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I wonder whether the committee would consider writing to the Minister for Victims and Community Safety, highlighting the petitioner’s submissions and seeking an update on the work to finalise and publish the voluntary code of practice for landowning maintenance companies.

Yes.

I wonder whether the committee would consider keeping the petition open and writing to the Minister for Transport once the fair fares review has been published, to seek details on any recommendations relate to the ask of the petition.

I wonder whether the committee would consider keeping the petition open and writing to the Scottish Government to ask whether it intends to carry out work relating to the issues that are raised in the petition and on whether it will undertake work to raise awareness about public rights to access different types of land and the law of trespass in Scotland.

The UK National Screening Committee is going to—

The number of applications to extend areas to sell alcohol was over several licensing boards, which shows that those shops are making greater profit from alcohol, because they would not change an area if sales—

I would argue against that. The small paper shop that I go to every day does not sell alcohol at all. It has been there for 20 years and is very successful.

Okay. Thank you.

Good morning. I know that all the witnesses have touched on this slightly, but I want to ensure that the evidence is on the record for the committee. What would you say to people who have concluded from the available evidence that minimum unit pricing is not working in targeting problem drinkers?

Convener, my other questions have been answered.