Education, Lifelong Learning and Culture Committee, 01 Oct 2008

Meeting date: Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Official Report 225KB pdf

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Decision on Taking Business in Private

I open the 23rd meeting in 2008 of the Education, Lifelong Learning and Culture Committee. I remind everyone present that mobile phones and BlackBerrys should be switched off for the duration of the meeting.

It is my great pleasure to welcome members of the Flemish Parliament's Committee for Culture, Youth, Sports and Media to the public gallery. I understand that they will stay for a bit of the meeting before heading off for a tour. They will come back to meet us after our formal business. I hope that you enjoy your visit to the Scottish Parliament. Other members of the committee will join us soon. [Interruption.] I think that they are arriving now.

The first item on our agenda is to ask whether the committee is content to take in private item 4, which, as members will be aware, is consideration of a paper on our approach to our stage 1 scrutiny of the proposed education (additional support for learning) (Scotland) bill. Is that agreed?

Members indicated agreement.