Chamber and committees

On Donna Birrell’s comment, a company in Barra, in the Western Isles, is using modern methods of construction and will be supplying the houses for six of the smart clachans in South Uist. Building in a factory can be done on a small scale—I have become aware of quite a few companies across the Highlands that are delivering on a small scale, and it is really working for them. More discussion around that would be great.

Mark, do you have any further questions?

Thank you for giving that perspective.

Roslyn Clarke, from Applecross Community Company, I know all about your achievement in the housing project that you recently completed, and I see that you are going to embark on some more housing. I am curious to hear about the challenges that you have faced and those that you will face with that new project.

What you said about the infrastructure and the difficult choices that you have to make is very helpful.

Mike Staples, how is it going in the community-led housing sphere? What are the challenges?

Thank you for your responses. Mark Griffin has a few questions.

Thank you for that. Mark Griffin, do you have another question?

Thank you for that very enthusiastic response.

What is the Scottish Government doing to support training of surveyors and fire safety assessors to ensure that there is a sufficient pool of qualified staff to deliver the single building assessment programme within a reasonable timescale?

Donna Birrell would like to come in.

Thank you. That is such a stark example. You talked about tender costs being way in excess of your assumptions. Do you have a sense of where those costs are coming from?