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Yes—we can.

I apologise to Paul Sweeney for coming in at this point, but I note that keeping those facilities open is also about making them sustainable, and I want to press Euan Lowe on that. We have seen that some areas of the UK are doing something different with regard to how they heat pools. Perhaps there is a potential opportunity there.

As I said, that links in with the issue of equalities. More women swim, right up until the end of their lives, than take part in any other sport, but it is very costly to keep pools open. If we do something in the sustainable space, we could keep them open. I throw that question back to Euan Lowe.

Now we have questions from Gillian Mackay on the escalation framework.

Let us go round everyone quickly.

I will come to colleagues in a minute, but I am just thinking about the one time that I took my bike from my village outside Aberdeen into the college that I used to work in. The cycle paths were really not meant for a commute; they were meant for leisure, so they went down by the river. There are no houses in that area and, in wintertime, you would not put yourself in that situation. That speaks to what you are saying about paths being built not just as part of segregated cycling infrastructure but in places where there is other infrastructure around them. I see that in Aberdeen city, and you must see it across Scotland.

I will come to Paul Sweeney on the issue of safety and harassment.

If you do not have something to hand just now, we are happy to take it as a follow-up.

I will stick with Sandesh Gulhane, who has questions on inequalities.

Emma Harper has a quick question on this point before we move on to talk about infrastructure and town planning in more depth.

A lot of members want to ask questions on facilities, infrastructure and town planning. I ask everyone to bear in mind that we have only 25 minutes left, and we have another item to get to.

I am not sure who wants to answer first.