Education, Children and Young People Committee
25th Meeting, 2025
The Committee took evidence on the Bill from—
Natalie Don-Innes, Minister for Children, Young People and The Promise, Saskia Kearns, Team Leader, Learning for Sustainability and Outdoor Learning, Lewis Hedge, Deputy Director, Curriculum and Qualifications and Kirstie McKerron, Solicitor, Legal Directorate, Scottish Government.
The Committee took evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—
Sheriff David Mackie, Chairperson, Hearings System Working Group;
Fiona Duncan, Independent Strategic Advisor and Fraser McKinlay, Chief Executive, The Promise Scotland;
and then from—
Claire Burns, Director, CELCIS;
Katy Nisbet, Head of Legal Policy, Clan Childlaw;
Maria Galli, Convener of the Child and Family Law Sub-Committee, Law Society of Scotland;
Kate Thompson, Policy Officer, Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland.
The Committee considered the evidence it heard earlier under agenda items 1 and 2.