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Seòmar agus comataidhean

Education, Children and Young People Committee (Joint Meeting)


Agenda: 09 January 2026

Friday, 09 January 2026

2nd Meeting, 2026

Start time: 09:00am
Location: TG.40-CR1 The Burns Room
Agenda items:

  1. Decision on taking business in private
  2. Testing Dec 16 Gov Bill (Scotland) Bill (in private)
  3. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure
  4. Public petitions
  5. Legacy paper
  6. Work programme

Agenda published: Friday, 09 January 2026 12:09pm

Full agenda and available meeting papers


1. Decision on taking business in private

The Committee will decide whether to take item 3 in private.


2. Testing Dec 16 Gov Bill (Scotland) Bill (in private)

The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—

  • Owen Smith
    Senior Manager, Audit Quality and Appointments
    Audit Scotland
  • Helen Smith
    Chief Executive
    Audit Scotland
  • Inspector Test test Smith
    Scottish Partnership Against Rural Crime (SPARC) and National Rural Crime Co-ordinator
    Police Scotland


4. Public petitions

The Committee will consider the following petitions—

[PE01709] Install CCTV cameras and provide full time social work support in all additional support needs schools
[PE01706] Introduce a law to allow pets in rented and supported accommodation
[PE01701] Change the law to allow adoption for people over the age of 18.


5. Legacy paper

The Committee will consider a draft legacy paper.

Papers for this item:


6. Work programme

The Committee will review its work programme.


Official Report

The Official Report of this meeting has not been published yet.

See all of this committee's Official Reports