Item 7 is consideration of two petitions. As previously agreed, the committee has completed its work on petitions PE1022, on foreign language learning, and PE1046, from the Educational Institute of Scotland, on class sizes. I invite comments on PE1022.
Official Report · Committee
Petitions
Foreign Languages Policy (PE1022)
Speakers
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- Ken Macintosh Lab 1
The record
4 contributionsThe committee has been waiting for various pieces of work, including a report from the Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council, which has now been produced. I am happy with the clerks' recommendation that we ask for the Executive response following the funding council report so that we can get a grasp of the matter. We do not have a difficulty with the report; it will be more interesting to know whether the Executive will act on the report's recommendations.
We should pursue the clerks' helpful suggestion and send the cabinet secretary a letter asking her to respond to us in writing. Are we happy with that?
Members indicated agreement.
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Everything on 2 Sep 2008 →- Scottish Parliament Education, Lifelong Learning and Culture Committee Tuesday 2 September 2008 Committee business · 1
- Interests Procedure · 5
- Deputy Convener Procedure · 5
- Subordinate Legislation Subordinate legislation · 37
- Subordinate Legislation Subordinate legislation · 103
- Subordinate Legislation Subordinate legislation · 2
- Petitions Petitions · 4
- Petitions Petitions · 9
- Employment of Probationary Teachers Committee business · 19
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