Chamber and committees

Thanks very much for that. I appreciate your coming to the committee and putting a big highlighter through the connection between community wealth building and the Circular Economy (Scotland) Bill. I will bring in Gordon MacDonald as he wants to respond to something that was said earlier.

Rob—do you have a perspective on how the pilots are going?

I do not think that it is a small point at all. When I first started trying to understand community wealth building, it was certainly an issue that I tried to unpack.

Neil—I see you nodding. Perhaps you can explain your thinking on this issue and how we handle it. Where do the anchor organisations or institutions sit in that respect?

Welcome back to our community wealth building round table. We have some more questions to ask, starting with Pam Gosal.

Rob Davidson, do you want to come in on this?

So, even before we come to legislation, you would encourage other councils to do that.

I will bring in Neil McInroy before we move to questions from Miles Briggs.

Yes.

I understand that there is a working group on CSOs and CPOs, and I think that the Government has stated that those will be reviewed. Work is being done on that, so it might not need to be addressed in primary legislation, but you have made good points.

Iain Gulland, can you talk a bit about the idea of material banks and the potential for valuable materials for communities?

That is very true. I am aware of a lot of small initiatives that need tremendous support.

Mark Griffin indicated an interest in asking about net zero. I think that this would be a good time for him to come in, as Iain Gulland has started to talk about that.