 The final item of business today is a member's business debate on motion number 10109 in the name of Bob Doris on the regeneration of Royston. This debate will be concluded without any questions being put. Would those members who wish to speak in the debate please press the request to speak buttons now or as soon as possible and Mr Doris, if you are ready, if you would like to open the debate you have seven minutes or thereby please. Thank you very much, Presiding Officer. I welcome the opportunity to debate. Regeneration of Royston Parliament today. We would like to welcome a number of local representatives from the Royston community to the chamber this afternoon. I hope that fellow members and those through from Royston can join me and commit to Room 6 after this for some refreshments. That would be most welcome. I wanted to bring this motion to debate today for two main reasons. First, I wanted the good work of the people and organisations in Royston to be recognised. As we will hear a very special year for many of them. Secondly, I want to draw to the Scottish Parliament's attention the newly formed Royston strategy group, a community-led forum, who would wish to see meaningful regeneration in an area where poverty is endured for too long. The Royston strategy group includes the Rosemount Development Trust, Royston Youth Action and local housing associations to name but a few, including myself and fellow MSP Patricia Ferguson. We can replace regeneration briefly in a historical context. Many still call Royston the Garngad. It was renamed Royston in the 1940s, more of a marketing ploy, as part of the Glasgow Corporation's plans for housing action, which rolled out over subsequent decades. That led to many in the 1950s moving away from Garngad to the United States of the day. In 1953, Mick McLaughlin wrote the poem Farewell to Garngad. He said, Oh Father there and did you hear my new houses they have built? Some of them in Easter House and some in Castle Milk, but Lornaw can burn mullock too. They are building them like mad and now they are taking our friends away from dear old Garngad. That gives them a poetic example of some of the problems faced over the years. More recently, however, it has been much more positive. In the past few decades, hundreds of rented homes, or owner-occupied houses, have been renovated or built anew in the area. Housing in Royston has improved dramatically, although there is still work to do. However, it has improved dramatically in recent years and the development plans and the likes of Block Air, Spireview and Copperworks Housing Associations have to do much of the credit for that. Local housing directors such as Michael Carbry and Fiona Murphy have not only spearheaded several development projects but have been a visible face of housing and regeneration in the area. Tenant representatives such as Joan Royston and Charlie Lynn most certainly ensure that that regeneration is directly community led. Improving housing is obviously vital. However, the associations and others recognise that housing alone does not in itself improve life chances. Because of concern for poverty and high unemployment rates, the Rosemount Development Trust was created in 1989 by Royston residents and by 1993 the local millwell and burn centre was refurbished and ready to use for tenants. The goal is to reduce unemployment rates and aid the fight against poverty. Just six years later, it completed new premises at Rosemount Workspace, opening and providing more jobs and opportunity. Maureen Flynn is a representation of what ambition and desire to serve is. Maureen was raised in Royston and has been involved with Rosemount for 24 years now. Maureen is directly benefited by finding employment via the organisation and has supported many others to do likewise. Maureen Flynn is now director of the organisation and is doing a marvellous job advancing its reach and accomplishing its worthwhile goals. Also making a significant contribution to regenerative efforts are a variety of other excellent organisations and I will list a few of them. Royston Youth Action, Toonspeet Young People's Theatre, Rosemount Lifelong Learning, The Flexi Centre as well as local churches and schools. I very much hope that I have painted a vibrant picture of Royston because it is a vibrant place that I am increasingly finding out. However, there is, of course, a much more challenging story. An estimated 26 per cent of the Royston population is receiving or is completely dependent on benefits. An estimated 24 per cent of the working-age population is unemployed. Four out of the five data zones covering Royston are within the bottom 10 per cent in Scotland for educational attainment, obtaining skills and further future education achievements is absolutely critical. The organisations that I have mentioned earlier are aware of the scale of the problem and are busy putting into action approaches to deal with those challenges. I am sure that some others may talk about the Inspire Royston programme this year. That is just one example of engaging with all of Royston to celebrate the heritage, the community but more importantly to look at the future. What can the Royston strategy group that I mentioned at the start achieve? The first thing that it can achieve is to listen to the community over what their priorities are and it is doing that. Some of that work is already under way with a community consultation led by community links Scotland. They have spoken to many families over what they perceive to be local needs. One thing that is beginning to emerge is the potential need for a new community facility for older people in the area. Likewise, some have mentioned the lack of shopping opportunities, particularly for fresh fruits and veg, particularly around the Royston hill area, which, as the name suggests, makes it particularly difficult for older residents to get around it. Transport links and the quality of them have also been raised. We can do much to address those issues. The Royston regeneration strategy group has the goodwill of the city council and so much can be achieved when the city council and the Scottish