All meetings of the committee

All meetings of the Education, Children and Young People Committee held in 2024. On meeting pages you can find agendas, meeting papers, minutes, and links to Official Reports and videos of meetings.

34th Meeting

18 December

1. Declaration of interests
2. Schools (Residential Outdoor Education) (Scotland) Bill
3. Consideration of Evidence (in private)
4. Work programme (in private)

33rd Meeting

11 December

1. Scottish Languages Bill

32nd Meeting

04 December

1. The Promise - Staff Recruitment and Retention
2. SQA Higher History Review 2024
3. Subordinate legislation (in private)
4. Consideration of Evidence Session (in private)

31st Meeting

27 November

1. Subordinate legislation
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Schools (Residential Outdoor Education) (Scotland) Bill
5. Review of Evidence Session (in private)
6. Work programme (in private)

30th Meeting

20 November

1. Education (Scotland) Bill (in private)

29th Meeting

13 November

1. Choice of Deputy Convener
2. Schools (Residential Outdoor Education) (Scotland) Bill
3. Review of Evidence (in private)

28th Meeting

06 November

1. Schools (Residential Outdoor Education) (Scotland) Bill
2. Consideration of Evidence (in private)
3. Work programme (in private)

27th Meeting

30 October

1. Declaration of interests
2. Choice of Convener
3. Reform of the Senior Phase
4. Evidence Session (in private)

26th Meeting

09 October

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Education (Scotland) Bill
3. Evidence Session (in private)
4. Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2025 - 2026

25th Meeting

02 October

1. Education (Scotland) Bill
2. Evidence Session (in private)

24th Meeting

25 September

1. Declaration of interests
2. Public petitions: PE01747
3. Education (Scotland) Bill
4. Evidence Session (in private)
5. Work programme (in private)

23rd Meeting

18 September

1. Subordinate legislation
2. Education (Scotland) Bill
3. Evidence Session (in private)

22nd Meeting

04 September

1. Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2025 to 2026
2. Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2025 to 2026 (in private)

21st Meeting

26 June

1. Scottish Languages Bill (in private)
2. Work programme (in private)

20th Meeting

19 June

1. Declaration of interests
2. Choice of Deputy Convener
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Scottish Languages Bill (in private)

19th Meeting

12 June

1. Subordinate legislation
2. Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2025-2026
3. Evidence Session (in private)

18th Meeting

05 June

1. Pre-Budget scrutiny 2025 – 2026
2. Evidence Session (in private)

17th Meeting

29 May

1. Subordinate legislation
2. Scottish Technology Ecosystem Review: Update
3. SPSO Child Friendly Complaints Handling Principles
4. Annual report (in private)
5. Evidence Session (in private)

16th Meeting

22 May

1. Scottish Languages Bill
2. Evidence Session (in private)

15th Meeting

15 May

1. Scottish Languages Bill
2. Evidence Session (in private)
3. Work programme (in private)

14th Meeting

08 May

1. Scottish Languages Bill
2. Evidence Session (in private)

13th Meeting

01 May

1. Scottish Languages Bill
2. Evidence Session (in private)

12th Meeting

24 April

1. Additional Support for Learning Inquiry (in private)

11th Meeting

17 April

1. Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland Strategic Plan
2. Evidence Session (in private)
3. Work programme (in private)

10th Meeting

20 March

1. Additional Support for Learning
2. Evidence Session (in private)

9th Meeting

13 March

1. Additional Support for Learning Inquiry
2. Evidence Session (in private)

8th Meeting

06 March

1. Subordinate legislation
2. Additional Support for Learning Inquiry
3. Evidence Session (in private)
4. Work programme (in private)

7th Meeting

28 February

1. Additional Support for Learning Inquiry
2. Evidence Session (in private)

6th Meeting

21 February

1. Declaration of interests
2. Additional Support for Learning Inquiry
3. Evidence Session (in private)
4. Work programme (in private)

5th Meeting

07 February

1. Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Subordinate legislation

4th Meeting

31 January

1. Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill

3rd Meeting

24 January

1. Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill

2nd Meeting

17 January

1. Budget 2024 – 2025 and Education Reform
2. Evidence Session (in private)

1st Meeting

10 January

1. Post School Education and Skills Reform
2. Evidence Session (in private)
3. Work programme (in private)

All meetings of the Education, Children and Young People Committee held in 2023. On meeting pages you can find agendas, meeting papers, minutes, and links to Official Reports and videos of meetings.

