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We have no apologies this morning, and our first item of business is consideration of the Scottish Government’s response to our pre-budget scrutiny report. I refer members to paper 1.
In response to a question from the convener, you suggested that there were pre-Covid areas of spending that were not as well targeted as they could have been, but they have just carried on.
I will not rehearse the figures that I have given in previous answers with regard to the improvements that have been made in tackling the poverty-related attainment gap, in particular pre-pandemic, but we know that there is more to do.
My understanding of the evidence is that the use of mesh has benefits but that there are risks. I started my training in the pre-mesh era—we are going back to the 1980s.
That is interesting. I want to ask about the role of pre-school carers and the bill. The aim is that there should be a duty to stop the caring role for pre-school carers.