Education and Skills Committee

1. Decision on taking agenda items in private: The Committee will decide whether to take agenda items 3 and 4 in private. 2. Draft Budget 2018-2019: The Committee will take evidence from: John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, Aileen McKechnie, Director, Advanced Learning and Science, and Michael Chalmers, Director of Children and families, Scottish Government. 3. Review of evidence: The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier. 4. Work programme: The Committee will consider its work programme.