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They add up much better than his figures do.We have heard all this discussion about scoring cheap points and reserved matters. The weather is reserved, but that does not prevent us from talking about it.
When we fail to make a proper comparison, we are called nasty; when the Executive makes a proper comparison, it will be interesting. The point is that we are talking about new activity.
In fact, we have the best employment rate for 15 to 19-year-olds of any Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development country and the best rate in the developed world.
It is clear from my thinking and will be reflected in what HMIE does that the excellence standard that we are talking about for schools will capture what happens in our best schools, which take up the points that the member makes.
Perhaps if the minister listens, he will be able to respond to those points later. As many others have mentioned, retaining young people in our rural communities is imperative if those communities are to prosper and survive.