Can I thank the Cabinet Secretary for her statement this afternoon and can I reiterate her thanks to Professor Hazelkorn for her work, of course, leading the review? Plaid Cymru supports the general thrust of your statement this afternoon and we are committed, of course, to work in the spirit of Hazelkorn to promote equity between academic and vocational education to eliminate much of the wasteful competition that has emerged in post-16 education in recent years and, of course, to develop clearer and more flexible post-16 learning pathways.

So, just a few questions, really, in terms of detail, maybe, more than anything else, although I would start by asking you to clarify that I am right, I think, in reading into your statement a clear signal that the Welsh Government will now pursue vigorously a move away from a market-demand-driven system to a better mix, as Hazelkorn says, of regulation and competition-based funding.

In terms of the tertiary education authority—and we have to get used to new acronyms every day in this place—as you know, one of the key decisions that will need to be made is where sixth forms sit in this new proposed structure. I’m just interested in your initial thoughts around whether they should remain as they are—very much part of the school system, beholden to Estyn in terms of inspections, et cetera—or whether you do see them actually coming now as a post-16 provision under the proposed new tertiary education authority, if or when that comes into being.

Likewise, of course, we are aware of the proposed extension of the remit of the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol into FE, with the Coleg Cymraeg being directly funded now by Welsh Government. Where will that discussion happen in relation to its relationship with the proposed TEA? You say in your statement that it’s critical that we hear from learners, leaders and practitioners in this process, and I couldn’t agree more, but would you not agree that that needs to be an ongoing thing, and that when it comes, for example, to the TEA governing board, staff and students should have a representation on that board, so that obviously those voices can continue to be heard?

There’s no specifics around timescale here, although I do note the agreement of a further three-year period for the chair of HEFCW—maybe you could give us an idea of whether you therefore expect this process to conclude within those three years.

You slipped in announcements about two further reviews towards the end of the statement. The review of research and innovation activity—clearly we’ve had the Diamond review, which, one would imagine, would have overlapped somewhat. Maybe you could elaborate a bit about what you expect from the review by Professor Graeme Reid over and above Diamond and the thinking behind asking for that. And finally, the other review that you’ve announced this afternoon around how we monitor and improve effectiveness and outcomes: is this your first move, maybe, in creating a Welsh version of the teaching excellence framework? Or would it be, potentially, your first move in rebutting the TEF in Wales?