Written Question · S2W-01574 · Session 2
Further to the answer to question S1W-29654 by Cathy Jamieson on 1 October 2002, what effective market access for foreign service providers…
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-29654 by Cathy Jamieson on 1 October 2002, what effective market access for foreign service providers under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) it considers appropriate for the education service.
The answer
In the last GATS negotiation round (concluded in 1995 in Uruguay) the UK agreed to open privately funded education services in primary, secondary, higher and adult education to international competition. In the present GATS negotiation round, the European Commission's initial offer of further liberalisation does not include any new offers in education services.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-01574 by reference.