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I will bring in Pam Gosal, who joins us online.

That sounds very proactive. Getting the press on board so that you have another avenue for communicating your work is a good approach.

We have pretty much covered things.

Thank you very much for giving evidence to the committee. I suspend the meeting to allow for a change of witnesses.

Thank you, Ian. You have given us a broad-brush overview of things that have improved, which is great. It is good to hear that the newly recruited staff are helping you to tackle all the things that you need to do. You have highlighted what has improved, but I would be interested to hear a bit more about the challenges that remain.

Thank you very much, Marie. Pam Gosal is also joining us online.

Thanks for exploring that area, Willie.

Yes, it seems like it has been, and it has not really been a full year, because we saw you in January.

We have heard that owners and residents of properties and buildings with potentially unsafe cladding have consistently reported challenges with the remortgaging, buying, selling or insuring of their properties. What conversations have you had with lenders and insurers in the development of the bill? Are you confident that the proposed cladding assurance register will provide them with sufficient assurance?

I seek some clarification, because we have heard about what has been described as a pile of single building assessments. The assessments are just piling up and are not moving through to the remediation phase. Is that to do in part with not having the consent from everybody in the building, say, and will the legislation allow things to move forward to the remediation process?

That sounds great. I explored the page with the advice notes for councillors and the card for attending community councils. That is helpful because it is about not only what councillors are expected to do but what people can expect from them; it is clear about where the boundaries are.