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Related to that, what work has there been to explore whether a rent freeze for social and council tenants could be implemented on the islands? I do not know whether the Scottish Government has spoken to relevant local authorities about that.

Okay. Thank you very much. Will the connectivity plan be published by the end of this year?

Given that it will be looking specifically at civil service jobs, will there be an invitation to relevant trade unions—for instance, PCS Scotland—to sit on that working group?

The annual report mentions plans for a working group to be formed, initially looking at the Scottish Government workforce. There is also the question of whether some civil service jobs could be undertaken across any area of Scotland. Will you give us a bit of information about how the working group will be set up and who you envisage having a seat on it?

Have you looked at all at how a rent freeze might benefit private tenants on islands?

Okay. Thank you very much.

Does the Scottish Government think that having a vote more regularly than every five years would improve transparency and accountability? It sounds as though you would support more frequent voting.

Thank you very much for coming to speak to us today.

Gill Docherty explained that the Thornton track is unregulated but is licensed by Fife Council. I have a follow-up to Alasdair Allan’s question. I assume that, if Fife Council revoked that licence, the track would have to close. Has your organisation written to Fife Council to request that it revoke the licence or that it attach a condition to the licence requiring the track to be regulated? If you have done that, have you had a response?

I am not sure whether Mark Ruskell wants to come back in. I do not know whether I am allowed to ask you questions, actually. Sorry.

Can we write to Fife Council? I do not know whether we can ask it to attach conditions to the licensing or to explore or look into the issue. I am not sure how it works, but it seems that, if a licence has been granted to an unregulated track, there is scope to add conditions to it.