Education and Skills Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether its considerations of a draft report on the music tuition in schools inquiry should be taken in private at future meetings. The Committee will also decide whether its consideration of its work programme should be taken in private at its next meeting. 2. Inquiry into music tuition in schools: The Committee will take evidence from- Councillor Stephen McCabe, Children and Young People Spokesperson, Eddie Follan, Policy Manager, Children and Young People Team, and Lauren Bruce, Chief Officer, Local Government Finance, COSLA; and then from— John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, and Malcolm Pentland, Head of Curriculum Unit, Scottish Government. 3. Review of evidence (in private): The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier.