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Chamber and committees

Education, Children and Young People Committee


Meeting Agenda

37th Meeting, 2025

  • Date: Wednesday, December 17, 2025
  • Session: 6
  • Location: TG.40-CR1 The Burns Room
  • Start time: 08:30am
  • Published: Tuesday, December 16, 2025 11:07am

1 Declaration of interests

Paul O'Kane MSP will be invited to declare any relevant interests.


2 Professor Alexis Jay and the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs

The Committee will take evidence from—


Witnesses

Professor Alexis Jay, Independent Chair, National Strategic Group on Child Sexual Abuse


Angela Constance, Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs, Scottish Government

Iona Colvin, Chief Social Work Adviser, Scottish Government

Andrew Watson, Director for Children and Families, Scottish Government



3 Cross Portfolio session

The Committee will take evidence from—


Witnesses

Jenny Gilruth, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, Scottish Government

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

Ben Macpherson, Minister for Higher and Further Education, Scottish Government

Clare Hicks, Director of Education Reform, Scottish Government

Adam Reid, Deputy Director for Skills, Scottish Government

Alison Taylor, Interim Director for Learning, Scottish Government

Andrew Watson, Director for Children and Families, Scottish Government



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