31st Meeting

13 December

1. AI and education
2. Evidence Session (in private)
3. Work programme (in private)

30th Meeting

22 November

1. Subordinate legislation
2. Subordinate legislation
3. The Promise
4. Evidence Session (in private)

29th Meeting

15 November

1. Education Reform
2. Report by James Withers on the Independent Review of the Skills Delivery Landscape
3. Evidence Session (in private)
4. Work programme (in private)

28th Meeting

08 November

1. Education Reform
2. Evidence Session (in private)
3. Work programme (in private)

27th Meeting

01 November

1. Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Evidence Session (in private)

26th Meeting

25 October

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill
3. Pre-Budget Scrutiny

25th Meeting

04 October

1. Disabled Children and Young People (Transitions to Adulthood) (Scotland) Bill (in private)

24th Meeting

27 September

1. Pre- Budget Scrutiny and the Scottish Attainment Challenge
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Evidence Session (in private)

23rd Meeting

20 September

1. Pre-Budget Scrutiny
2. Independent Review of Qualifications and Assessment
3. Evidence Session (in private)

22nd Meeting

13 September

1. Declaration of interests
2. Choice of Deputy Convener
3. Decision on taking business in private
4. Scottish Qualifications Authority
5. Evidence Session (in private)
6. Work programme (in private)
7. Disabled Children and Young People (Transitions to Adulthood) (Scotland) Bill

21st Meeting

28 June

1. Additional Support for Learning
2. Evidence Session (in private)
3. Work programme (in private)
4. Work programme (in private)

20th Meeting

21 June

1. Scottish Education Exchange Programme and Further and Higher Education issues
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Evidence Session (in private)
4. Work programme (in private)

19th Meeting

14 June

1. Violence in schools
2. Evidence Session (in private)

18th Meeting

07 June

1. Subordinate legislation
2. Evidence Session (in private)
3. Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill (in private)

17th Meeting

31 May

1. Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill (in private)
2. Work programme (in private)

16th Meeting

24 May

1. International Learning Exchange Programmes
2. Evidence Session (in private)
3. Annual report (in private)
4. Work programme (in private)

15th Meeting

17 May

1. Declaration of interests
2. University and Colleges Funding - 2023/2024 Budget
3. Evidence Session (in private)
4. Disabled Children and Young People (Transitions to Adulthood) (Scotland) Bill (in private)

14th Meeting

10 May

1. Disabled Children and Young People (Transitions to Adulthood) (Scotland) Bill (in private)

13th Meeting

03 May

1. Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill
2. Evidence Session (in private)
3. Work programme (in private)

12th Meeting

26 April

1. Declaration of interests
2. Choice of Deputy Convener
3. Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill
4. Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill
5. Evidence Session (in private)
6. Disabled Children and Young People (Transitions to Adulthood) (Scotland) Bill (in private)

11th Meeting

29 March

1. Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Evidence Session (in private)

10th Meeting

22 March

1. Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill
2. Evidence Session (in private)

9th Meeting

15 March

1. Colleges Regionalisation Inquiry (in private)
2. Work Programme (in private)

8th Meeting

08 March

1. Subordinate legislation
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Subordinate legislation
4. College Regionalisation Inquiry (in private)

7th Meeting

01 March

1. Disabled Children and Young People (Transitions to Adulthood) (Scotland) Bill
2. Evidence Session (in private)

6th Meeting

22 February

1. Budget Scrutiny 2023-24
2. Disabled Children and Young People (Transitions to Adulthood) (Scotland) Bill
3. Evidence Session (in private)

5th Meeting

08 February

1. Disabled Children and Young People (Transitions to Adulthood) (Scotland) Bill
2. Evidence Session (in private)
3. Work programme (in private)

4th Meeting

01 February

1. Disabled Children and Young People (Transitions to Adulthood) (Scotland) Bill
2. Evidence Session (in private)

3rd Meeting

25 January

1. Subordinate legislation
2. Work programme (in private)

2nd Meeting

18 January

1. Budget Scrutiny 2023 - 2024
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Evidence Session (in private)

1st Meeting

12 January

1. Redress Scheme
2. Evidence Session (in private)

All meetings of the Education, Children and Young People Committee held in 2022. On meeting pages you can find agendas, meeting papers, minutes, and links to Official Reports and videos of meetings.

32nd Meeting

14 December

1. National Care Service (Scotland) Bill (in private)
2. Work programme (in private)

31st Meeting

07 December

1. National Care Service (Scotland) Bill (in private)

30th Meeting

30 November

1. Subordinate legislation
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Work programme (in private)
5. Colleges Regionalisation Inquiry (in private)

29th Meeting

23 November

1. National Care Service (Scotland) Bill
2. Evidence Session (in private)
3. Work programme (in private)

28th Meeting

16 November

1. National Care Service (Scotland) Bill
2. Evidence Session (in private)

27th Meeting

09 November

1. National Care Service (Scotland) Bill
2. Evidence Session (in private)
3. Work programme (in private)

26th Meeting

02 November

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Colleges Regionalisation Inquiry
3. Universities
4. Subordinate legislation
5. UK Subordinate Legislation
6. Evidence Session (in private)
7. Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2023 - 24 (in private)

25th Meeting

26 October

1. Pre Budget Scrutiny - Early Learning and Childcare
2. Public petitions
3. Evidence Session (in private)

24th Meeting

05 October

1. Colleges Regionalisation Inquiry
2. Evidence Session (in private)
3. Work programme (in private)

23rd Meeting

28 September

1. Declaration of interests
2. Universities
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Evidence Session (in private)

