Education, Culture and Sport Committee, 04 Jul 2000

Meeting date: Tuesday, July 4, 2000

Official Report 198KB pdf

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Annual Report

Members will notice that there is a word count of 397 words at the bottom of the annual report. We have been asked to submit annual reports of about 400 words. If members want to make any changes to the report, I would ask them to suggest what can be left out—to keep the report to about 400 words. However, if members think that something has been omitted, we will endeavour to include it. The annual report runs until the end of April; anything that we have done since then should not be included.

In the paragraph beginning

"Inquiries were begun into special educational needs",

it might be useful to note that the committee also took evidence from the BBC and the Scottish Media Group on relevant aspects of broadcasting in Scotland.

That was well spotted. Do members agree to the report with the inclusion of that comment?

Members indicated agreement.

We were going to discuss the last item in private, but we have run out of time. Perhaps members can give any comments on the special educational needs inquiry to the clerks. We will come back with another draft of that report at the next meeting after the recess.

Finally, this is Gillian Baxendine's last meeting before she goes on maternity leave. We wish her all the best and look forward to hearing her good news in September. We look forward to having her back at the committee some time after that.

Meeting closed at 17:32.