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Laurie Macfarlane, do you want to come in on that?

And without explanation, Kevin. Douglas, I was not sure whether you had finished.

I will push you to answer that in one sentence.

Okay. I think that the bill does not mention specific skills and expertise for the new commissioner, but it does say that the commissioner cannot be a large landowner—they are automatically disqualified. I am not quite sure that I understand that, and I am not quite sure that I understand why specific skills are not listed. The tenant farming commissioner has to have specific skills; I remember his first interview when he came to the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee.

That is interesting. Lotting is a specific skill that not everybody has. After 15 years of being a land agent, I would not say that I am confident that I could do it correctly.

The next question comes from Mark Ruskell.

I want to move on to the next part of our discussion—the proposal for a land and communities commissioner, which seems to be non-controversial, this morning. Should it be a stand-alone role, or should it be incorporated in the work of existing commissioners? What are your views on the way in which the role is laid out in the bill? Magnus—as you have expressed opinions on this, I will let you go first.

Peter, I know that you have some doubts, so I will let you voice them now.

We can probably take that up shortly.

I am also interested in land management plans being tied in. There is an estate in the Highlands that has a land management plan tied in that is currently for sale at more than £10 million; it has not found a buyer, because the land management plan is undeliverable.

On that note, I will pause the meeting for five minutes. Before I suspend the meeting, I ask everyone to stay seated for a minute, as I want to say something before we continue with the next session.

So what should the threshold be?