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It strikes me that it is not just people who have a care experience who may need more flexibility; people with a range of disabilities may need it, too.
What is interesting about the community benefit funds is that they do not provide only money; they can also provide in-kind benefits, which may take the form of shared ownership.
You have indicated that, as landlords, you want to make sure that you get the right assessment and do the right things in a property. We believe that we may have enough assessors to cover the process, but there may be some logjams in the system in relation to how the process is managed and how effective it is.
That is quite easy to do, and the UK Government has produced a knockout book of technical detail—which excites me, although it may not be for the committee—on how to do it.
Secondly, anonymity should be for a lifetime—it is clear that, as we heard in the previous session, victims are concerned that their loved ones may find out about something, or it may be published, upon their death.
That is where I come back to the possibility of using digital mechanisms, so that it is not just a matter of those who happen to be on the body, who may or may not be representative of broader opinion.