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Thanks.

I just want to sort out a couple of things, process-wise. We might have started to touch on some questions that colleagues want to ask, so I am going to bring in Marie McNair. However, I already have a stack of people who want to come in—and I have just realised that Caroline Brown has not yet had a chance to speak. It would be great to hear from her from the planning side on this topic of the balance between short and long-term approaches, so I will bring her in now and then bring in Marie McNair. I will then go to David Melhuish, Chris Birt and Emma Jackson.

I am just trying to keep the conversation going. It is a bit like lasagne; every so often, I will add in another question, and witnesses can choose to pick up on that or go back to something else that they want to get on the record.

Thanks very much. It is always very helpful when somebody comes in with an idea—something that can bring about a chain of moves.

I have to ask you to wind up, please.

Thanks very much for that. Do you want to come in with your next question, Willie?

So, the barrier is the up-front costs that are involved in getting such sites developed to a point at which they can be built on.

That was a very good bit of work—I caught the tail end of it.

After we have heard from Chris Birt, we will go back to Miles Briggs’s question about the housing bill.

We will move on. This next bit may or may not be relevant to everybody. We have questions on the regulations under the Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022 and we thought that, rather than invite all or some of you back for a separate session, we would just do it while you are here.

Do you agree in principle that the Scottish Government needs to use its powers to amend the rent adjudication system to smooth the transition away from the rent cap? Do you agree with the proposed system in the regulations?

Before I bring in Marie McNair with another question, I have a question on the data. Are there processes in place by which we gather data that could easily be moved over to pull that information together? Are you aware of anything?

I see a nodding head—perhaps Gordon MacRae can say something on that point.

Did you say 50 per cent or 60 per cent?

Rather than a Scottish one—okay. Marie, do you want to come in with your question?