Education and Skills Committee

Meeting date: Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Official Report 325KB pdf

Interests

I welcome everyone to the 29th meeting in 2017 of the Education and Skills Committee. I remind everyone who is present to turn their mobile phones and other devices to silent for the duration of the meeting.

We have had a change of committee membership since the previous meeting. I warmly welcome George Adam and the returning Richard Lochhead to the committee. I thank Colin Beattie and Clare Haughey for their hard work in the committee. Colin Beattie had been on the committee, and its predecessor, for several years. Clare Haughey made a valuable contribution to the committee, too.

Item 1 is an opportunity for George Adam and Richard Lochhead to declare any interests that are relevant to the remit of the committee.

I have no relevant interests to declare. I am pleased to be back.

That is a good start.

Ditto.

That is an even better start.