I note the publication and I have read it carefully. As the First Minister made clear earlier, the Government is committed to ensuring that we invest in our college sector to support students to move on to positive destinations. However, the challenges that we face in managing our public finances have not in any way been helped by the austerity policies of successive UK Governments, the recent increases in employers’ national insurance contributions for Scotland’s colleges and across the public sector or the impact of energy Bills and inflation on the operating costs of colleges.

Despite the challenging financial climate during the current financial year, the Scottish Government is investing more than three quarters of a billion pounds in our 24 colleges to support apprenticeships and a wide range of skills and qualifications. The most recent Scottish Funding Council allocations provided a 2.6 per cent increase in teaching funding for 2025-26 and an increase of almost 5 per cent in capital maintenance to help colleges to invest in the learning experience of students and in the skills that Scotland needs for the future, which is exactly what the Government and all Governments should be doing.