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I am happy with that, convener. Thank you.

No worries.

Good morning, panel. I was going to ask a question about people who did not respond and what you did, but you have kind of answered it by saying that you were using returning officers, the Electoral Commission and so on.

How confident are statisticians that the sample of candidates who responded is representative of the overall candidate population? Given that the report concludes that it is also not possible to draw firm conclusions regarding representativeness of candidates, how useful is the survey as an evidence source for policy makers?

Mine is a similar question to the one that I asked the last panel. Every local place plan must have regard to NPF4. Looking at the draft document, how confident are you that community bodies will be able to do so? The previous panel said that additional resource would be required to assist communities, as there would be a cost of up to £10,000 per plan. Do you have any feedback on that? Do you agree with that view?

I will go back to a question that I asked of the other panels about the local place plan having to have regard to NPF4. How confident are you that community bodies will be able to do that? How do we reach out to community bodies? What about communities that do not have any community bodies, such as where I come from? I come from a quite deprived area in Glasgow where we do not have such community cohesion and bodies to do that. How do we get communities involved?

That was very helpful. Thank you both, and thank you, convener.

Good morning. Every local place plan will have to have regard to NPF4. From looking at the draft NPF4, how confident are you that community bodies will be able to do so? What help might communities need with such a task?

Yes, I do. My apologies for not being here earlier.

Do you think that the revised draft NPF4 will support or hinder the delivery of the level of renewable energy developments that are needed in Scotland to achieve net zero?

Do you think that the draft NPF4 addresses concerns about wild land aspects whole-heartedly? Are we taking wild land and renewables into account and giving them the same footing?

Thank you very much.