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Education and Skills Committee

Wednesday 21 December 2016 10:00 AM

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1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 6 in private. The Committee will also decide whether its consideration of: a draft report on the Scottish Government’s Draft Budget 2017-18; a draft report on a legislative consent memorandum on the Children and Social Work Bill (LCM(S5)7); and the Committee’s work programme should be taken in private at its next meeting . 2. Draft Budget Scrutiny 2017-18: The Committee will take evidence on the Scottish Government's Draft Budget 2017-18 from— John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, Olivia McLeod, Director for Children and Families, and Fiona Robertson, Director of Learning, Scottish Government. 3. Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry: The Committee will take evidence from— John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, and Olivia McLeod, Director for Children and Families, Scottish Government. 4. Review of evidence (in private): The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting on the Draft Budget. 5. Review of evidence (in private): The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting on the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry. 6. Children and Social Work Bill (UK Parliament legislation): The Committee will consider the legislative consent memorandum lodged by John Swinney, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills (LCM(S5)7).

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