Education, Children and Young People Committee
15th Meeting, 2025
The Committee took evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—
Clare Reid, Director of Policy and Public Affairs, Prosper;
Professor Nigel Seaton, Fellow, Royal Society of Edinburgh;
and then from—
Martin Boyle, Chief Operating Officer, Scottish Funding Council;
Catherine Topley, Chief Executive, SAAS;
Damien Yeates, Chief Executive, Skills Development Scotland.
The Committee considered and agreed a draft report.
The Committee considered the Bill at Stage 2 (Day 3).
The following amendments were agreed to (without division): 312, 86, 87, 319, 169, 90, 176, 38, 92, 39, 339, 342, 345, 14, 15, 16, 93, 186, 94, 108, 112.
The following amendments were agreed to (by division)—
88 (For 9, Against 1, Abstentions 0)
89 (For 9, Against 1, Abstentions 0)
25 (For 5, Against 5, Abstentions 0; amendment agreed to on casting vote)
22 (For 9, Against 1, Abstentions 0)
95 (For 9, Against 0, Abstentions 1)
23 (For 9, Against 0, Abstentions 1)
113 (For 9, Against 0, Abstentions 1)
The following amendments were disagreed to (by division)—
172 (For 3, Against 6, Abstentions 1)
328 (For 2, Against 8, Abstentions 0)
331 (For 3, Against 5, Abstentions 2)
92A (For 5, Against 5, Abstentions 0; amendment disagreed to on casting vote)
180 (For 4, Against 6, Abstentions 0)
40 (For 2, Against 8, Abstentions 0)
351 (For 3, Against 7, Abstentions 0)
114 (For 2, Against 8, Abstentions 0)
The following amendments were moved and, no member having objected, withdrawn: 84, 305, 157, 308, 320, 181, 341, 346.
The following amendments were pre-empted: 322.
The following amendments were not moved: 145, 146, 79, 80, 147, 148, 81, 149, 150, 82, 151, 152, 83, 153, 154, 304, 155, 156, 306, 307, 158, 309, 310, 159, 311, 85, 160, 24, 313, 161, 162, 314, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 315, 316, 317, 318, 168, 170, 321, 323, 171, 324, 325, 326, 327, 329, 330, 91, 173, 174, 175, 177, 332, 333, 334, 335, 92B, 178, 179, 336, 11, 337, 338, 340, 182, 18, 19, 20, 183, 343, 344, 184, 347, 21, 348, 185, 349, 350, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 206, 207, 352, 109, 110, 208, 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 111, 26, 209, 210, 358.
The following provisions were agreed to without amendment: Sections 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 35, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48 and 50, Schedule 3, sections 51 and 53, Schedule 4, sections 56 and 58 and the long title.
The following provisions were agreed to as amended: Sections 30, 31, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 49, 52, 54, 55 and 57.
The Committee completed Stage 2 consideration of the Bill.
Martin Whitfield declared that he had previous employment as a teacher.
Stephen Kerr indicated an interest as being involved with Whistleblowers UK.
Ross Greer indicated an interest as a member of the PVG scheme.