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Does all of that lead to a discussion about the concerns around one individual child?

Is that external assessment the means by which you know whether you are making progress?

I did not say that you could come back in.

I know that it is your birthday, but come on.

That point is well made and will require some further response from Education Scotland. I think that it was suggested that that should be in writing. I see from the nodding heads that that is what we will get.

How do you know that?

Is the answer to those questions no?

Thank you for that. On the last point, about closing the poverty-related attainment gap, it is clear that the pandemic has had an impact. However, we have not made any progress on that and, in fact, the latest measurements show that it is getting worse. Is that correct?

Yes. I guess that we can only measure where we stand at the minute, and at the minute the gap is greater than it has ever been.

That is why what we are doing is important.