Education and Skills Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 3 in private. The Committee will also decide whether to take the consideration of evidence on Additional Support Needs in private at its next meeting. 2. Additional Support Needs: The Committee will take evidence from- May Dunsmuir, President, Health and Education Chamber, First-tier Tribunal for Scotland; Nick Hobbs, Head of Advice and Investigations, Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland; Professor Sheila Riddell, Director of the Centre for Research in Education, Inclusion and Diversity, University of Edinburgh. 3. Review of evidence: The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier.