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So you think that, in cases in which something might not be deliverable because there are no funds to do it, despite the fact that it is a big landowner who owns the land, expectation can be managed if the communities have an input.

I saw Don Macleod put his hand up.

Before we leave that and go to Monica Lennon for a supplementary question, can you clarify that you do not expect land management plans to include financial information? Do you expect them to say how much it costs to run an estate? That might be quite interesting—and frightening. Jill Robbie, do you want to answer that?

So, you would like to see the entire cashflow.

Don Macleod, was it a walk in the park for you? Did you understand it?

Okay; that sounds interesting. I think that we will deal with lotting later.

I have a final quick-fire question. You are saying that the process is too complex. Could we make it easier by completely rewriting the section on registration? Do we need to do that? It seems like, ever 10 years, we do something different, but we never seem to get it right.

Yes, and all of the associated things, such as the community right to buy.

At the risk of repeating myself, I note that there seems to be a bit of dichotomy here, in that the Government wants to be able to buy Glen Prosen and not tell the Parliament for three months after it has bought it, which it would not be able to get away with if this legislation was in force.

Bob Doris has a quick-fire question.

I will stop you there, because I have broken my own deadline and I am under a little bit of pressure from my deputy convener to get in a final question for one person. I will move to Ben Macpherson for the final question.

Welcome back. A new member of the panel, Grierson Dunlop, has joined us. Everyone else has had a chance to say a little about what they have done before, and a short explanation about your experience in the field would be helpful.