Chamber and committees

Education, Children and Young People Committee

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Meeting Agenda

31st Meeting, 2025

• Date: Wednesday, November 5, 2025
• Session: 6
• Location: TG.40-CR1 The Burns Room
• Start time: 09:30am
• Published: Friday, October 31, 2025 03:08pm

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1 Subordinate legislation

The Committee will consider the following negative instruments— Qualifications Scotland (Appointment of Initial Members) Regulations 2025

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20251105 Paper 1 SSI paper (1) posted 31/10/2025 (Ref: ECYP/S6/25/31/1, 175KB, pdf)

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2 Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Bill

The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—

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Witnesses

Natalie Don-Innes, Minister for Children, Young People and The Promise, Scottish Government

Gavin Henderson, Deputy Director, Keeping the Promise, Scottish Government

Iona Colvin, Chief Social Work Adviser, Scottish Government

Tom McNamara, Head of Youth Justice and Children’s Hearings, Scottish Government

Barry McCaffrey, Lawyer, Scottish Government Legal Directorate

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Paper 2_CCCESP Bill Cover Note (3) posted 31/10/2025 (Ref: ECYP/S6/25/31/2, 532KB, pdf)

ECYP/S6/25/31/3(P) (Private Paper)

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3 Evidence Session (in private) (Private)

The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 2.

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