Diolch. Minister, can I begin by welcoming your statement? I really do, although it does lack some details. The sector, parents and the Welsh Conservatives have been calling for weeks for flexibility in the implementation, so I'm pleased that this Government has listened to these calls and that now the new curriculum stands the very best chance of achieving its aims. 

Following on from visits that I've made in my new role as shadow education Minister over the last month, it is clear that schools share a desire, as you've said in your statement, to deliver the new curriculum as proposed, but, due to the extortionate extra pressures and extra work put upon the schools and teaching staff throughout the pandemic, some schools in reality will just not be ready, as you've outlined, to deliver this new curriculum on time. I welcome that you've recognised this and they have now the added degree of flexibility that we've been calling for. It is not a failing; it just makes sense, Minister, if we are all serious about ensuring the success of the biggest change in our curriculum for decades. 

Minister, could you expand on what criteria will be needed for deciding on delay? And will this truly be a school-led decision, and will there be a cut-off date by which schools can decide that, realistically, they just will not be ready to implement?

On the national network for curriculum implementation, you spoke about it in January, from what I recall, and now we're only just hearing that it'll be implemented in the autumn. As this appears to be so vital in terms of helping schools in preparing for the implementation of the curriculum, I'm just wondering, Minister, why it's taken so long and why it'll be delivered in the autumn. It seems that—. As this key forum will be there as a good tool for teachers, it seems a shame that we're missing out on that feedback and opportunity over the summer months to discuss it and prepare for the new curriculum. And it seems a shame that this tool couldn't have been made earlier.

Also, Minister, could you provide an update on the work of this forum when it goes ahead? And also, please could the Minister provide to this Chamber rolling data of how many schools are ready to implement the curriculum, how many schools will use the opportunity to delay for a year—just on a rolling basis, so we can have the confidence that you have of it going forward?

Also, Minister, we want—. Can we get an assurance of how everything will be fine, progressing well, but—? Oh, sorry about that. The money—that's right. The money, the £7.24 million that you've outlined in your statement, that you've announced, comes with a caveat on clear guidance that you will issue to schools on how they are to spend this funding. I was just wondering, Minister—don't you agree with me that probably schools are best placed to decide what they use this money, this ring-fenced money, for and how prepared they will be for delivering the curriculum and what they need to do to adapt in order for that to be so?

Also, finally, Deputy Presiding Officer, I also see no mention of the further education sector in your statement, and we need to look at the journey as a whole, as I'm sure you'll agree, in preparing, but how are you working with further education to ensure that they're prepared for the teaching, the provision, and particularly on vocational subjects? Thank you.