Thank you, Llywydd. To begin with, can I thank Mick Antoniw and his committee for their feedback? Accessibility to legislation is an important part of the rule of law, and we will endeavour to ensure that, in bringing any education legislation forward, that principle is upheld. But I'm glad that the Chair recognises that the law is still correct, but obviously we will do our best to ensure that his comments are reflected in future legislation that comes before him. 

With regard to the points made by Suzy Davies, which were numerous, I will absolutely clarify that the expectation is that, wherever possible, schools should deliver the national curriculum for Wales, but we have moved to a best endeavours because we recognise the significant pressure that our practitioners are under at the moment. I spent my afternoon talking to a range of headteachers who are doing tremendous work in keeping their schools open; responding to the needs of their learners; responding to the needs of parents, their communities; but doing so, often, whilst handling maybe a COVID incident in their own school, engaging with test, trace and protect teams. They remain under a huge amount of stress, managing staff absence, whether that's COVID related or non-COVID related, and finding cover for those members of staff, when sometimes it's difficult to recruit and recruit that cover into schools, even on a temporary basis. Whilst schools remain under this pressure, I do believe it is appropriate to give them and local authorities the space so that they can concentrate on delivering the guidance, as set out in our learning documents. 

Now, Suzy Davies does raise a very legitimate point about the ability of schools to switch seamlessly in a way that many were unable to do at the height of the pandemic, between provision within the classroom and delivering lessons remotely. And I think that we are indeed seeing a huge step change in the ability of schools to do just that, whether that be teachers delivering lessons remotely from their own homes, because they themselves are self-isolating, or being able to deliver both synchronous and asynchronous lessons to students who are out of school.

During the month of September, already, we have seen the establishment of over 25,000 Google Classrooms. That is more Google Classrooms set up in the last month than over the last couple of academic years. It just demonstrates the readiness of our schools to move to that provision if necessary. But, even in that provision, Suzy, I'm sure you'd agree with me, that it's impossible to access a lab; it's impossible to deliver physical education easily in those types of settings. So, we do need to be able to give schools the confidence that they are not worrying about potentially breaking a law and, as I said, to give them the space to attend to the health and well-being needs of their community, the health and well-being needs of their own staff, I should say, who are working under tremendous pressure, as well as having, as I said, the implication that they should use all their best endeavours to fulfil a full curriculum.

I'm content that these regulations are necessary and that the associated statutory notices meet the required test of being appropriate and proportionate, and I believe they also offer a high degree of assurance around the curriculum and assessment arrangements the schools are expected to deliver whilst, as I said, providing that crucial flexibility to respond to additional considerations. It means that schools will need to do everything they can to reasonably fulfil their duties, but it does allow that flexibility, which I feel, at this stage of the pandemic, continues to be key. Thank you.