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If you do not measure the emissions in certain areas, how can you take action to improve the situation?

I want to know what we should do if there are gaps, but I will pass back to the convener.

I agree with Mark Ruskell and Bob Doris. We need to hear both sides of the argument, and it would be good to hear from the Scottish Government, too, as Bob Doris has recommended. It is clear that we need another evidence session before we move forward with this.

What could the Government mean by “negative consequences”? I will ask the Government about that later.

Yes, and that probably goes into my next question. We have the proposed commencement of mandatory reporting and the encouragement of voluntary reporting up until that point. Is that useful? Is it about having time to get the methodology correct and almost to practise the mandatory reporting that we need in future?

Will the voluntary reporting have much of an impact on local authorities?

Will they be part of the ban?

I have a question about charging price inequalities. There is one price for charging an EV at home, but the cost for charging at a service station, for example, could be 10 times higher. That is obviously an issue. As Bob Doris said, you are almost penalising the people who cannot charge at home. Are you looking into that? Are any studies being done into the price inequalities?

Is there a regulatory role for Government to play in stopping people getting ripped off by EV charge points that cost, as I said, 10 times more than it would cost to charge at home?

Will all 32 local authorities progress with the voluntary reporting, or will they wait for the methodology and mandatory reporting to come into place? Will the voluntary reporting have an impact or make any change whatsoever?