Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent)
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That was very useful. I just wanted to highlight something. I was going to ask about the methodologies, but that is what the Chair asked about. Has there been engagement around the development of methodology?

Has the council or the federation had any engagement with the Government on the question of the new methodologies being formed? How has that gone? What kinds of points have the witnesses been raising in that engagement?

It is also worth noting those little small pieces such as I mentioned on reuse and reused. Sometimes we have things that are reusable but they are never reused. We know from the Rediscovery Centre and others that paint can be reused. Is it a matter of rewarding and encouraging not just reusable but also reused materials?

The other question comes almost into the area of right to repair, which we have been looking at in other areas. These are things that are designed to be deconstructible. Reference was made to not using adhesive but using screws, for example, and things like that. Are there specific small elements like that that should be happening right away? We have been talking and focusing on the big decisions such as whether to demolish or build, but some of those small pieces can be very significant and could be become almost standardised as technical specifications, where possible, in building. Perhaps we could look at strengthening those technical specifications on those small little issues.

There was also my question on the witnesses' engagement with Government on the methodologies as we try to craft our new methodologies.