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If a mistake is made in the process, please let me know immediately by typing R, “help” or something else appropriate in the chat box before we move to the next vote because, once we move to the next vote, we cannot go back.
Any member who objects to taking those items in private should put an R in the chat box. I see no objections, so that is agreed.Coronavirus and Education Coronavirus and Education Agenda item 2 is our first of two evidence sessions today with the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills in the Scottish Government.
Members who have not lodged amendments in the group but who wish to speak should indicate that by placing an “R” in the chat box. If she has not already spoken on the group, I will invite the cabinet secretary to contribute to the debate just before I move to the winding-up speech.
If any member wishes to ask a question, they should please type R in the chat box. Good morning. It was back in February that I last appeared before the committee in respect of Scotland’s census.
We will not see the result of its modelling until the results are released, but if SAGE—the scientific advisory group for emergencies—can explain how it gets to the R number, I am pretty sure that the SQA can explain how its modelling works.
It is worth bearing in mind that the most significant judgments in this field, whether that be S and Marper v United Kingdom or R (RMC and FMJ) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, came down not to the use of biometric data but to the retention of that data.
However, how we seed the space around the highly successful scientific base that we have in Scotland, to try to create more demand pull to attract more R and D units to Scotland in major industries, will be absolutely key.