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This approach also reflects the fact that this is an unusual scrutiny activity, in that it is to a great extent the Committee scrutinising the Scottish Parliament as a whole.
Probably the shortest answer that I can give you is that it is about getting the right people, making sure they are trained and making sure that they are getting the experience.
That business—Almac—has said that that is a major selling point for it. If we can get more certainty and can get the protocol tied down, we hope that we would get more such announcements in the near future as a result of that agreement.
What is really interesting about that data is that young people who get free school meals say more than their counterparts who do not get free school meals that they do not get access to the extra-curricular activities out there.