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I note that we were expecting another representative of the FDA today.

That would be helpful, thank you.

I want to ask about how effective the inspectorate has been in providing system-level feedback to ministers on the inspections. Do you consider that the bill provides sufficient independence to allow the future inspectorate to fulfil its role effectively? There have been discussions about whether the inspectorate should report to ministers or to Parliament and so on.

I asked about how effective the inspectorate has been—what is going on right now—in providing that system-level feedback to the ministers.

I need you to get to the point, please.

I thank the witnesses for their evidence this morning. That concludes the public part of our proceedings.

There is definitely a lot of overlap going on there, John. I have a few committee members who are—

It is coming up later on, Ms Farr.

Pam Duncan-Glancy has a supplementary on a specific point.

Good morning and welcome to the 25th meeting in 2024 of the Education, Children and Young People Committee.

We have received apologies from Stephanie Callaghan and Evelyn Tweed. Jackie Dunbar joins us again—welcome back, Jackie.

Our first agenda item is an evidence session on the Education (Scotland) Bill at stage 1. We will hear from two panels of witnesses, and I welcome our first panel. We have Gavin Yates, executive director at Connect; Megan Farr, policy officer with the Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland; and Garvin Sealy, interim executive director for Intercultural Youth Scotland.

We will go straight to questions from members. I have the opportunity to ask the first question.

It is a bit of a generic catch-all question. What are your views on the bill, and how well do the proposed structures meet your expectations, following on from the various reviews and reports of the past few years?

Gavin, you have caught my eye, so I will go to you first. That is how it works.

Well, you have now done that verbally. Thank you.

Garvin, do you want to add anything?