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The committee would very much welcome that. Thank you.

We will now focus on social security rules, as well as governance, policy coherence and evaluating policy impact. I invite Marie McNair to start.

Thank you very much. I thank the minister for attending our meeting remotely.

That concludes our discussion on the theme of education and training. I again thank the minister and his officials.

I suspend the meeting briefly to allow for a changeover of witnesses before we move on to our next theme.

I welcome Natalie Don, Minister for Children, Young People and Keeping the Promise. I invite questions on the theme of childcare.

I invite James Dornan, who joins us remotely, to ask his questions.

I will bring Jeremy Balfour back in.

I will bring Paul O’Kane back in.

Thank you. Roz McCall wants to come back in.

The Parliament has agreed that only members of the Scottish National Party are eligible for nomination as deputy convener of the committee, so I nominate Bob Doris for the role. Are we all agreed?

Members indicated agreement.

I therefore welcome Bob Doris as deputy convener.