[The Convener opened the meeting at 10:07]
I welcome colleagues to the 14th meeting in 2006 of the Education Committee. As we are still waiting for some witnesses to arrive, I suggest that we change the order of business and take agenda item 2 first. Do members agree that we do that?
In that case, I am afraid that I have to tell those who are just arriving that we are now going to move into private session. We are waiting for some witnesses to arrive, so we have decided to take the second item on the agenda first. I apologise for the confusion. [Interruption.] I have learned that one of the witnesses for the first panel is here and that we have not heard from the other witness who was due to be on that panel. Do members wish to commence with the witness who is present?