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Qualifications Scotland (Appointment of Initial Members) Regulations 2025 (SSI 2025/278)
Good morning and welcome to the 31st meeting in 2025 of the Education, Children and Young People Committee. We have received apologies from Ross Greer. I welcome Roz McCall, who joins us for this meeting.
The first item on our agenda is consideration of subordinate legislation. The Qualifications Scotland (Appointment of Initial Members) Regulations 2025 are being considered under the negative procedure. Do members have any comments to make about the regulations?
Good morning.
I congratulate the members who have been appointed to the board. I wonder whether the committee might like to ask the Government what training and support those members have had, particularly given that they have transferred from the Scottish Qualifications Authority to Qualifications Scotland and that there is a high expectation on Qualifications Scotland to be a different organisation from the one that went before it. Could we ask the Government to give us some reassurance about the information that those board members have been given in order to be able to deliver that aim?
I see that there has been an equality impact assessment, but I note that there are five men and two women, which is not ideal.
Do we agree to write to the Government on the two points that have been highlighted by members?
Members indicated agreement.
Is the committee agreed that it does not wish to make any recommendations in relation to the regulations?
Members indicated agreement.