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Professor Stobart, given Oliver Mundell’s ludicrous and fairly insulting assertions about your qualifications and work history, will you confirm again for the record that you have no intention of suggesting that we scrap exams totally—you have made it quite clear that there is a place for exams—and that your suggestions are about the place for exams and where they sit best?

Obviously, after the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development report and reports such as yours, there is likely to be a significant programme of reform in the coming years. The Scottish Government has already said that it is committed to learning from what it saw during the pandemic, particularly in the areas that you have been talking about, which was almost Christie in action. What key actions should the Scottish Government be taking to ensure that that programme of reform plans for good outcomes and reflects the Christie principles?

I will ask a couple of questions about the Christie commission. The Auditor General talked about the pandemic. How has it led to “delivering ‘Christie’ at scale”? What are the lessons to be learned in policy approaches?

You are saying that any changes should not primarily be structural changes. To be precise, should they be changes in emphasis or something else?

I am happy with that. If anybody else wants to come in, that is okay.

Thank you very much.

Hi.

Yes, of course. Finlay Carson is the deputy convener. To date, seven MSPs from four parties have said that they will join. Countless organisations and individuals are also keen to join if the CPG gets up and running. It will have a lot of people on it.

Ireland is one of our closest neighbours. The cross-party group would be about fostering further links for culture and business and giving the Irish voice in Scotland a place to be heard. The Irish community is one of the biggest migrant communities in Scotland, and it is important that the Scottish Parliament has a distinct place where people in that community can come to tell their stories and tell us about the successes that they have had while living in Scotland, as well as something that enables us to strengthen the link between the two islands.

Good morning, cabinet secretary. I will ask a couple of questions about the OECD report, which was, in general, very positive. However, the OECD raised a number of areas where there is room for improvement by the Scottish Government. Have you reflected on your approach and, if so, how?