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Does that reflect patterns in changing land use and diversification? Another example that comes to mind relates to a solar farm. There might still be an element of agricultural operation, but it might be quite different, and there would be the lease for the generation.

Possibly, and then I will move to the next question. Mr Dunlop, does your last point not make the case for a model environmental lease? You said that it is very difficult to crowbar environmental improvements into standard agricultural leases.

Do Ms Watt or Mr Colquhoun have anything to add?

The Government’s commitment to a solar target is welcome, but does the minister agree that it would be a missed opportunity if that target was met only through solar farms? Household solar battery and storage systems cut electricity bills and transport costs and enable householders to secure preferential electricity tariffs. Does the minister recognise that there are wider benefits and will she commit to ensuring that loan funding is there for both solar PV and batteries, even if it remains conditional on also decarbonising heating systems?

The picture across Wales is now absolutely clear: its 20mph national roll-out has reduced casualties by a third. The Tories seem to care very little about road safety, proposing a bill that would roll back on 20mph limits. Can the cabinet secretary confirm that there is no such rollback in Scotland, that funding will be there for councils to implement their plans next year and that, as part of that, a national communications plan will also be rolled out, learning from the Welsh experience of a 20mph national roll-out?

I would like to explore the difference between the transfer test in the bill, which applies to the seller prior to sale, and what you wanted to see in the bill, which was a public interest test that is applied as the land is being sold and which puts conditions on the future ownership. Will you comment on that, please?

Okay. You have covered this in relation to land management plans, but should the transfer test also apply to aggregate landholdings that are over 1,000 hectares?

Regarding the transfer test applying to large landholdings, the bill refers to holdings that are over 1,000 hectares. Do you see an argument for reducing that? If so, why?

So you see that coming through guidance and not in a big list in the bill.

Where do you see smallholders sitting? Should they be brought under the legislative framework for crofting, or does the existing provision for agricultural tenants meet the needs of smallholders?