Chamber and committees

Does anyone want to come in on that? I do not want to stifle responses.

I bring in Lyndsay Clelland, and then Emma Saunders.

We are keen to get a sense of whether the bill strikes the right balance between the rights of tenants and those of landlords. That is the key point that we want to be clear on.

I want to ask Ken Gibb something before I bring in Anna Evans. Ken, you spoke about pushing things back to the Scottish Government with regard to the market analysis. Do you think that putting a duty on ministers to decide whether or not to propose to designate a rent control area, informed by local authorities, will protect those authorities from pressure and, indeed, from legal risk? That is the difference between control areas and pressure zones, is it not?

Could we change that three-year lag in the bill?

From your research, do you have a sense of where the younger landlords are going? Are they just selling their properties?

Thank you for highlighting the need for a distinction in that regard.

Emma, do you want to say something briefly?

That is great. I am sure that more will come out as we ask other questions. I move to Alex Marsh to give an overview of his research work.

There are measures in the bill that address such risks, such as the tenant having to ask whether they can do something and the landlord having the right to refuse it.