Education and Skills Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 5 in private. 2. Children's Hearings System - Taking Stock of Reforms: The Committee will take evidence from — Mark McDonald, Minister for Childcare and Early Years, Tom McNamara, Head of Youth Justice and Childrens Hearings, and Thekla Garland, Children’s Hearings Team Leader, Scottish Government. 3. Performance and Role of Key Education and Skills Bodies. The Committee will consider responses to its 2nd Report, 2017 (Session5): Performance and Role of Key Education and Skills Bodies. 4. Children's Hearings System - Review of Evidence (in private): The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting on Children's Hearings System. 5. Work programme: The Committee will consider its work programme.