Dr. Aideen Hartney:

I will make one general overarching point before passing to Mr. Finlay on some of the specifics. We advise the committee to make every effort to engage with disabled persons organisations as part of this pre-legislative scrutiny process. While we and our advice and guidance are informed by consultation and engagement with disabled people, we do not speak for them. We are not an advocacy body. That is an important point to make.

Mr. Finlay could speak about some points on the education side, specifically relating to children, education attainment and how it sets people up.