Chamber and committees

Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee

Meeting Agenda

22nd Meeting, 2025

Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Session: 6
Location: T1.60-CR4 The Clerk Maxwell Room
Start time: 09:30am
Published: Thursday, October 2, 2025 02:53pm

1 Decision on taking business in private

The Committee will decide whether to take item 4 in private.

2 Children (Withdrawal from Religious Education and Amendment of UNCRC Compatibility Duty) (Scotland) Bill

The Committee will take evidence from—

Witnesses

Louise Church MSYP (Galloway and West Dumfries), Member, Education and Lifelong Learning Committee, Scottish Youth Parliament

Juliet Harris, Director, Together (Scottish Alliance for Children's Rights)

Gina Wilson, Head of Strategy, Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland

Gavin Yates, Executive Director, Connect

Dr Douglas Hutchison, Executive Director of Education, Glasgow City Council, representing the Association of Directors of Education in Scotland (ADES)

Susan Quinn, Convener, Education Committee, Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS)

Paper 1 - Note by the Clerk posted 02/10/2025 (Ref: EHRCJ/S6/25/22/1, 167KB, pdf)

EHRCJ/S6/25/22/2(P) (Private Paper)

3 Children (Withdrawal from Religious Education and Amendment of UNCRC Compatibility Duty) (Scotland) Bill (in private) (Private)

The Committee will consider the evidence it heard under agenda item 2.

4 Work programme

The Committee will consider its work programme.

EHRCJ/S6/25/22/3(P) (Private Paper)