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I will kick off with some questions about a couple of points that you have raised. You talked about the spotlights and the shift from being reactive and doing reactive policy analysis to being more proactive.
How do we ensure that the value of education is what matters? Without that key point from Gillies, we are basically just talking round the houses about the issues.
Although there is nothing wrong with what I see in action point 7, it is quite vague. It does not talk about work-based placement training at any level.
The evidence should exist within a confident leader, who can say, “This is where my school’s at. How do I know that? Because I talk to my teachers, I talk to my young people and I talk to my parents.
Just as every person should be born with the very best start in life and receive healthcare throughout their life as and when they need it, so each and every one of us should have a right to die with dignity and care.
In the previous session, Fiona Hyslop talked about the need to move rapidly to tackle air quality, particularly given the nature of vulnerable groups, young people and older people, and pointed out that five years is a long time in someone’s lifetime.