Equalities and Human Rights Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether its consideration of its approach to forthcoming legislation, as well as responses from the Scottish Government to recent Committee reports, should be taken in private at future meetings. 2. Bullying and harassment of children and young people in schools: The Committee will take evidence, in round-table format, from— Hannah Brisbane, Youth Advocate, and Susie McGuiness, Youth Advocate, Girlguiding Scotland; Derek Allan, Rector, Cameron Bowie, Student, and Shauni Boyd, former Student, Kirkcaldy High School; Niamh McGeechan, and Hannah Houston, STAMP Project: Lanarkshire Rape Crisis; Terri Smith MSYP, Chair of the Scottish Youth Parliament, and MYSP for Edinburgh Northern and Leith; Anne Whiteford, SHQ Commissioner (Development), Scouting Scotland; and then from— Anthony Horan, Director of the Catholic Parliamentary Office, Catholic Bishops' Conference of Scotland; Rev Dr Richard Frazer, Convener of the Church and Society Council, Church of Scotland; Imam Hassan Rabbani, Board Member, Muslim Council of Scotland; Samena Dean, Youth Worker, Scotland Against Criminalising Communities; Brittany Ritell, Youth Worker, and Representative for the Scottish Council of Jewish Communities; Charlie Lynch, Secretary, Scottish Secular Society. 3. Bullying and harassment of children and young people in schools (in private): The Committee will consider the evidence received.