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So the Kelvin hall has very much been factored into your strategic development.

Finally, the metrics for the BBC Scotland digital channel that you have talked about this morning, such as the 2.5 per cent viewing share, compare very well with those for other digital channels, but does the fact that you are doing pretty well compared with those channels act as something of a comfort zone in which you think, “Everything’s great”? What are your long-term aspirations for the channel? If, as I hope, they are about substantial growth, what will trigger that? Will it require a big drama such as the major hit “Keeping Faith”, which originated on S4C and then went on to the BBC? Is it that type of trigger that will get more people to watch BBC Scotland or will it be, say, a big news event such as indyref 2? What drives that kind of aspiration? Is it more about slow, continual, moderate growth instead?

It is a very quick one. Clearly, the cultural sector and cultural activity are hugely important in their own right. However, is what the sector does for the rest of society being captured by funding streams? Some cultural organisations do a lot of regeneration and placemaking work. Can they get access to funding to do that kind of stuff, which does not easily fit into one box?

The Grangemouth future industries board is one practical example of a conversation that is led predominantly by the industrial cluster rather than by the community itself. How should we roll out just transition plans for individual sectors or within individual communities?

You will be aware that there are community concerns about the ethylene plant in Mossmorran. That may be a different context from the one at Grangemouth. The Mossmorran conversation is being led by the community rather than by the operators, which seem to be reluctant to take part in discussion at all. It is a different starting point. How would a just transition plan work for that site, which is the third biggest carbon polluter in Scotland? How would you compare that to the Grangemouth future industries board, which has been very much corporate-led and driven?

Good morning. I was really pleased to see just transition principles being embedded through the Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Act 2019 and the setting up of the commission, albeit not on a statutory basis. Is there a concern about just transition being interpreted in the same way as sustainable development? In other words, it has a thousand different flavours, and the board of an oil and gas company and a community affected by a major development will have very different perspectives and points of view on the matter.

Can just transition and the work that you have started deliver the real systemic change that is required, or is it still predominantly about mitigating climate impacts by building more efficient kit or putting carbon capture and storage solutions into existing plants instead of making wholesale change? I would be interested to get your sense of where discussions on just transition have reached and, more important, who is leading them.

Professor Skea, you co-authored the groundbreaking IPCC report on 1.5°C that ignited the whole debate. Where do you see oil and gas development and the Cambo oil field? Is that compliant with our need to keep the world under 1.5°C?

Were the community and unions involved in the Grangemouth industry cluster?

Should the use of gross domestic product as a measure of progress simply be stopped outright, or should a more transitional approach be taken?

It appears that we are now in a perfect storm, with COP26 and disputes and timetable changes that are rocking the confidence of workers and the travelling public, but next year ScotRail will pass into public sector ownership. What best practice from the public sector—in terms of industrial relations, fair work, patient negotiation and consultation—can be brought to the new franchise?

The member needs to recognise that as I, too, live in a rural area, I know that some roads will be absolutely necessary for the reasons that I have already pointed out: safety issues, climate adaptation and connectivity. However, the days of unlimited growth of public roads are over—it is just a waste of public money. There are better priorities for us to invest in now.

We expect that investment to come through the strategic projects transport review, which is a step change: £5 billion investment in rail with a public operator running rail services in the public interest, new funding for councils to deliver models of public bus ownership and the delivery of free bus travel for under-22s. There will be a strong future for those public services.

Under the agreement, our debt to the natural world will start to be repaid. Legally binding nature targets will be set to restore nature and drive the reform of planning, agriculture and fisheries policies that have led to catastrophic collapses in biodiversity in the past. The nature restoration fund, established by the Greens under the last budget, will be dramatically increased to drive action. Nature networks of Atlantic woodland and rainforest, pollinator superhighways and kelp forests can now be planned, paid for and protected.

Our connection with the natural world will be strengthened with a third national park in Scotland. Our human right to a healthy environment, the need for environmental courts to deliver justice and a future generations commission will all be advanced while we work with the Government to reform driven grouse moors, crack down on wildlife crime and even bring back the beaver properly.

In this Parliament, we must not hold back on the rights of the most vulnerable groups. No one should be made destitute because of their immigration status. Trans and non-binary people deserve as much dignity, equality and inclusion as the rest of us. We need to double down to eradicate hatred and misogyny wherever it rears its ugly head.

Covid has brought into sharp relief the need for action to address the mental health crisis, the staffing issues in our schools and the need to provide care as a basic human right. Our agreement will give Parliament the foundations for change in those areas. There will be more availability in mental health services in our communities, 5,000 new teachers, with a stronger additional support needs workforce, and the first step next year to establish that pivotal, national care service.

The Scottish Greens are a party in a hurry. We will stretch the powers of the Scottish Parliament to their limits and then we will ask the people whether they want to complete the journey to independence. We look forward to working with all those who share our vision.