Chamber and committees

There was a lot in there. Kara Christine, would you like to come in?

I have a small supplementary. In terms of the work you do in education, do you ever know where the funding is coming from? Is it pupil equity funding?

I am not seeing anyone else jumping to answer the question. Alexander, do you have any other questions?

I believe that it is on the Government’s radar to look at metrics and ways of measuring in order to get some standardisation. We know from our previous work how much time and effort it takes to prove any outcome. Any metrics or toolkits to do that would be very helpful.

I will bring in members to ask supplementary questions based on the opening statements.

I have a quick question. Are libraries being used as warm spaces, in the same way as museums are being used, as was mentioned earlier?

Absolutely.

Our second agenda item is a decision on whether to take item 4 in private. Do we agree to take that item in private?

Members indicated agreement.

That was, indeed, helpful and sets the scene for our deliberations. I will open with a question about an area of concern that has been raised by the committee, as a scrutiny committee of the Scottish Parliament. My question is about the transparency of the common frameworks. It is difficult to scrutinise the development of those frameworks or to understand what negotiations have taken place, because they tend to be worked on at officer-to-officer level.

Our concerns are shared by some of the other legislatures. Are you aware of them? I believe that you issue a questionnaire asking whether exclusions from the market access principles have been requested or granted. Do you intend to publish that data to make it available to the Parliaments?

Yes.