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A number of options are being considered, but a site has not yet been agreed. As has been said, good progress has been made recently with the appearance of the option of a potential site.
It is because of Brexit and universal credit that RSLs face new challenges to secure debt and to building the 50,000 affordable homes, so adding the risk of not acting would simply be the wrong thing to do.
I think that, if possible, every committee member should act on Michael Russell’s suggestion that they visit the site. It is not only this site that is under threat; the issue affects a number of sites across Scotland.
The benefit is to record that we have registered that the Scottish Government has responded to what we said. It will give credit where credit is due, on the grounds that we will then find it easier to be more critical when the Government does not respond.
I am aware that previous debates on the issue have been largely consensual, but I understand the frustrations that have been expressed in the chamber tonight on behalf of the WASPI women.
I am sure that his words will echo in homes not just in Scotland but across the UK, given the powerful sentiments that he expressed. Every life lost to suicide is one too many.