Government want to take action. I think that there is a joint responsibility there. That is why I very much said that whenever the Royston regeneration strategy group comes forward with proposals and recommendations that the local authority will hopefully consider and take action to achieve them. However, in doing so, so must the Scottish Government where opportunities to support that action can be done. There are good examples of that. For example, a joint work around getting over £1 million from Maryhill borough halls where there was a joint action between the council and between the Government to achieve more than £1 million for a new community centre in Codda, more than £1 million for a new water sports centre at Port Dundas, all in the north Glasgow, all with similar issues to Royston, all partnership work between a city council and a Scottish Government. One type of funding is the regeneration fund, a £25 million fund from the Scottish Government across Scotland. One possible pot of cash that is for Carderhousing Association got its money from, but local authorities are asked to prioritise their bids in order of importance when bids go in. I would like to think in future years when Glasgow City Council decides where it wishes the Scottish Government to prioritise that Royston will feature with the highest priority on that. I want to finish off by saying that any regeneration activity must be completely community led, not the priorities of politicians but the priorities of the local community. That is what the Royston strategy group hopes to achieve, and I think that the legacy from this special year can be deep and meaningful and stretch for years to come. I would like to hope that, if Mick McLaughlin was writing his poem in the next few years rather than in 1953, he might call it the flourishing of the garrangad, as opposed to farewell to the garrangad. In closing, a community that is strengthened by investment led by their own priorities, I have no illusions that that will deliver, despite challenges. Royston is a vibrant community that needs help and assistance, and I am sure that, with partnership working, we can all deliver. I thank Bob Doris for securing this debate about an important initiative in the Royston area of my Maryhill and Springburn constituency, and for highlighting so many of the other good things happening in my constituency at the moment. The next two years are exciting ones for Royston, with the area's three housing associations, Spireview, Copperworks and Blokearn, together with the Rosemount Development Trust, all celebrating 25 years of making a difference in their community. The famous Royston Spire, the area's most obvious landmark, will celebrate its 150th birthday next year and will not be forgotten in all the discussions about the future of the area. Each of the housing associations mentioned has contributed to the regeneration of the area, not just by building houses but by building warm, affordable and attractive homes. Many of those local residents and volunteers who began the process of regeneration 25 years ago are, to their great credit, still involved, and we owe them and the staff who support them a real debt of gratitude. Similarly, the Rosemount Development Trust has worked hard to preserve some notable buildings in the area and to provide premises to encourage businesses into Royston and employment opportunities for local people, while Royston Youth Action provides support and activity for young and not-so-young alike. There are, of course, many other organisations operating in the area, not to mention GHA and Toonspeak, of which I am a patron, so I have an interest. The fact that all have significant anniversaries in the next few years has been the catalyst for some co-ordinated community celebration, as the motion describes, but has also spurred the organisations involved to think about what should happen next, namely what is needed to continue the regeneration of the area and how should that be taken forward. The result is, as we have heard, that a strategy group has been formed to discuss the changes that the community would like to see and to drive forward the required development. The Spireview Housing Association has already commissioned a consultation exercise about community facilities, and that work will influence the strategy group, which will no doubt want to carry out some wider consultation of its own before proceeding. However, it is fair to say that some ideas and themes are already beginning to emerge. The need for more shops, as Bob Doris rightly said, in the area has been mentioned, and there is general support for the idea of better community facilities, but this on-going discussion will be informed by the consultation already set and trained by Spireview. Ironically, for a community surrounded by a motorway, it can feel a little isolated, and better bus services and the reinstatement of the train line that one served the area have been suggested, and are areas where the Scottish Government might use its power and influence to bring about change and to help to link Royston to neighbouring communities. Mention has been made of the need to ensure the involvement of Glasgow City Council, and I very much agree with that, so much so that I wrote to the council leader, Councillor Matheson, to ask him for the council's co-operation. I am pleased to be able to tell the chamber, Presiding Officer, that he responded positively, saying, and I quote, I have instructed council officers to work with the strategy group to help deliver these aims. I understand that there has already been dialogue between the strategy group and senior officers, and I hope that that will serve as a foundation upon which a suitable action plan can be constructed. I am sure that Councillor Matheson's assurance of the council's support will be very welcome. In drawing to a close, because time is limited to me, there are two brief points that I want to make. The first is that in 2022, Royston can, if it chooses, commemorate the 80th anniversary of the controversial decision of 1942 that changed Garngad to Royston. Incidentally, an initiative, ironically, of