Education, Children and Young People Committee

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Meeting Agenda

2nd Meeting, 2026

• Date: Wednesday, January 14, 2026
• Session: 6
• Location: TG.40-CR1 The Burns Room
• Start time: 09:30am
• Published: Friday, January 9, 2026 11:56am

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1 Subordinate legislation

The Committee will consider the following negative instrument— Education (Scotland) Act 2025 (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2025

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Paper 1 SSI paper posted 09/01/2026 (Ref: ECYP/S6/26/2/1, 171KB, pdf)

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2 Scotland's Rural College (SRUC)

The Committee will take evidence from—

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Witnesses

Garry Ross, National Officer for Higher Education, EIS

Jonnie Hall, Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Director of Policy, National Farmers Union Scotland

Professor Wayne Powell, Principal and Chief Executive, SRUC

Jeroen Van Herk, UNISON Steward, SRUC

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Paper 2 SRUC Cover Note posted 09/01/2026 (Ref: ECYP/S6/26/2/2, 310KB, pdf)

ECYP/S6/26/2/3(P) (Private Paper)

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3 Evidence Session

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

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