• The Committee revised its current work programme on 4 November 2009. Click here to view the work programme.

• Adviser notification - The Education, Lifelong Learning and Culture Committee has agreed to appoint an adviser to assist with its scrutiny of the proposed Children's Hearings (Scotland) Bill. 

Click here for the adviser specification form for more information on this role and how to apply.

• The Committee was designated as lead committee on the Schools (Consultation) Scotland) Bill on 3 March 2009.

Click here for further information on the Committee's consideration of the Schools (Consultation) Scotland) Bill.

The Parliament will consider the Bill at stage 3 on Thursday 19 November.

• The Committee has agreed to hold a number of evidence sessions:

Click here for further information on the Committee's evidence sessions on autism in education.

Click here for further information on the Committee's evidence sessions on the implications of the decline of the Scottish regional and local newspaper industry.

• The Committee has also agreed to undertake a scoping exercise in relation to local authority funding of education and children's services.

Click here for further information on the Committee's scoping exercise on local authority funding of education and children's services.

Further information on all these items may be found on the Current Business page.

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Next Meeting: 31st Meeting, Wednesday 25 November 2009

• Papers 31 (233KB pdf first posted 20.11.2009)

The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in Committee Room 6.

1. Autism in education: The Committee will take evidence, in a round-table discussion, from—

Bryan Kirkaldy, and Gordon Ford, Association of Directors of Education in Scotland;

Irene Matier, President, Association of Head Teachers and Deputes in Scotland;

Carolyn Brown, Association of Scottish Principal Educational Psychologists;

Professor Pamela Munn, University of Edinburgh;

Shona Pinkerton, National Autistic Society Scotland;

Brian Cooklin, School Leaders Scotland;

Jim Taylor, Scottish Society for Autism;

Margaret Penketh, President, Scottish Support for Learning Association.

2. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instruments—

the Regulation of Care (Fitness of Employees in Relation to Care Services) (Scotland) (No. 2) Amendment Regulations 2009 (SSI 2009/349)

the Regulation of Care (Social Service Workers) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2009 (SSI 2009/350)

the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (Transitory Provisions in Consequence of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007) Order 2009 (SSI 2009/375).

Last Meeting: 30th Meeting, Wednesday 11 November 2009

• Papers 30 (683KB pdf first posted 06.11.2009)
• Minute of Proceedings of Meeting 11 November 2009
• Official Report of Meeting 11 November 2009

Previous Meetings

Recent Committee Reports:

• 12 October 2009 Report on Stage 1 of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Bill
• 8 October 2009 9th Report 2009: Subordinate Legislation
• 9 September 2009 8th Report 2009: Subordinate Legislation
• 19 June 2009 7th Report 2009: Stage 1 Report on the Schools (Consultation) (Scotland) Bill
• 18 June 2009 6th Report 2009: Report on the legislative consent memorandum on the Holocaust (Return of Cultural Objects) Bill (LCM(S3) 21.1)
• 18 June 2009 5th Report 2009: Subordinate Legislation
• 9 June 2009 4th Report 2009: Annual Report 2008-09
• 12 March 2009 3rd Report 2009: Report on the legislative consent memorandum on the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill (LCM(S3) 19.1)

• Previous Reports.