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That is helpful.

Thank you.

Thank you, Nicola. I appreciate that. Andrew is next.

I want to bring in Tony Aitken, who I know wanted to come in on the previous question.

Paul, you are up next. Your main question has been partially covered, but I think that it would be great to ask it anyway.

I appreciate members expressing their consciousness of time. We have a few more questions to get through.

Sorry to interrupt, David. Your sound cut out at the beginning. Will you start again? We want to hear everything that you have to say.

Will you expand briefly on what you mean by

“support for sustainable rural housing”?

Thank you. I speak on behalf of the committee in saying that we really appreciate your evidence. We have gone over our allotted time because we needed to hear all the good things that you had to say. I appreciate your points and the specificity that we have heard from everyone. It has been very helpful for us to get a clearer picture of what, from your perspectives, needs to be addressed as we look at the draft NPF4 and take it forward.

Thank you for being with us this morning. As I always say, we could have spent the whole day talking about the subject, which is fascinating. It is clear that everybody wants to do well and make Scotland a better place for everyone to live in.

As the committee previously agreed, we will move into private session to consider our remaining agenda items.

Was there anyone in particular that you wanted to answer that question?