22nd Meeting

21 September

1. Colleges Regionalisation Inquiry
2. Evidence Session (in private)

21st Meeting

07 September

1. Scottish Qualifications Authority
2. Evidence Session (in private)
3. Work programme (in private)

20th Meeting

29 June

1. Bòrd na Gàidhlig
2. Scottish Attainment Challenge Inquiry (in private)
3. Work programme (in private)
4. Evidence Session (in private)

19th Meeting

22 June

1. Scottish Attainment Challenge Inquiry (in private)
2. Work programme (in private)

18th Meeting

15 June

1. Colleges Regionalisation Inquiry
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Annual report (in private)
4. Evidence Session (in private)

17th Meeting

08 June

1. Colleges Regionalisation Inquiry
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Work programme (in private)
4. Scottish Attainment Challenge Inquiry (in private)
5. Evidence Session (in private)

16th Meeting

01 June

1. Declaration of interests
2. Choice of Convener
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Colleges Regionalisation Inquiry
5. Evidence Session (in private)

15th Meeting

25 May

1. Early Learning and Childcare - 1140 Hours
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Evidence Session (in private)

14th Meeting

18 May

1. Scottish Attainment Challenge Inquiry
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Evidence Session (in private)

13th Meeting

11 May

1. Scottish Attainment Challenge Inquiry
2. Evidence Session (in private)

12th Meeting

04 May

1. Scottish Attainment Challenge Inquiry
2. Public petitions
3. Evidence Session (in private)

11th Meeting

20 April

1. Declaration of interests
2. Scottish Attainment Challenge Inquiry
3. British Sign Language Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
4. Subordinate legislation
5. Evidence Session (in private)
6. Work programme (in private)

10th Meeting

30 March

1. Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill (in private)
2. Work programme (in private)

9th Meeting

23 March

1. Subordinate legislation
2. Report by Independent Advisor on Education Reform
3. Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill (in private)
4. Evidence Session (in private)

8th Meeting

09 March

1. Declaration of interests
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Subordinate legislation
5. Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill
6. Evidence Session (in private)
7. Work programme (in private)

7th Meeting

02 March

1. Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill
2. Work programme (in private)
3. Evidence Session (in private)

6th Meeting

23 February

1. Declaration of interests
2. Scottish Attainment Challenge Inquiry
3. Evidence Session (in private)
4. Work programme (in private)

5th Meeting

09 February

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Scottish Attainment Challenge Inquiry
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Evidence Session (in private)
5. Skills: Alignment with Business Needs
6. Work programme (in private)

4th Meeting

02 February

1. Work programme (in private)

3rd Meeting

26 January

1. Subordinate legislation
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Drink and Needle Spiking
5. Impact of Covid 19 on Children and Young People (in private)
6. Work programme (in private)

2nd Meeting

19 January

1. Subordinate legislation
2. Covid 19 and Schools - January 2022
3. Impact of Covid 19 on Children and Young People (in private)

1st Meeting

12 January

1. Budget 2022 - 2023
2. Evidence Session (in private)

All meetings of the Education, Children and Young People Committee held in 2021. On meeting pages you can find agendas, meeting papers, minutes, and links to Official Reports and videos of meetings.

14th Meeting

22 December

1. Correspondence (in private)
2. Work programme (in private)

13th Meeting

15 December

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Skills: Alignment with Business Needs
3. Evidence Session (in private)

12th Meeting

08 December

1. Subordinate legislation
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Skills: Alignment with Business Needs
5. Evidence Session (in private)

11th Meeting

01 December

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Impact of Covid 19 on Children and Young People
5. Evidence Session (in private)
6. Advanced Research and Invention Agency Bill (UK Parliament legislation)

10th Meeting

24 November

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Impact of Covid 19 on Children and Young People and Deprivation
3. Evidence Session (in private)
4. Work programme

9th Meeting

17 November

1. Impact of Covid 19 on Children and Young people with additional support needs and care experienced young people
2. Evidence Session (in private)

8th Meeting

10 November

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. OECD report
3. Work programme
4. Correspondence

7th Meeting

03 November

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Pre-Budget Scrutiny
3. Evidence Session (in private)
4. Correspondence

6th Meeting

27 October

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Subordinate legislation
5. Subordinate legislation
6. Subordinate legislation
7. Subordinate legislation
8. Subordinate legislation
9. Advance Research and Invention Agency (UK Parliament legislation)
10. Evidence Session (in private)
11. Correspondence

5th Meeting

06 October

1. Session 6 priorities

4th Meeting

29 September

1. Alternative Certification Model
2. Evidence Session (in private)

3rd Meeting

22 September

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Alternative Certification Model
3. Evidence Session (in private)
4. Work programme

2nd Meeting

08 September

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Subordinate legislation
4. OECD report
5. Subordinate legislation
6. Evidence Session (in private)
7. Work programme (in private)
8. Declaration of interests

1st Meeting 2021

23 June

1. Declaration of interests
2. Choice of Convener
3. Choice of Deputy Convener
4. Decision on taking business in private
5. Legacy paper and Work programme

1st Meeting

23 June

1. Declaration of interests
2. Choice of Convener
3. Choice of Deputy Convener
4. Decision on taking business in private
5. Legacy paper
6. Work programme