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Thank you. I appreciate that response and it is clear about the importance of co-production and co-ordination. I will move on.

Do you think that the bill gets anywhere close to that? You mentioned the definition of independent living. Do you think that the bill could be strengthened to have that, or do you think that we need to do something else to address that, whether we call it the right to need satisfaction or something else? The things that have been set out in that paper are the sorts of things that people who use social care services need. Do you think that the bill could be strengthened?

I should have said in the previous session that, in my entry in the register of members’ interests, it is noted that I worked for Inclusion Scotland.

Thank you. Alison White, I ask you the same question.

Thank you. That is very helpful. I have no further questions on this theme.

Thank you. I appreciate that. I have no further questions.

I appreciate what has been said about monitoring. That will be important. I should have said at the start that it is sensible to suspend the requirement for a local connection. People want to be able to live where they want to live, so it is important.

If, in the monitoring, you were to find that particular local authorities had quite an uptick in applications, possibly as a result of the suspension, would you provide funding to them to ensure that they could afford to meet the demand?

I welcome that approach. I can see how that would be more sensible than getting someone into homelessness or finding them when they are homeless and dealing with the issue at that point. That is helpful.

We spoke a little bit about Ukraine. Have you considered the impact of people from Ukraine on the matter?

Good morning to the cabinet secretary and her officials. I will pick up on a couple of the themes that we have heard about so far.

Since 2019, in Glasgow, the unsuitable accommodation order has been breached 220 times. Will that be monitored as a result of bringing in the suspension?

I am sure that local authorities will welcome that.