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That would be helpful for strategic development plans and for prioritising where scarce resources could be used to best effect for Scotland as a country.
We will be able to use various education, health and employability mechanisms as best we can to make an impact on child poverty, but it is often difficult to say that one particular initiative will have X amount of impact.
We have the appropriate facilities, and we try to provide them when required. Given notice, we do our best. I apologise to John Mason, but we must move to the next item of business.
The petition raises a serious issue and the Education and Culture Committee is best placed to consider it. I agree. If the request for input from the Association of Headteachers and Deputies in Scotland has not been followed up, perhaps we should do that.
I know that the colleges in Ayrshire are having good discussions, although there are difficulties in relation to Kilwinning. It is best that the colleges discuss that, and that discussion is taking place.