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Chamber and committees

Education, Children and Young People Committee


Minutes: 30 April 2025

Wednesday, 30 April 2025

14th Meeting, 2025

Start time: 08:30am
End time: 09:02pm
Location: TG.40-CR1 The Burns Room
Published: Thursday, 01 May 2025
Apologies received from:
Substitute Member attendees:
Also present:
  • Katy Clark, Stephen Kerr, Jenny Gilruth (Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills), Liz Smith, Sue Webber, Martin Whitfield

Minutes


1. Education (Scotland) Bill:

The Committee considered the Bill at Stage 2 (Day 2).

The following amendments were agreed to (without division): 230, 233, 234, 54, 55, 56, 6, 59, 61, 62, 66, 67, 256

The following amendments were agreed to (by division)—

129 (For 5, Against 5, Abstentions 0; amendment agreed to on casting vote)

47 (For 5, Against 5, Abstentions 0; amendment agreed to on casting vote)

64 (For 5, Against 5, Abstentions 0; amendment agreed to on casting vote)

72 (For 5, Against 5, Abstentions 0; amendment agreed to on casting vote)

78 (For 5, Against 5, Abstentions 0; amendment agreed to on casting vote)

The following amendments were disagreed to (by division)—

229 (For 4, Against 6, Abstentions 0)

58 (For 4, Against 6, Abstentions 0)

245 (For 2, Against 8, Abstentions 0)

253 (For 3, Against 7, Abstentions 0)

261 (For 4, Against 5, Abstentions 0)

271 (For 4, Against 6, Abstentions 0)

130 (For 3, Against 7, Abstentions 0)

275 (For 2, Against 8, Abstentions 0)

276 (For 4, Against 6, Abstentions 0)

The following amendments were moved and, no member having objected, withdrawn: 3, 232, 57, 244, 254, 255

The following amendments were pre-empted: 

The following amendments were not moved: 231, 128, 34, 235, 4, 5, 240, 236, 237, 238, 239, 241, 7, 8, 242, 60, 243, 246, 248, 249, 63, 9, 64, 250, 251, 252, 65, 257, 258, 259, 260, 68, 69, 262, 263, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 70, 273, 274, 277, 279

The following provisions were agreed to without amendment: Sections 2, 4, 5, 13

The following provisions were agreed to as amended: Sections 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Martin Whitfield declared that he had previous employment in education.


2. Work programme (In Private):

The committee considered and agreed its work programme.


3. Education (Scotland) Bill:

The Committee resumed its consideration of the Bill at Stage 2 (Day 2).

The following amendments were agreed to (without division): 35, 71, 72, 73  

The following amendments were agreed to (by division)—

285 (For 5, Against 5, Abstentions 0; amendment agreed to on casting vote)

17 (For 9, Against 0, Abstentions 1)

The following amendments were disagreed to (by division)—

74 (For 2, Against 8, Abstentions 0)

The following amendments were moved and, no member having objected, withdrawn: 131, 280, 36, 290, 297, 140, 302, 77

The following amendments were pre-empted: 

The following amendments were not moved: 281, 282, 132, 283, 284, 133, 37, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 286, 287, 288, 289, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 298, 299, 300, 301, 75, 141, 76, 303, 142, 143, 144, 78

The following provisions were agreed to without amendment: Sections 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, Schedule 2

The following provisions were agreed to as amended: Sections 14, 15, 25


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