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Good morning. I want to ask a couple of questions about the framework and processes in respect of lotting of large landholdings. Do you think that a defined statutory threshold can be anything other than arbitrary? Can the lotting proposals be designed to take account of the local context?

Josh, I see Linda looking at you, so I am afraid that you are first up.

I was just going to ask Professor Hayward what the current barriers are for interdisciplinary learning in our senior phase. I know that you have touched on them briefly, but would you like to bring up any other barriers?

I totally get you now. Sorry, I misinterpreted what was said.

That happens in life; I am not blaming schools for doing that.

True.

Are you saying that schools could adapt projects to suit their needs? Would that not cause a problem, in that different schools could then start to do different things?

That is because George Adam is after me this time, convener. [Laughter.]

Good morning, cabinet secretary. Going back to the transition to the new bodies, can you tell us about the Government’s engagement with the staff of the current national bodies in the process of transitioning over to the new structures? How is that going?

With that in mind, what kind of feedback has been coming back from them? I understand that it is an unsettling time, but has the feedback been positive, or have concerns been raised?

You just pinched my question.

My question is probably quite an easy one, cabinet secretary. Could you reflect on the nature of the relationship that you had when you were working with Environmental Standards Scotland on the investigation and this improvement plan?