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David Melhuish has indicated that he wants to come in. After that, I will move on to the final four questions that we still have to cover, which are focused on the regulations under the Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022.

Should EPC ratings and other such things be included?

I bring in Stephanie Callaghan, who joins us online and has been listening intently to the discussion.

Pam, do you have a supplementary question on that point?

We turn to questions from members. Please indicate to me if you would like to come in or to respond to something that somebody has said. The intention is that this should be a free-flowing conversation instead of a question-and-answer session, although sometimes that can be difficult to achieve. Let us see how we do.

I will start with a few general questions. To what extent do you think that the vision that is expressed in “Housing to 2040” is still fit for purpose and deliverable? Connected to that, do you think that the Scottish Government’s legislative programme, and its housing policy more generally, seek to deliver on the ambitions of “Housing to 2040” in a coherent way that considers the housing system holistically? Whoever feels prompted can come forward.

I would like to come back to you for more detail on that, but first I will bring some other people in.

Thank you very much for bringing in retrofit. That is certainly an aspect that I agree with you on.

Thank you. Other hands are going back up, but I will bring in Chris Birt first.

Is it possible to move away from annualising the SHIPs, given that the Scottish Government has to work on an annual budget? We have been having quite a bit of conversation about multiyear funding and that kind of thing. Would it be possible to do that? What would be the mechanisms?

That is what national planning framework 4 is asking us to do. Marie, did you want to ask your question?