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We are joined for our first panel by Chris Ashurst, who is group co-ordinator at the High Rise Scotland Action Group, and Fionna Kell, who is director of policy at Homes for Scotland.
I was a goalkeeper, so hand-eye co-ordination was very important. As I am sure that you will appreciate, when you are on your period, that sometimes goes out the window.
We already fund GrowGreen Scotland to the tune of about £20,000 per annum, in part to co-ordinate the community growing forum. My officials and I will go away and consider the extent to which the role that the group is undertaking is akin to what the committee has recommended as regards a national forum.
My organisation, SCOTSS, tries to bring that together, and to co-ordinate, support and take a coherent approach to the work, and I think that we do that quite well.
I am the MSP for Perthshire South and Kinross-shire. I am wildlife crime co-ordinator for Police Scotland. I am the MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire.
I see a lot of really good ideas, with many areas trying out innovative things, but I am a bit worried that that is not well co-ordinated, which can lead to different experiences for people in different areas.
That is not to say that local government has to do absolutely everything, but it has a really important role in reconciling different dimensions of the challenge and in co-ordinating and bringing other important actors together.