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It has been interesting to hear about the different angles and directions that things are taking and will take, but forget about all that. This is the Parliament and we are politicians—[Laughter.]—and we have to think about making policy on AI.

Curriculum reform has been mentioned, which gives us an opportunity to stick our oar in the water while we still have the right to do so, before AI overtakes us. How good is current guidance for educators and researchers on how to use AI ethically and effectively? You have covered very broadly how AI exists already in our society, in particular from the education perspective. Is there enough guidance from the Government on how educators and researchers will use AI? Should the Government do that, or should it develop outside Government?

There is nothing at all. Okay. Helena Good is nodding.

That is very interesting.

I suppose that that begs questions about curriculum reform and how AI will impact on it. Some people are aware and are working with AI—even so, as Chris Ranson said, there are a lot of elements that must be worked through—but some people have no awareness or depth of knowledge, and are supposed to be leading young people. That needs to be impacted on, does it not?

That is really helpful. Thank you all.

Do you believe that there is something there, but not very much, and that it needs to be improved and expanded?

Claire Burns, do you believe that the involvement of the organisations and offices that you represent would have a beneficial impact on the delivery of the report’s content?

Does anybody else wish to add anything?

That is very helpful.

I will ask Fraser McKinlay a question on the back of that. To what extent are the aims of the Promise still achievable if workforce and capacity issues remain as they are now?

There have been very interesting responses to what has been asked so far.

As you will have heard, I asked pretty much the same question to the previous panel. What is the impact of recruitment and retention issues in the social work workforce on care-experienced people? Can you show us any signs of how that has manifested itself?