the local headmaster and opposed by the local councillors in the area. To people of my parents' and grandparents' generation, it has always remained and will always be the Garngad. Wouldn't it be appropriate to commemorate that change in the area's name, with meaningful physical change building on the excellent work of the many community organisations that are working so hard for the area? My second point, Presiding Officer, is that, as the surrounding multi-storey flats are demolished at Ford Street and Rose Mount Street and at Sightel and Red Road, the skyline of the north of the city is beginning to change. Royston will soon, once again, enjoy the prominent position in the cityscape that it had for most of its 500-year history. In so many ways, this is the perfect time to look to continue the regeneration of Royston and, by working together, help to retain that sense of community that has always made Royston such a vibrant place in which to live and work. Thank you, Presiding Officer. I would like to start off by congratulating Bob Doris on bringing this debate to the chamber, where he quite rightly recognises the work of committed local activists to making their area better, in this case the area of Royston. I am sure that the people in the gallery will excuse me if I concentrate on the importance of regeneration in my constituency, but recognise the importance that it has in areas such as Royston and across the city of Glasgow. Too often, the unsung heroes of the local community are those who dedicate much of their spare time to make their community better. The aim of regeneration is to enable communities that have suffered from economic, social and environmental decline to rebuild their own community. As with Mr Doris, I have lots of examples in the area that I represent of community groups, housing associations and social enterprises that work together to make their local areas better. I have talked at length in the chamber about the great work that housing associations such as Castleton and Arden Glen do in their local community. Castleton has five areas that they focus their activities on—employability, early intervention, health, social enterprise and community engagement. Those threads can be seen through their current regeneration projects, including the Stables Nursery, which provides childcare and employment in the area and their craft café, a brilliant social enterprise that aims to tackle social isolation among older people. The money is made and it makes £8 for every pound that is invested and is reinvested back into the local community to assist them in helping more people. That is the sort of model that everyone in the chamber will surely get behind. Arden Glen housing associations also have a large body of regeneration projects on-going, including their current highly ambitious plans. Mr Dornan, I am really sorry to be doing this, but I am afraid that you must, since the motion is quite specifically about Royston. I am not asking for a conversation, Mr Dornan. The people in the gallery may indulge you to hear about your constituency. I am afraid that I cannot. If you want to confine your marks to Royston, I am happy to hear them, but, otherwise, perhaps you might want to leave your constituency matters to another day. I am quite happy to leave it at that, except for the fact that what I was trying to do was sell the benefits of regeneration, which would affect people of Royston every bit as much as it would other people in my constituency. One of the reasons that I was looking for other MSPs in Glasgow to speak was that I was looking for best practice for regeneration to be shared across the city and beyond. I wonder whether, before Mr Dornan closes, if he could maybe draw in one example from his area that he would recommend to the people of Royston that we would use in taking forward regeneration of the Garngad. Given your plea, Mr Dornan, I am happy to indulge Mr Dornan in that regard, but if he could find his remarks to Royston in the generality, please. For the people of Royston, if I had one example of what I think would be a very good idea, it would be those who are involved in the regeneration of the area to look at training the regeneration staff in the evaluation model social return on investment, which will be used to assess the impact of the regeneration work in the local community. The SROI measures social, environmental and economic changes and uses equivalent monetary values to represent them, which will allow them to determine a monetary worth, as well as a social worth, that comes from the testimony of the locals involved in the projects ahead. That will be a useful barometer going forward and in looking for additional funding to continue these projects. I am sure that, just as in my constituency, the people of Royston would benefit from such training for the staff. Thank you very much. Can I call on Mr Bacannan, please, to be followed by Richard Lyle. Thank you, Presiding Officer. My congratulations to Bob Doris for bringing forward this debate to the Scottish Parliament. Regeneration is obviously a hot topic at present, and on our local government committee, we have heard a great deal of evidence of late on where regeneration has not had the desired effect. However, as I said at the recent committee debate on the subject, there are places where regeneration has had a lasting effect, such as Royston. It is right that we draw attention to these successes, celebrate them and, when necessary, share the valuable lessons learned. I was particularly pleased to note from Bob Doris's motion that there was an emphasis on the importance of local businesses, whose exclusion was a recurring theme in some other areas. It is sad, but so often, where regeneration projects have failed, it is because they focus on attracting new businesses without proper regard and consideration to the local ones, which are already operating in the area, and the support or facilities required to help them grow. From what I understand, the loss of local businesses from this area was at least one issue that motivated residents of Royston to take the lead, work with local