both in the run—up to christmas and when schools return after christmas. there is more work to be done on ventilation and, of course, it is important we identify, quickly, close contacts of those have tested positive with covid, including the new variant, and that there was close contacts are tested again quickly to break those chains of transmission. tt quickly to break those chains of transmission.— quickly to break those chains of transmission. , ., , , ., transmission. if your members are convinced of— transmission. if your members are convinced of the _ transmission. if your members are convinced of the importance - transmission. if your members are convinced of the importance of - transmission. if your members are convinced of the importance of the members you're talking about, what is to stop head teachers introducing on—site testing and increasing ventilation themselves ahead of any guidance from the government? qt guidance from the government? of course guidance from the government? qt course we are encouraging guidance from the government? t>t course we are encouraging schools to do as much as they possibly can, but what the government has said, its contingency free market is that the decisions on that particular regard only matter i therefore government —— contingency framework, these decisions are for government or local directors of public health and we want to work with them to make