Education, Children and Young People Committee
Meeting Minutes
13th Meeting, 2024
- Date: Wednesday, May 1, 2024
- Session: 6
- Location: TG.40-CR1 The Burns Room
- Meeting opened at: 09:02
- Meeting closed at: 12:57
- Published: Wednesday, May 1, 2024 04:02pm
Committee Members Attendees
- Sue Webber (Convener)
- Ruth Maguire (Deputy Convener)
- Stephanie Callaghan (Member)
- Pam Duncan-Glancy (Member)
- Ross Greer (Member)
- Liam Kerr (Member)
- Bill Kidd (Member)
- Ben Macpherson (Member)
- Willie Rennie (Member)
- Michelle Thomson (Member)
1 Scottish Languages Bill:
The Committee heard evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—
Claire Cullen, Head of Gaelic and Scots, Douglas Ansdell, Team Leader, Gaelic and Scots and Niall Bartlett, Policy Officer, Gaelic and Scots, Scottish Government;
Nico McKenzie-Juetten, Lawyer, School Education Division and Ninian Christie, Lawyer, Economy and Social Protection Division, Scottish Government Legal Directorate;
and then from—
Professor Conchúr Ó Giollagáin, Gaelic Research Professor and Director of the UHI Language Sciences Institute, University of the Highlands and Islands;
Professor Wilson McLeod, Emeritus Professor of Gaelic, University of Edinburgh;
Dr Michael Dempster, Director, Scots Language Centre;
Professor Robert McColl Millar, Chair in Linguistics and Scottish Language, University of Aberdeen.
2 Evidence Session (In Private):
The Committee considered the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 1.