Chamber and committees

Before I bring in Mike Staples, I want to probe that answer a little more deeply. At the Rural Housing Scotland conference that many of us attended, I was talking to an architect based in England—I think that his name is Craig White—who told me that there is a piece of legislation in England that requires local authorities to keep a register of land that is available specifically for self-build and community build. Do we have something like that in Scotland?

That is great. Stephanie Callaghan is next.

Where should the support mechanisms that need to be wrapped around communities sit?

Okay, I think that we are done. That was a tremendous session, and at the end we started to highlight some more things that we could touch on, such as the role of the private rented sector and aspects of retrofitting.

Thank you so much for joining us this morning. It has been really helpful to have this conversation to identify some of the areas where the Scottish Government could smooth the way and remove the blocks—I think that the word blocks was used. We very much appreciate that you have joined us and given us evidence.

As we agreed at the start of the meeting, we will take the next item in private.

As the enterprise agencies have been picked out, I will bring in Stuart Black and Russel Griggs.

Are you saying that you get the feeling that the Scottish Government does not want you at the table to discuss the issue?

Great. Thanks very much for bringing community shares and SNIB into the conversation. Perhaps we can come back to SNIB.

When you talk about the need for a flexible model, do you mean within the rural and islands housing fund specifically or in general?

We are almost coming up to 11.00, and I would like to extend this evidence session by 15 or 20 minutes, if that is okay with everybody. We have a few more questions, the witnesses certainly have plenty more to say and it is important for us to get it on the record.

Yes, communities are making a herculean effort.

Does anyone else want to come in on either the land issue or the additional dwelling supplement?