I reiterate to Sarah Boyack that progress has been made since the manifesto commitment to reduce class sizes was made, so much so that Professor Lindsay Paterson wrote in The Scotsman on 8 December last year:“in the early years of primary, there has been a noticeable change, and indeed in primary 1 the change is remarkable.”Even outside the Government, the reduction in class sizes in the early years has been commended.I take on board Sarah Boyack’s points and we can perhaps get...