groups and work towards reversing these trends. Of course, that is the other important element to Royston's strategy. It is very much being led by local groups and the community. The importance of community engagement has cropped up again and again, so it is very encouraging that Royston community is at the centre of its regeneration strategy. That is why the Inspire Royston initiative and the community festivals are also such a positive development. We could all learn from that. Living in an area and being part of a community are two very separate things. For community council across Scotland, the real challenge is very often encouraging people in the area to become involved, have their say and get involved with the decisions that will affect them first and foremost. That is an aspect that we are getting better at. I was recently at a community council meeting in Morningside in Edinburgh where there was a discussion about a coffee morning in a local community cafe, the sole purpose of which was to let the community know who their community council was and what they could do for them. Like Royston's festivals, this is a sort of proactive step that will make the difference and bring people together and get them involved locally, particularly those who might otherwise be excluded and find it difficult to interact and meet with their neighbours. It is great to see that Royston is starting at this young age with initiatives such as the ToonSpeak Young People's Drama Group. Of course, as is all regeneration projects, there needs to be a tangible sign of success. We must always be sure that they are achieving value for money. There are indications that regeneration of Royston is going to have a lasting and positive impact, not least for the apprenticeships that it has created and moreover, those apprenticeships are going on to find employment. It is important that those projects leave youngsters with a lasting skill that will open doors them and give them employability. I was reflecting on the members' comments about the need to include business in such discussions, but I am also very conscious of the fact that often regeneration has to happen because business has departed, sometimes leaving devastation in its wake and sometimes worse, leaving contamination, which then has to be cleared up by others. Does the member have any comments on that aspect? I think that that is why I emphasise that it is on supporting older businesses and not just new ones. It is not just getting new businesses up because the old ones then fail. I think that regeneration is partly restoring old businesses, restoring premises, morale and getting apprenticeships going. That is really what I was trying to emphasise. It is together with that. Regeneration often carries images of large-scale infrastructure projects and a huge amount of investment. However, those often fail due to a lack of community involvement. However, time and again we see that regeneration is at its most effective and it often means a collection of small projects each addressing a specific need or area where there is weakness. Bit by bit they succeed in halting decline and begin to reverse it. That action is not always taken on behalf of the community but is very much led by the community itself. That would seem to be what is happening in Royston and that is why I am only delighted that we should celebrate its success in the chamber but also that we can actually learn from it. I thank Bob Doris for bringing this debate to the chamber today, which welcomes the creation of the Royston strategy group that has already been mentioned, which includes several community groups, Blocker and Housing Association, Copperworks Housing Cooperative, Rosemount Development Trust, Royston Corridor Homes, Royston Youth Action and Spireview Housing Association, who will all collaborate on the completion and the regeneration of the Royston area. Although I am not a Glasgow MSP, I know that area well as I used to work in that area for a number of years. Further improvement area, I am sure, will be welcomed by the exceptional good people of Royston, some who are in the gallery today, and I certainly welcome them to their Parliament this afternoon. This Parliament should recognise the good work that has been carried out in the Royston area by local community groups and associations to regenerate the local area. The point that Buchanan made earlier is the point that community groups who get together can do something further area who can work. I have previously experienced that locally in my area but I will not get into it because you have ruled on that, but I think that the work that they are doing does need to be recognised. It can help to inspire other areas and show them what can be done when a community is united in improving their area by creating an environment that is attractive to business. In the point that Professor Ferguson made earlier, businesses have to be encouraged to stay and to come back in the vibrancy of them. This afternoon, I had a meeting with the Scottish Grocery Federation and that was the point that local businesses, little shops, are the heart of the community. We do not need all those other shops in most of the time. It is bookie offices and bookmakers. It has to be a plan that people can get behind, something that is attractive, something that can help business grow and continue to reduce the employment rate in Royston. In a previous life, I was involved in a regeneration area. Basically, it was the situation that all the community groups who got together came to the council, came to the MSP, our MP and promoted what they have done. The work that those people do is amazing. They do it unpaid, they do it for their area, they do it for their people, they do it for their children. That is the point that we should be getting behind to help people who are doing this. That is why I think that this debate today is something that we can support. We have to work with local people, local councillors and local politicians. I take the point that Professor Ferguson made earlier that the leader of Glasgow City Council has given his backing and I compliment