At its meeting on 22 November 2023, the Education, Children and Young People Committee considered subordinate legislation which is subject to the affirmative procedure.

The minutes of the meeting have been published on the Committee's web pages. The Official Report of the meeting will be published on the Committee's web pages in due course.

The Colleges of Further Education and Regional Strategic Bodies (Membership of Boards) (Scotland) Order 2023 [draft] was laid before Parliament on 30th October 2023 and, if agreed, will come into force on 31 January 2024.

The purpose of the regulations is to require that there to be two trade union nominee board members, one from college teaching staff and one from support staff, on the boards of management of regional and incorporated colleges, the board of management of New College Lanarkshire and on the Glasgow Colleges Regional Board.

A draft policy note published to accompany the regulations can be accessed here.

The Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee considered the regulations at its meeting on the 7th November 2023. That Committee published its report on 8 November 2023 and agreed that no points arose.

At its meeting on the 22 November 2023, the Committee took evidence on the regulations from the Minister for Higher and Further Education; and Minister for Veterans, Graeme Dey MSP and Adam Mackie, Senior Policy Officer, Institutional Governance and Reform Unit, Scottish Government.

Graeme Dey, Minister for Higher and Further Education; and Minister for Veterans, moved motion S6M-11026 - That the Education, Children and Young People Committee recommends the Colleges of Further Education and Regional Strategic Bodies (Membership of Boards) (Scotland) Order 2023 [draft] be approved.