Education, Children and Young People Committee
6th Meeting, 2026
The Committee took evidence on the Care Leaver Payment (Scotland) Regulations 2026 [draft] from—
Natalie Don-Innes, Minister for Children, Young People and The Promise, supported by Aisha Pereyra, Team Leader, Care Leaver Payment and Gavin Henderson, Deputy Director Keeping the Promise, Scottish Government;
Susan Bonellie, Lawyer, Scottish Government Legal Directorate.
Natalie Don-Innes, Minister for Children, Young People and The Promise moved S6M-20537—That the Education, Children and Young People Committee recommends that the Care Leaver Payment (Scotland) Regulations 2026 [draft] be approved.
The motion was agreed to.
The Committee considered the following negative instruments—
Education (Scotland) Act 1980 (Modification) Regulations 2026
Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Rules of Procedure in Children’s Hearings) Amendment Rules 2026
The Committee made no comment on either instrument.
The Committee considered the Bill at Stage 2 (Day 2).
The following amendments were agreed to (without division): 100, 160, 161, 17, 171, 18, 19, 172, 173, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29,32, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 193, 194, 75, 76, 115 and 79
The following amendments were disagreed to (by division)—
154 (For 4, Against 5, Abstentions 0)
155 (For 3, Against 6, Abstentions 0)
157 (For 4, Against 5, Abstentions 0)
158 (For 3, Against 6, Abstentions 0)
99 (For 3, Against 6, Abstentions 0)
159 (For 4, Against 5, Abstentions 0)
101 (For 4, Against 5, Abstentions 0)
102 (For 3, Against 6, Abstentions 0)
166 (For 3, Against 6, Abstentions 0)
108 (For 3, Against 6, Abstentions 0)
50 (For 3, Against 6, Abstentions 0)
The following amendments were moved and, no member having objected, withdrawn: 152, 167, 168, 11, 189, 190, 77, 110, 117 and 119
The following amendments were pre-empted: 109
The following amendments were not moved: 153, 97, 156, 98, 162, 163, 164, 165, 169, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 170, 174, 175, 176, 177, 185, 103, 104, 25, 105, 30, 31, 106, 33, 107, 186, 226, 187, 227, 188, 53, 191, 192, 111, 112, 113, 114, 195, 196, 197, 198, 200, 202, 203, 204, 205, 78, 80, 206 and 120
The following provisions were agreed to without amendment: Sections 4, 6, 7, 9, 12, 15, 17, 19, 20 and 21
The following provisions were agreed to as amended: Sections 5, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16 and 18
The Committee ended consideration of the Bill for the day.
Fulton MacGregor declared an interest as a former social worker.
Martin Whitfield declared an interest as a former teacher.