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Right to Time Off for Study or Training (Scotland) Amendment (No 2) Regulations 2001 (SSI 2001/298)
The fourth item is consideration of subordinate legislation. We are joined by three people from the Scottish Executive: Chris Graham, temporary head of higher education student support policy; David Seers, team leader in the training for young people branch; and Rosemary Whelan, who is part of the policy executive in the training for young people branch. David, do you have any supplementary points in addition to the explanatory notes that you have supplied?
We apologise for taking up the committee's time again. The Department for Education and Skills down south caught us out with some late changes to its regulations on the right to time off to study or for training, which it incorporated in the summer recess. We needed to incorporate the changes, too, because time off from work is a GB-wide right. Although the changes are all English ones, we still have to acknowledge them.
Are members happy with both instruments?
Members indicated agreement.
We will now have a comfort break for strictly five minutes; we will start again at 11.25 am, when we will receive a presentation from Professor John Fairley and representatives of Blake Stevenson.
Meeting adjourned.
On resuming—
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