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The 8,000 figure was only ever indicative of the kind of numbers that we might be considering, but the projection has changed. We can track how many people have heard about Scotland and how many people have contacted the RAS.
The existing powers are very broad. For example, I—and, I think, many people—believe that under the powers that were used in 2001, far too many perfectly healthy animals were killed.
It would be reasonable to have some estimate of how many people were able to buy, as that would give us some indication of how many people required social rented housing—or indeed other rented housing—or low-cost home ownership.