 The Scottish Government presented the Scottish Parliament with a proposed law to怯 the Community Empowerment Scotland Bill aimed at making it easier for people to improve their communities. The Scottish Parliament gave the local government and regeneration committee of which I am convener the task of scrutinising much of the bill and identifying what would make it work. The first stage of this process, Stage one involved consulting people throughout Scotland. Y Bydd sefydal has produced its findings and wants the banks to be even more robust in helping people through the maze of bureaucracy. We have highlighted the fact that top-down scenario's put in place by community planning partnerships are not necessarily the best thing and what we actually want is bottom-up ideas and communication. That is why in the report itself we have talked about community planning partnerships and other public felly sy'n cyfnoddol yn gwleidio'r cymuned i'r ystod y gallu'n meddwl y byw. Fydda'r cysylltu'r cyfnoddol yn gweithio'r cyfnoddol yn cyfnoddol yn gwleidio'r cyfnoddol, mae'n gwirionedd o'r peth yma, y llwyddo'n cyfnoddol yn cael ei wneud y llwyddo'r llwyddo'n cyfnoddol yn llwyddo'n cyfrif. Mae'n gweithio'r cyfnoddol yn y llwyddo'r cysylltu i'w gweithio'r cyfnoddol yn cyfnoddol. When we and the committee got involved, the council had some very difficult questions to answer. Now, as one of my committee colleagues, John Walson has discovered, the whole situation has been unlocked. The lease has been granted and work has finally started on this worthwhile community project. What was the attitude of officers following that meeting? We felt that there was communication problems within the council and we have fallen foul of some of those perhaps. I think after the committee meeting, things were a bit more focused and it all caught together a bit better and people seemed to move more on it. Everybody seemed to understand what we were doing and what the process had to be to get us to this stage. It was still a long process but we're here now and it's just terrific to be at this stage finally. Amy, when you gave evidence in front of the committee, what do you think it was worthwhile giving? Definitely, it will give people with different difficulties more confidence if they work here. That's what we're hoping to achieve anyway. Can I, on behalf of the committee, wish you all the best for the future? I think the evidence that you provided us with on the day clearly opened our eyes to some of the problems that are faced by many community groups throughout Scotland. But I'm glad that you have come from amateurs to being semi-professionals and professionals in the field of community empowerment because I think the example that you've given us today and the example that you're putting forward for Dumfries is examples that can be replicated throughout Scotland. I hope that as well as sorting out matters for one group that our findings will help many others across the country and that we can ensure that the legislation is robust enough to take account of matters which may have been difficult in the past. Hopefully we can iron all of that out now. This part of the process will conclude with the full Scottish Parliament debating the bill and our report before it can move on.