EC/S4/15/7/M EDUCATION AND CULTURE COMMITTEE MINUTES 7th Meeting, 2015 (Session 4) Tuesday 24 March 2015 Present: George Adam Colin Beattie Chic Brodie Mark Griffin Gordon MacDonald Stewart Maxwell (Convener) Liam McArthur Siobhan McMahon (Deputy Convener) Mary Scanlon Also present: Liz Smith The meeting opened at 10.03 am. 1. Subordinate legislation: The Committee considered the following negative instruments— Teachers’ Pension Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2015 (SSI 2015/97); Teachers’ Superannuation (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2015 (SSI 2015/98). The Committee agreed to make no recommendation in relation to the instruments. 2. Subordinate legislation: The Committee took evidence on the Post-16 Education (Scotland) Act 2013 (Modification of Legislation) Order 2015 [draft] from— Angela Constance, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning, Mel Weldon, Head of College Regionalisation, Colin Baird, Policy Executive in College Policy, and Ailsa Heine, Senior Principal Legal Officer, SGLD, Scottish Government. 3. Subordinate legislation: Angela Constance (Cabinet Secretary for Education EC/S4/15/7/M and Lifelong Learning) moved— S4M-12539—That the Education and Culture Committee recommends that the Post-16 Education (Scotland) Act 2013 (Modification of Legislation) Order 2015 [draft] be approved. After debate the motion was agreed to. 4. Subordinate legislation: The Committee took evidence on the Support and Assistance of Young People Leaving Care (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2015 (SSI 2015/62), the Continuing Care (Scotland) Order 2015 [draft] and the Aftercare (Eligible Needs) (Scotland) Order 2015 [draft] from— Fiona McLeod, Acting Minister for Children and Young People, Carolyn Younie, Corporate Parenting and Formal Care Team Leader in Looked After Children Policy, and Graham McGlashan, Principal Legal Officer, SGLD, Scottish Government. 5. Subordinate legislation: Fiona McLeod (Acting Minister for Children and Young People) moved— S4M-12540—That the Education and Culture Committee recommends that the Continuing Care (Scotland) Order 2015 [draft] be approved. S4M-12541—That the Education and Culture Committee recommends that the Aftercare (Eligible Needs) (Scotland) Order 2015 [draft] be approved. After debate the motions were agreed to by division (For 5, Against 0, Abstentions 4). 6. Subordinate legislation: The Committee considered the following negative instrument— Support and Assistance of Young People Leaving Care (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2015 (SSI 2015/62). The Committee agreed to make no recommendation in relation to the instrument. 7. Educational attainment gap (private and third sectors): The Committee took evidence from— Susan Quinn, Convener of EIS Education Committee, Educational Institute of Scotland; Angela Morgan, Chief Executive, Includem; David Watt, Executive Director, Institute of Directors; Allan Watt, Director, The Prince's Trust Scotland; EC/S4/15/7/M Susan Hunter, Senior Policy and Research Officer, Youthlink Scotland. The meeting closed at 12.44 pm. Terry Shevlin Clerk to the Education and Culture Committee Room T3.60 The Scottish Parliament Edinburgh Tel: 0131 348 5204 Email: [email protected].