Education, Culture and Sport Committee, 17 Jan 2001

Meeting date: Wednesday, January 17, 2001

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Scottish Parliament Education, Culture and Sport Committee Wednesday 17 January 2001 (Morning)

[The Convener opened the meeting at 10:03]

Okay, let us make a start. This morning there is a slight problem, as the witnesses who are coming to give evidence on behalf of the Executive are currently giving evidence to the Health and Community Care Committee on the same subject. I suggest that we move items 5 and 6—the schools infrastructure inquiry and the special educational needs inquiry—up the agenda. We can discuss those items at the beginning of the meeting and we can then take evidence from the witnesses when they arrive.

The committee must agree whether to take items 5 and 6 in private or in public. I suggest that consideration of the committee's draft report should be private. We previously considered the schools infrastructure inquiry in private, because we were discussing witnesses who might be called. If the committee agrees, we will take items 5 and 6 in private now, and take the other items on the agenda in public.

Did you say that we could take items 5 and 6 at the beginning, rather than halfway through the meeting?

Yes, for convenience. Are we agreed?

Members indicated agreement.

Meeting continued in private.

Meeting resumed in public.