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Thanks for those useful questions, Elena. I will bring Miles Briggs back in briefly.

Thank you. I come back to Rhiannon Sims.

The final public item on our agenda is agenda item 3, which is consideration of a negative instrument. As the instrument is subject to the negative procedure, there is no requirement for the committee to make any recommendation on it.

If members have no comments, does the committee agree that we do not wish to make any recommendations in relation to the instrument?

Members indicated agreement.

You mentioned concerns and that people have been leaving the sector. However, the sector has grown dramatically over the period in which there have been regulation interventions, even following the new tenancy agreement in 2016. I am interested in why you think the bill, which, in the current context, will ensure that people have a home over the winter and will lead Scotland in a fairer direction, might result in people choosing to leave the sector. Where is the evidence for that?

I ask Living Rent the same question. Is the emergency legislation required, given the housing and economic context that we are in?

Thank you. Does anyone else want to come in on the question of what we need to monitor to understand the impact? We will start with John Blackwood.

I see that Emma Saunders wants to come back in. Please be brief.

Thanks very much for that. I put the same question to John Blackwood. Do you think that the emergency legislation is required, given the housing and economic context that we are in?

Thank you. We move on to Mark Griffin.

Thanks, Miles. We move on to questions from Marie McNair.