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We are talking about a new form of public service that is simple and has been understood in Westminster—in fact, John Reid has adopted some of our proposals. It is not a case of buying shares and floating a trust on the stock market.
I do not know whether an opinion questionnaire falls within the remit of the Scottish Parliament information centre, but surely before we go out externally we can ask SPICe whether it would be able to do it.
New section 61A is intended to give an exemption from the right to buy for certain property. It is meant to ensure that there are no problems for existing housing associations in extending the right to buy to property for which there is currently no right to buy.