EDUCATION, LIFELONG LEARNING AND CULTURE COMMITTEE
18^th Meeting 2008, Session 3

CONVENER

*Karen Whitefield (Airdrie and Shotts) (Lab)

DEPUTY CONVENER

*Rob Gibson (Highlands and Islands) (SNP)

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

*Aileen Campbell (South of Scotland) (SNP)
*Ken Macintosh (Eastwood) (Lab)
*Christina McKelvie (Central Scotland) (SNP)
*Mary Mulligan (Linlithgow) (Lab)
*Jeremy Purvis (Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale) (LD)
*Elizabeth Smith (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con)

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTES

Claire Baker (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab)
Ted Brocklebank (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con)
Hugh O'Donnell (Central Scotland) (LD)
Shirley-Anne Somerville (Lothians) (SNP)

*attended

THE FOLLOWING ALSO ATTENDED:

Claire Baker (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab)

THE FOLLOWING GAVE EVIDENCE:

Mark Batho (Scottish Government Lifelong Learning Directorate)
Gavin Gray (Scottish Government Lifelong Learning Directorate)
Anne Marie Hoey (Scottish Government Lifelong Learning Directorate)
Fiona Hyslop (Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning)
Michael Kellet (Scottish Government Schools Directorate)
Elspeth MacDonald (Scottish Government Legal Directorate)
Kathleen Marshall (Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People)
Hazel Rutherford (Scottish Government Lifelong Learning Directorate)

CLERK TO THE COMMITTEE

Eugene Windsor

SENIOR ASSISTANT CLERK

Nick Hawthorne

ASSISTANT CLERK

Andrew Proudfoot

LOCATION

Committee Room 4