Education, Culture and Sport Committee, 06 Sep 2000

Meeting date: Wednesday, September 6, 2000

Official Report 245KB pdf

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Subordinate Legislation

We must move on, as there are two items we must deal with before we finish, and we must finish in the next few minutes. The first is the Education (Assisted Places) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2000 (SSI 2000/195). Can we agree that there are no points to be raised?

Members indicated agreement.

The clerk's note says that we can make recommendations. Does that mean that we can make recommendations to raise the amounts? The note says that the regulations cannot be amended, but that we can make recommendations in relation to the instrument.

You do not want to make recommendations, do you?

No, but I was just asking whether that was a possibility. I will bear it in mind for the future.

Fine. You do that, Brian.

The next item is the St Mary's Music School (Aided Places) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2000 (SSI 2000/196). Are we agreed that there are no points to be raised?

Members indicated agreement.

I apologise to Julie Allan, who has had to sit through the whole meeting. We have not got to our final item, on the special educational needs inquiry. I will put it on the agenda for next week and we will start to deliberate at that stage. I suppose it was predictable, in some ways, that we would not get to the final item.

Finally, this is Karen Gillon's final meeting before she takes a sabbatical to produce Gillon junior. I am sure the committee will want to join me in wishing her, her baby and her husband well. We look forward to her rejoining us when she feels fit and able.

Thank you.

I want to mention one thing for the special educational needs inquiry next week. At one point in the paper, our special adviser talks about an inclusion index. May I have a copy of it?

That will be arranged. I thank everyone for their forbearance.

Meeting closed at 13:00.