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Thank you. Mark Griffin, do you have any more questions?

Thank you. Mark Rodgers, is the picture similar in Highland Council? How is it going there for you?

Thank you—that is helpful. The point is that we are seeing increased housing pressure in Inverness because people are having to leave rural areas. I take your point that we need to get the right houses in the right places. It seems like we need to drill down to another level and take that into account.

Is anybody working with modern construction methods yet?

Thank you very much for that answer, which included even more useful detail. It is quite astounding to hear about the land issues that you have experienced.

I have a few more questions, after which I will bring in other members. I will start by directing my next questions to Mark Rodgers, but I ask other witnesses to indicate should they wish to come in. To what extent does the existing housing funding and planning system help to meet the specific challenges of developing affordable homes in rural areas? How successfully has the Scottish Government helped to address such challenges?

I thank the minister and his officials for that helpful discussion. As we agreed at the start of the meeting, we will take the next item of business in private.

I have a question for Mark Rodgers. Would it help if the Scottish Government considered placing a factory in the Highland area for scaling up with modern methods of construction?

I do not know whether this has been covered, but I want to ask a question about my new favourite thing, which is modern methods of construction. Is anyone working on that? We will hear from Colin Proctor, then Frank McCafferty.

Mark Griffin, who joins us online, will ask the next questions.

Would you like anyone in particular to start on those questions?