Education, Children and Young People Committee
Meeting Minutes
9th Meeting, 2023
- Date: Wednesday, March 15, 2023
- Session: 6
- Location: TG.40-CR1 The Burns Room
- Meeting opened at: 09:15
- Meeting closed at: 11:15
- Published: Thursday, March 16, 2023 10:42am
Committee Members Attendees
- Sue Webber (Convener)
- Kaukab Stewart (Deputy Convener)
- Stephanie Callaghan (Member)
- Graeme Dey (Member)
- Bob Doris (Member)
- Stephen Kerr (Member)
- Ruth Maguire (Member)
- Willie Rennie (Member)
Apologies received from
- Ross Greer (Member)
- Michael Marra (Member)
1 Colleges Regionalisation Inquiry (In Private):
The Committee considered a draft report. Various changes were agreed to. The Committee agreed to consider and agree an amended paragraph by correspondence and delegated to the Convener responsibility for finalising the draft report for publication.
The Committee agreed arrangements for publication of the report and that Members would not comment on the report during the embargo period, prior to publication.
The Committee agreed to submit a bid to the Conveners' Group for a committee debate on the report.
2 Work Programme (In Private):
The Committee agreed the terms of correspondence to COSLA and the Scottish Government on the budget for 2023/24.
The Committee agreed the terms of correspondence to COSLA and ARC Scotland regarding the Disabled Children and Young People (Transitions to Adulthood) (Scotland) Bill.
The Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government and SQA regarding correspondence received regarding ChatGPT.
The Committee considered issues for its future work programme and agreed to consider a further paper setting out detailed options.
The Committee agreed to hold a business planning session on Wednesday 6 September.
The Committee considered evidence heard in relation to the Disabled Children and Young People (Transitions to Adulthood) (Scotland) Bill and agreed to consider a further paper at a future meeting.