 Ie. Thank you. We now move to the next side of business, which is topical questions. To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on reports that nearly 5,000 children will be homeless or in temporary accommodation at Christmas." Minister Margaret Burgess. Homelessness has been falling in Scotland. Applications are down by 20 per cent since answered in 2012 that the number of children who have passed more processings has crept even with the latest statistics. Much of this is down to the focus on the prevention of homelessness which is a priority for the Scottish Government and its partners. Numbers of children in template accommodation have also fallen since 2007. Although we do not want to see any families into temporary accommodation, our對了 of actions and strong legal rights for homeless households means that families are gael, i gael cael y fifrach gan相fodd creu ardasticau yn amblwydant ndymuno i ddweud ffordd ei wgfaith, yn ymddegi gan ddweud unrhyw arall, mae'n gorro i un o rhan o un bod pennyddion eich £1,000,000 i'r pannau am yr yrhael yn y parlyryd. Beth beth os rydw i'r tyniad yma ym 30,000 ysgrifetau hôm, ac rydyn ni'n rhaid i'r eu cyfnod pethon i'r ddweud ymddeg, ond ymddeg snipernyn am fydde i'r hynod, We are not only increasing new supply but working to protect existing supply through the right to buy, which will protect our housing stock by preventing the sale of up to 15,500 houses over a 10-year period. The First Minister announced last month that if re-elected our target as a Government, we will be to build at least 50,000 new affordable homes in the next parliamentary term. I thank the minister for that answer. However, if a child is in temporary accommodation, they lose on average 55 days of schooling, so they have anxiety, distress, speech problems can occur, among many other issues. It sets them back at an early stage. Does the minister think that part of the problem is because the Government switched away from its manifesto of commitment, which was to build 30,000 homes for rent, not social, not affordable homes, as the minister stated, and now he insists that a third of those homes have to be bought with a mortgage instead? That does not help the 5,000 children, does it? What I would say to Jim Hume is that the vast majority of temporary accommodation used is well managed, good quality furnished social housing stock, and we know that most local authorities use their own stock for temporary accommodation, and it is not different from that used by other households. The Government has made a commitment to 30,000 affordable homes. We are delivering on that commitment. We have also said that it is not the height of our ambition, and we intend to increase that if we are elected in a future Government. All the financial restrictions and difficulties that the Government has faced, we have still built more houses for social rent than any administration since the devolved Parliament was set up, and we are outperforming the rest of the UK. We know that we have to do more, and our ambitions to do more, and that is what we are doing. Jim Hume? I obviously hate to disagree with the minister, but her own Government figures regarding new build stats in the social sector were 3,842 in the last year, whereas in 2006-2007, when there was another administration in, that was over 5,500. The minister's words are correlating, I should state, with the Government's own figures. The minister also needs to explain why there are 626 more children homeless this year than last year. The difference between 30,000 homes for rent and 20,000 homes for rent is clear to us, and that is 5,000 children in temporary accommodation at Christmas. Have any of those families told the minister that they are in a position to get a mortgage and buy one of their own homes? Minister. What I would say to Jim Hume is just let's get the statistics correct. This Government has built more houses for social rent than any other Government since administration, and I'll just give him the figures. The previous administration of which his party was part of in there in seven-year term built 28,988 houses for social rent. This Government has built 38,859 houses for social rent in terms of affordable homes to help others. If others go on to the housing ladder, it releases the home for social rent to some of the people who may be in temporary accommodation. In affordable homes, the previous administration built 9,027 and this administration has built 15,327. We are building more homes. I have said already that we need to build more. We are going to be building more, but at least we are delivering and we are doing more than any previous administration. Does the minister accept the verdict of Shelter Scotland, CIH and SFHA that Scotland is currently facing a housing crisis? Does she accept that? I have said more on one occasion in this chamber that we are facing challenges in housing and we are rising to that challenge. We have done with a target of 30,000 homes and when we completed that target and we took that base on what Shelter and other organisations were telling us at that time, that was an ambitious target. They have now told us that that target is not sufficient. We have also indicated that we are increasing our target to 50,000 and that is the baseline of the next Parliament. We are listening to what is being said. We know that we need to build more houses and we are going to get on and do that. To go back to the question that was about temporary accommodation, it is not only about number but about the quality of its accommodation. Can the minister provide an overview of the quality of housing that is used for families in temporary accommodation? As I said in a previous response, the housing that is used for temporary accommodation is local authorities own housing stock and it is like the other housing stock that they are renting out just now. The accommodation is generally furnished. The furnishings are replaced on a regular basis. The accommodation has to be within the local authority area. It has to be suitable to the schools and the services that the families need so that it is as close as possible to what the family would get when they are in settled accommodation. However, the accommodation is good quality local authority accommodation. I think that it is right that the member raises that point that it is not about secondary accommodation. It is of a good standard and it should be and that is right. Thank you. That ends topical questions. We are now moving to the next side of business, which is a debate on motion number 14681, in the name of Keith Brown on Trident, welfare or warfare.