As I mentioned in my annual review debate contribution for the education portfolio last year, the Minister has noted his concern with school-attendance rates with the select committee in the past, particularly during the 2020 lockdown. During the annual review process, the Minister took the committee through the Government's priority to set up a means of measuring and managing the speed at which attendance rates improved post lockdown. And I would like to thank the Minister for engaging with the committee, discussing what could be done to improve the attendance of schools and kura. Off the back of this, we initiated an inquiry into school attendance on 7 July 2021. We drafted terms of reference, seeking to understand the long-term trends and factors that have impacted school attendance, and that is why we looked at the 20-year period. 