her on that. I think that the council should listen to local people and help MSPs and councillors in order to get the situation correct. The character of an area must be maintained. We must use all the tools at our disposal to make sure that this is done for the benefit of all. We are listening to the local community, that is the main thing, listening to the local community and adapting the regeneration policy to their needs and their requirements. What is going to be done in Royston is commendable. I should be supported by all politicians, whatever political party, political persuasion. I compliment Bob Doris in bringing this debate. I compliment him on his work along with Patricia Ferguson—I know that it is her area—to help to ensure that all organisations involved are given the opportunity to do what they can to provide and improve the area. I am pleased that the debate has been held so that individuals who have given up their valuable time and people sitting up in that gallery, who are exceptional for the benefit of others, can be recognised rightly so. I hope that the debate will lend credence to call to Glasgow City Council, as Patricia Ferguson has said, that the council leader has given to implement the suggestions of the Royston strategy group to deliver a fitting and lasting legacy for Royston. I wish all involved success in our venture. Thank you, Presiding Officer. I, with great pleasure, can find my remarks to the motion and support the motion in Bob Doris's name. I can make your job much easier by the very fact that I was the former MSP for Glasgow Springburn, which included the area of Royston, and that it was elected as a councillor in respect of the area of Royston in December 16, 1993. I have been delighted during those years to have been the local representative. I can amplify many of the points that have been made by both Bob Doris and Patricia Ferguson in respect of the good work of the local activists in that area in Royston. I can speak in particular of Charlie Lunn, Tilly McElroy and Jackie Kerr. Three of them have led the regeneration process of ensuring that local people get access to good quality housing. The very fact that we have seen the success in Royston and the volumes that speak for that is the fact that the process during those years was in fact genuinely community led. In respect of the individuals that I have already referred to, they ensured that that process was community led and I speak volumes in respect. I say it in a very respective way that those individuals ensured that the community had their say during those years, and in particular in respect of from the mid 1990s and indeed up until 2005 and 2006 in particular. We have seen a number of significant investments during those periods that I think made a significant difference to. The area that I would refer to as the Garmgad in particular and I was conditioned during those years as an elected representative to say, yes, this is the Garmgad and indeed I welcome Patricia Ferguson's reference to the fact that we can take that issue forward in 2022. Can I say in respect of the Rose Mount Development Trust, the challenge that faced at the Rose Mount Development Trust those years gone back was dealing with the challenge that Bob Doris referred to in respect of the unacceptable employment statistic that faced as the fact that 23 per cent, as it was at that stage, 23 per cent of the local population was unemployed and the Rose Mount Development Trust wanted to ensure that local opportunities for development and in respect of unemployment. Challenging that unemployment statistic was a priority for them, hence the reason why they developed the Rose Mount Workspace, which, as we speak, is employing over 300 people on that site. I think that that investment is welcome, Presiding Officer. As other members have said, it is important that we continue to develop that process to challenge those unacceptable health statistics, but the other challenge that faces us in the Garmgad and indeed, as Royston referred to in the motion, is dealing with some of the challenges that we face in respect of educational attainment. I was delighted to be there when we led the campaign to ensure that St Rock's secondary school was retained and that we retained St Rock's primary school in the Garmgad area. I think that ensuring that local youngsters have the genuine opportunities to improve their educational attainment is absolutely crucial in the Garmgad area. Anything that we can do in this Parliament to ensure that action is taken in that respect is extremely important. Once again, that is a good example of local activists ensuring that, with the professional support that they have received from the officers involved in the local area, they have genuinely made a difference. We should learn from those lessons, and, in fact, looking not that far away, as Patricia Ferguson referred to, the multi-stories that we are demolishing currently at the moment, we need to learn from the negative examples of those demolitions that are taking place and learn from the positive examples that have been set out in the Garmgad area of Glasgow. Thank you very much for the answers. Now I call on the minister, Margaret Burr, just to make a closing speech, please. Seven minutes are thereby, please minister. Thank you, Presiding Officer. Like others, I am grateful to Bob Dorris for highlighting the creation of the Royston strategy group and the positive work that local groups have undertaken for the benefits of the people living in the Royston area of Glasgow. It is right that this Parliament takes every opportunity to commend local initiatives that aim to make a real difference to the people of life, the people living and working in their local communities. Tackling poverty is a key priority of this Government, and I think that both Bob Dorris and Paul Martin have talked about poverty in the Royston area. Our focus continues to be maintaining and improving wellbeing for everyone living in Scotland, and a community-led approach ensures that we tackle that at grass roots level. The Scottish Government's regeneration strategy, achieving a