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Thank you, Oliver. That point has been made. Does James Dornan want to come in on that particular line?

That was a process-related question, and we may ask more of those. However, I will now bring in Ross Greer. I hope that we might also be able to bring in Romane Viennet—I am conscious of the fact that we have not heard from her yet.

Moving on to our next agenda item, the committee will take evidence from the OECD on its recent report on Scottish education. I am delighted to welcome to the committee Dr Beatriz Pont, senior analyst, education policy, and Romane Viennet, policy analyst. We hope to take about an hour and a half of your time, Dr Pont and—I am looking across my screen to make sure that I can see her—Romane Viennet.

I will start the questioning, then bring in my colleagues as we go. My questions are directed at both or either of you. How did the pandemic restrict your ability to do the report, especially when it came to evidence gathering? What would you have normally done that you could not do because of the restrictions that were placed on you? That will be an interesting scene setter for the committee.

We will now have a two-minute suspension to allow the minister and her officials, whom we thank again, to leave.

That would be very interesting.

Thank you, Ross.

I gather from Beatriz Pont’s answer—unless I have misunderstood—that the text beneath the sub-headings in the report forms part of the recommendations.

I will bring in Fergus Ewing, who has a follow-up question, and then we will come to Willie Rennie.

That interesting comment leads us to Willie Rennie’s questions.

I want to ensure that colleagues get the opportunity to come back in to ask questions. Fergus Ewing has a further question.

I want to ensure that James Dornan has an adequate opportunity to ask his questions.

Three other members have indicated that they wish to ask further questions.