Good morning, and welcome to the second meeting in 2021 of the Education and Skills Committee. I ask everyone to turn their phones to silent for the duration of the meeting so that they do not interrupt it. We might be interrupted by a fire alarm in the Parliament building, but we will endeavour to keep going through that. I apologise to members who are in the Parliament.
We have received a late apology from Iain Gray, and there is no substitute for Mr Gray this morning.
Agenda item 1 is a decision on whether to take items 3 and 4 in private. Does any member object to taking those items in private?
As no one objects, that is agreed.
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