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Scotland s new Education Secretary has said she will make a statement to Parliament next week on the 2021 National Qualifications appeals process. Shirley-Anne Somerville announced the plan to MSPs on Wednesday afternoon. She was responding to an urgent question on the matter from Scottish Labour s Michael Marra. Although National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher exams were cancelled, there has been an intense period of testing and assessments since schools reopened after Easter as teachers gather evidence to support their provisional grades. Fiona Robertson, head of the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA), previously promised to set out this year s appeals process by early May at the latest but has yet to do so.