is convener.

Thank you for that great beginning. Does anyone else want to come in on that? Does everyone agree that we need to pursue community wealth building in Scotland?

The cross-party group on social enterprise has been talking about growing the economy and the need for the work of social enterprises and co-operatives to account for at least a third of Scotland’s economy. Quite a lot of effort needs to be made in that regard.

Thanks very much for that. I appreciate your coming to the committee and putting a big highlighter through the connection between community wealth building and the Circular Economy (Scotland) Bill. I will bring in Gordon MacDonald as he wants to respond to something that was said earlier.

Rob—do you have a perspective on how the pilots are going?

I do not think that it is a small point at all. When I first started trying to understand community wealth building, it was certainly an issue that I tried to unpack.

Neil—I see you nodding. Perhaps you can explain your thinking on this issue and how we handle it. Where do the anchor organisations or institutions sit in that respect?

Welcome back to our community wealth building round table. We have some more questions to ask, starting with Pam Gosal.

Rob Davidson, do you want to come in on this?