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Were they literally in the same building, or were they part of a virtual team?

Okay.

I was going to ask you about that, because you described Inverness as rural and I was not really sure about that.

I will come back to talk about housing and other structural issues.

Two weeks ago, Derek Laidler from the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy told the committee about the challenges of being located in general practices and reported that there was some pushback from GPs about hosting people physically in their premises. Will you tell us a bit more about what your members say? Why might that be the case? What are the difficulties?

In the Ayrshire constituency that I represent, one general practice in an urban setting has co-located in a community hub. The staff are not there all the time, but they go in and out. Could such a model work for multidisciplinary teams in rural areas?

The community hub was a new build. When we look at renewing community facilities, is there an opportunity to consider wider needs?

Do you want me to leave my next questions until later, convener?

I just want to press you a little bit on that. We have heard that some of the challenge is to do with the availability of housing. I appreciate that affordability might be an issue for individuals, too, but this is literally about the supply of housing across the country in rural areas. I have to say, though, that Skye is an area I am familiar with.

Do you and your members feel that there is a place for health boards, local authorities and the Government to work together to provide that infrastructure and housing, or to find solutions to how they get built?

Further to that, the Scottish Football Alliance recommends that Scottish football season ticket holders be allowed to vote for the president of the SFA. The alliance argues—forgive me, but this is quoting directly—that that would replace the

“antiquated and undemocratic process of ‘procession to office’ and ‘blazer procession’”

with a fair voting structure. How do you respond to that?