Education and Skills Committee

1. Teacher workforce planning (in private): The Committee will consider a draft report. Not before 10.00 am 2. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on the Registration of Independent Schools (Prescribed Person) (Scotland) Regulations 2017 [draft] from— Shirley-Anne Somerville MSP, Minister for Further Education, Higher Education and Science, Shirley Anderson, Policy Officer, and Claire Cullen, Solicitor, Scottish Government. 3. Subordinate legislation: Shirley-Anne Somerville (Minister for Further Education, Higher Education and Science) to move S5M-06113— That the Education and Skills Committee recommends that the Registration of Independent Schools (Prescribed Person) (Scotland) Regulations 2017 [draft] be approved. 4. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instruments— The Education Authority Annual Plan Planning Period (Scotland) Regulations 2017 (SSI 2017/165) Requirements for Teachers (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017 (SSI 2017/170) The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Scotland) Amendment (SSI 2017/171) 5. School infrastructure: The Committee will take evidence from- Peter Watton, Head of Property and Facilities Management, City of Edinburgh Council; Allan Whyte, Head of Property and Facilities Management, Aberdeenshire Council; Danny Lowe, Director (Housing and Technical Resources), South Lanarkshire Council; Dave Aitken, Chair, Local Authority Building Standards Scotland. 6. Review of Evidence (in private): The Committee will review the evidence it heard earlier on its school infrastructure inquiry.