Item 3 is consideration of the committee's proposed away day, which is scheduled for Thursday 2 September. I have heard that that is also the date of the Labour group's away day. Is that correct?
Yes, it is.
Given the number of Labour members on the Education Committee, it might be worth revising the date for our away day.
We have tried to persuade the Labour group to shift the date for its away day, but it will not. I am sorry.
We have done our best.
We always have this difficulty, to a degree. Unless there is strong opposition to the proposal, we should perhaps try to move the committee's away day. The date was only tentative, anyway.
The committee has agreed in principle to hold an away day; we are not looking for a further decision on that. We can seek alternative dates without too much difficulty. The other purpose of the paper that members have is to see whether the committee is broadly content with the proposed elements of the away day.
The paper gives us a steer about where we are going, what our timescales allow us to do, and so forth. It allows us to get a bit of forward line on some of the issues. If there are no suggestions for issues that members would like included or excluded, is the committee happy with the paper?
Thanks very much. The committee agrees the broad structure of the away day. All being well, Scottish Executive staff will attend for the briefing on the curriculum review.
Meeting continued in private until 10:38.
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