sustainable future, makes clear our continued commitment to community-led regeneration. We recognise the role that community organisations and the people within them can play to bringing about sustainable change, and that is why the community-led approach is so important. The creation of the Royston strategy group brings together passionate and active members of the local community, and I think that all members have commended them for that. Those members have come together with the aim of improving the lives of everyone living in their community, and that is a fitting example of our regeneration vision. Although a community-led approach is key, an asset-based mindset is also important. Although understanding where additional support needs exist, it is important that our collective focus should be in the assets communities such as Royston have, rather than the deficits of an area. To support communities to be sustainable, we must identify those assets—economic, physical and social—and use them to deliver sustainable positive change. With that in mind, we should always ask what makes this place good, where do the opportunities lie and what expertise and skills the local people have, rather than just laboring particular areas or groups of people. The members of the Royston strategy group are made up of locally-based community anchor organisations that value the people who live in the Royston area. Those organisations are already working together to look at, for example, improving housing, employment opportunities and social cohesion. Royston strategy group's purpose is to look at ways to further enhance the Royston community. All parties involved and partners are enthusiastic about the feasibility study that is under way, which will look at potential demand for a new community facility. Through the inspired Royston group, the local community has also decided that it is fitting to celebrate 25 years of three of the most well-established organisations in the area—Royston Youth Action, Spireview Housing Association and Rosemount Development Trust. Those celebrations began in April with one of a number of community events and will continue until September this year. Events such as those further highlight the valuable impact of the work of volunteers. There is no better example of an asset to a community than the people themselves. It is encouraging to hear that the turnout for those events so far has been fantastic, and the local community is fully involved and supportive of all that is being achieved in their area. The Scottish Government community empowerment bill will support communities like Royston to achieve their own goals and aspirations by taking independent action and by having their voices heard in the decisions that affect their area. Similarly, the Scottish Government's People and Communities Fund supports more than 150 projects across Scotland. It is encouraging to see that Spireview Housing Association and Royston Youth Action, two members of the new Royston strategy group, are already benefiting from the fund as they continue to deliver regeneration projects in their local communities. The Scottish Government will continue to support community-led regeneration, and I am delighted to say that we have committed a further two years of funding for the People and Communities Fund in 2015-16 and will shortly announce a date for reopening the fund. That will ensure that community-led projects can continue to be supported right through to 2016. The newly created Royston strategy group also consists of a number of community-based housing associations, Blochairn Housing Association, Copperworks Housing Cooperative, Royston Corridor Homes and Spireview Housing Association. It is clear that we recognise absolutely—as Minister for Housing, I absolutely recognise the value of community-controlled housing associations. They know what the issues are and the needs of their community. Meaningful regeneration is more than just bricks and mortar. Good quality affordable housing is important to regenerate communities, but we must also tackle the social and economic issues that are preventing communities from growing and flourishing. It was mentioned by a number of speakers in James Dornan. It is right that we exchange that across different areas in Glasgow. We can all learn and benefit and share good practice where something is happening in an area, and we can all learn from that and spread it out. That is something that I certainly would like to see. I recently had the pleasure of visiting Royston Youth Action. I met local volunteers and beneficiaries of the service, and I was absolutely impressed by their commitment. The pride in their community and the pride in what they had achieved for their community is what struck me most. I had a very pleasant time in Royston seeing the garden talking to people, young people, people who had been involved in their community for a long period and who continued to be involved in it. I also visited the Rainbow Hall, where it was the start of one of the celebrations, and it looked absolutely terrific. I could see the atmosphere building up to what I am sure was an absolute superb afternoon. It was very clear to me that what you have in Royston is a very cohesive community, a community that has clearly worked together for many years, all the organisations working together, and I hope that they continue to do that, because I was absolutely impressed and very impressed with the youth action group. As a speaker already mentioned, it spread from a variety of ages involved in it, and that was one of the things that was really good about it. There were no demarcation lines, everybody was part of it, and that, to me, is what community-led regeneration is all about. I will finish at this point. I congratulate the new strategy group, the Inspire Royston programme, because they are fitting examples of community-led regeneration for the work that they are planning and the work that has already been done and that they undertake on behalf of their local community, and I wish them every success in the future. Many thanks. I now close this meeting of Parliament. Thank you all.