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Does anyone want to add to that?

Barry and Graham, can you reflect on that?

You are doing really well; thank you.

Do you have the same flexibility with budget pots?

Are there any final comments?

Okay; I think that we hear that.

Another area that the committee is interested in is artificial intelligence. It is an issue that we are habitually talking about, and I want to get a sense from you of how aware you are of the risks and opportunities that it offers in education generally. How do you see a pathway forward for making sure that we are equipped to move forward with that? I would appreciate your reflections on who that “we” is. Should it be local schools, local authorities or Government, or is it much bigger than that? I will come to Peter Bain first, as he did not contribute in the previous thread.

Excellent—we like a geek.

Thank you for joining us this morning. I think that you used the term “death by review” earlier. Do you have any concerns that your review will get lost in the multitude of other worthwhile reviews and documents as time is taken, by necessity, to look at them?

We have talked a wee bit about where we are in the political cycle and you mentioned “time and tolerance”. How do you square off—as you expressed it—time and tolerance against the urgency that you have undeniably put across today and in your report, bearing in mind the political cycle and all the other potential barriers and resistance to change?

I hear you, convener. On that note, I want to pick up on something that Peter Bain has already laid the ground for. I will go to Pauline Walker first to finish off the thread about your level of autonomy over your budget and how that frames the sort of curriculum that you can offer.

What is your feeling now about the level of autonomy? You might want to reflect further on the comments that Peter Bain made about local authorities and the Scottish Government. I would like to quickly check with Pauline Walker and probably Barry Graham and Graham Hutton as well.