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Do you think that it has to be addressed in this bill, or is it a piece of legislation that needs to happen?

Thanks. I will bring in Willie Coffey, who is joining us online.

I can see that it would not work if you have even more different SBAs.

Does Willie Coffey have any more questions?

Quite a few people have referred to the idea that we need to adopt what is going on in England, where there is different legislation. From your understanding, why are we not doing that?

Good morning and welcome to the third meeting in 2024 of the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee. Apologies have been received from Mark Griffin. I remind all members and witnesses to ensure that their devices are on silent during the meeting—she says, turning off her device.

The first item on our agenda is to take evidence from two panels of witnesses, in the form of round-table sessions, on the Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill. On our first panel, we have with us in the room David Jones, who is a senior associate at Taylor & Martin and a representative of Queensborough Owners and Residents Association; Chris Ashurst, who is the group co-ordinator of the High Rise Scotland Action Group; Sean Clerkin, who is a representative of the Scottish Tenants Organisation; Alan Millar, who is an owner of affected property; Stefano Pessina, who is a representative of Mizu Tenants Committee; Jodi Terras, who is an owner of affected property; and Perry Jenkins, who is an owner of affected property. We are joined online by Paul Turnbull, who is a representative of the Cladding Working Group. I welcome everybody to the meeting.

I will begin our conversation by inviting everyone to briefly introduce themselves.? I am an MSP for the Highlands and Islands and the convener of the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee.

I think that we heard earlier that there has been movement on PAS 9980 and that we are heading towards agreement on its adoption.

Stephen Andrew wants to come in.

That is very helpful. It is about where you draw the line. If you draw the line too tightly, you might miss something that has a critical knock-on effect, as you say. Alan Millar wants to come in.

I wonder about the different legal contexts—I do not know enough about that.

Thanks for that. Those are very practical ideas about the mapping process.