Education, Children and Young People Committee
Meeting Minutes
19th Meeting, 2023
- Date: Wednesday, June 14, 2023
- Session: 6
- Location: TG.40-CR1 The Burns Room
- Meeting opened at: 09:30
- Meeting closed at: 12:19
- Published: Thursday, June 15, 2023 10:45am
Committee Members Attendees
- Sue Webber (Convener)
- Ben Macpherson (Deputy Convener)
- Stephanie Callaghan (Member)
- Bob Doris (Member)
- Pam Duncan-Glancy (Member)
- Ross Greer (Member)
- Stephen Kerr (Member)
- Bill Kidd (Member)
- Ruth Maguire (Member)
- Willie Rennie (Member)
1 Violence in schools:
The Committee heard evidence from—
Anne Keenan, Assistant Secretary, Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS);
Mike Corbett, National Official (Scotland), NASUWT;
Carrie Lindsay, Executive Director of Education and Children's Services, Fife Council, representing the Association of Directors of Education in Scotland (ADES);
Dr Colin Morrison, Co-Director, Children's Parliament;
Nick Smiley, Chair, Association of Scottish Principal Educational Psychologists (ASPEP);
Dr Joan Mowat, Senior Lecturer, School of Education, Strathclyde University;
Cheryl Burnett, Chair, National Parent Forum of Scotland (NPFS);
Beau Johnston, MSYP for Edinburgh Central and SYP Trustee, Scottish Youth Parliament.
2 Evidence Session (In Private):
The Committee considered the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 1 and agreed to consider a letter to the Scottish Government in private at a future meeting.