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Do you have a timeframe in mind? You are saying that it will happen before 2026, but do you have anything planned in the meantime?

The new building standard 3.28 requires buildings to be designed to reduce the risks to occupants’ health from overheating. What implications would that have for developers? What impact might that have on home owners’ use of their properties?

It is open to any of the witnesses to respond.

Thank you, convener. I have nothing to declare.

I am sorry—my dog is barking.

I have repeatedly spoken about the right to recovery bill, which will be proposed in Parliament in the next couple of weeks. We have worked with front-line organisations that say that the bill is the right thing to do. Once she has seen its content, will the minister back the bill?

Good morning, minister, and thank you very much for attending.

I have just been trawling through the latest statistics. The police division with the greatest number of suspected drug deaths—187—was greater Glasgow, followed by Lanarkshire with 67, Edinburgh city with 64, and Tayside with 64. Is any specific work taking place in those divisions to identify what the issue is and how we can help and support people?

The Scottish Government’s residential rehab mapping report stated that the Government funded only 13 per cent of residential rehab places in Scotland in 2019-20. Promises have been put forward regarding funding and places. Can the minister tell me how many extra residential rehab beds will be available by the end of this year?

Can I ask one more question, convener?

Thank you for the opportunity to ask this question, convener.

Cabinet secretary, you rightly started off this evidence session by praising and thanking our front-line NHS and social care staff. I think that everyone in Scotland would agree with you on that. You also said that they are “knackered”. I do not think that that is just a physical health issue; it is also a mental health and wellbeing issue. Therefore, can you say what is in place to support the pandemic-related mental health and wellbeing issues of our NHS and social care staff? Will staff have protected time to use the wellbeing support that is available?

You have addressed all my questions in one answer, but I will come back to you later in the meeting.

Good morning. I want to pick up on the issue of capacity in the NHS, which Paul O’Kane started off on. We have seen waiting times at record levels over the past few weeks and, last week, our largest health board, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, which serves my constituents, warned people not to turn up at the accident and emergency department unless their condition was life threatening. As we move into the winter period, waiting times will be high. What is being done to alleviate the problems now?