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<p>Thanks, Tom. Actually, I think you probably haven't been listening to me over the last couple of years if you're going to claim that I am ideological, because I am not at all ideological. The only ideology I have is what is best for children and young people and what will deliver the best possible outcomes for them. That's the lens that I look at everything through.</p>
<p>I want to be really clear again that we have made it very clear to schools that we are expecting all of them to teach phonics. We are strengthening our professional learning, our statutory support for that, and a whole range of other measures.</p>
<p>In terms of the skills-based point you made, I've lost track of how many times I have said to you that knowledge is an absolutely fundamental part of Curriculum for Wales. But what we are doing through Curriculum for Wales is asking young people to apply that knowledge in meaningful ways.</p>
<p>I've always been happy to look at evidence from elsewhere. I met with the New Zealand Minister, where they are in the later stages of a new curriculum. I've met with the Scottish Minister. I met with Bridget Phillipson yesterday, and will be hosting a ministerial council in a few weeks with Ministers from across the UK where the focus will be curriculum. But my priority is to make sure that our curriculum, which is knowledge-rich as well as purpose-driven, delivers for children and young people in Wales.</p>

<p>Thank you very much, Laura Anne Jones, and as I have responded to you, and, indeed, of course, across any questions of this kind, I'm very happy to respond, as other Cabinet Secretaries and Ministers have as well. You are fully aware, I know, as a Member, that the Equality and Human Rights Commission has been consulting on any&nbsp;changes, or indeed the code of practice and the impact of the Supreme Court on the code of practice. Indeed, they have just reported, as you will be aware, on the outcome of that consultation. That now, of course, rests with Westminster, and, indeed, that's something where I know that the Minister for Women and Equalities, Bridget Phillipson, has now received the response from the Equality and Human Rights Commission, and in due course we will hear the outcome of their consideration.</p>