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Yes, it has been going on for almost 10 years now. Fulton, do you want to come back in?

You mentioned dysfunction. Will you unpack that a bit?

Does Christian Hilber have anything to add?

Maybe we will uncover a bit more of that as we go on.

My next question was going to be whether you agree that there is a national housing emergency in Scotland. I am getting from what you have all said that you agree that there is one. Has the Scottish Government been clear about how it has defined that? Is it defining that in the same way as you are defining it?

You have question 6.

Does Ken Gibb have anything to add?

You pointed out that you are working well with the Scottish Government to improve the data. I would be interested to get a sense from both of you again on the progress that you have made. You said that you have the plans and the work on data is going well in Edinburgh. What other progress have you made in tackling the emergency and at what point will you be able to say that the housing emergency in your area is over?

You mentioned earlier that Scottish Borders Council is a stock transfer council. Could you give us more detail about particular challenges in responding to the emergency that arise from that?

That concludes our questions. Thanks for joining us this morning—we are still in the morning, just. It has been very helpful to hear your perspectives on whether you have a housing emergency, whether you might be going in that direction, what contributes to that and how we can turn it around. It has been a pleasure to have you join us.

Great. I think that you have made the case that housing is critical for so many things, including education, wellbeing and poverty—everything.

I believe that Meghan Gallacher wants to come in, and then we will wrap up.