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Does anyone else want to come in on the general sense of community wealth building, how the approach differs and why we might need new legislation? I get a sense that this is happening in Scotland. What have we come across that would make us say that we need legislation? Louise Kirk referred to financing and a more co-ordinated approach. Does anyone else have thoughts?

A few people have indicated that they want to come in. I will take Linda Somerville, Rob Davidson and then Neil McInroy. I also want to ask Matthew Brown how Preston did this without legislation.

I think that the committee would support that. From all the work that we have done over the past wee while, we are aware that, when it comes to community needs, Scotland has a nuanced landscape, and we need to seek to support that.

When you talk about decluttering, do you have in mind the removal of legislation that is in the way? My sense is that the cluttered landscape is also a problem for communities. There is a tremendous amount of opportunity for communities—Angus Hardie might want to comment on that—but there is no coherent framework to enable them to find their way to all those opportunities.

Stephanie Callaghan has questions concerning the area that has just been touched on.

Louise Kirk wanted to come in earlier. Would you like to come in now?

Stephanie Callaghan, do you want to come in with your next question? Some other folks in the room indicated that they want to come in, but I think that we have gone on for over an hour. This conversation might need to extend a little bit, but I will check in with everyone about that in a wee while. We will come back to procurement with another question.

That is great. Neil McInroy, I feel that you have a bigger review role. Do you have a view on what is going on with the five CWB pilots?

That is indeed very encouraging.

I will bring in Linda Somerville, who has been wanting to come in for a while, followed by Angus Hardie.

Okay. That is a very helpful pointer. Does Pam Gosal want to come in with her next question?