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Is that why you think that smallholders fall more on the tenancy side than the crofting side?

I want to go back to Mr Doris’s point about the decision on whether the threshold should be 3,000 hectares, 1,000 hectares or something in between. Is it fair to say that there is something arbitrary about the selection? We know that 3,000 hectares in one part of Scotland could look very different from 3,000 hectares in another part of Scotland and might bring in quite dramatically different sets of issues in terms of management, local communities, opportunities for housing and so on. We live in a geographically diverse country. Putting into legislation that land of a certain size needs to have a land management plan does not reflect the nature of the land.

Why do you think the Government has chosen the transfer test? Were you asked for advice on the matter?

You believe that there should be consistency between the different measures in the bill—the transfer test and land management plans.

I know that Monica Lennon wants to come in, convener.

We have covered most of the questions that we wanted to ask, but I want to ask you about the definition of community sustainability. What was your thinking when you chose not to recommend that a definition should appear in the bill? Is it too difficult to provide a robust definition? If we do not provide a definition, is there a danger that areas such as community housing, for example, become less considered and less defined in the bill and that missed opportunities might arise as a result?

Okay—thanks.

Is it too earlier to codify some of that work in legislation? Does it need to go into legislation?

Mr Munro, you spoke earlier about the toxic environment that has been created around discussion of this individual project. Mr Wilson, you mentioned in your opening comments the impact on the creatives, artists, participants and others, including the negative impact on social media and in the wider media. Will you explain what that impact has been?

You mentioned that themes around sex and sexuality have always been part of art and culture. Given the controversy surrounding this individual project, do you see the potential for there to be a chilling effect? Might artists and creators be more reluctant to bring forward challenging and controversial projects as a result of the kind of furore and public discourse that we have seen in relation to this?