Education, Children and Young People Committee
1st Meeting, 2026
Committees sometimes meet in private. This might be to hear confidential or particularly sensitive information, or to discuss a draft report. When a committee meets in private, its proceedings are not broadcast and there is no Official Report. However, the committee minutes will record the business taken and any decisions reached.
The Committee will take evidence on the Education (Scotland) Act 2025 (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2026 [draft] and the Official Statistics (Scotland) Amendment Order 2026 [draft] from—
Papers for this item:
Paper 1 - SSI Ed Act (Cons Prov) (138KB, pdf) posted 18 December 2025
Paper 2 - SSI Official Statistics (129KB, pdf) posted 18 December 2025
Jenny Gilruth, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills to move—S6M-19851—That the Education, Children and Young People Committee recommends that the Education (Scotland) Act 2025 (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2026 [draft] be approved.
Jenny Gilruth, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills to move—S6M-19852—That the Education, Children and Young People Committee recommends that the Official Statistics (Scotland) Amendment Order 2026 [draft] be approved.
The Committee will take evidence on the Cross-border Placement of Children (Requirements, Effect and Enforcement) (Scotland) Regulations 2026 [draft] from—
Papers for this item:
Paper 3 - SSI Cross Border (197KB, pdf) posted 18 December 2025
Natalie Don-Innes Minister for Children, Young People and The Promise to move—S6M-19990—That the Education, Children and Young People Committee recommends that the Cross-border Placement of Children (Requirements, Effect and Enforcement) (Scotland) Regulations 2026 [draft] be approved.
The Committee will consider a draft Stage 1 report.
Papers for this item:
1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item
The Committee will consider the evidence it heard at its meeting on the 17th December 2025.
The Official Report of this meeting has not been published yet.