Education, Children and Young People Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether its consideration of work programme should be taken in private at its next meeting. 2. Skills: Alignment with Business Needs: The Committee will take evidence from— Frank Mitchell, Chair, and Katie Hutton, Director, National Training Programmes, Skills Development Scotland; Dr Allan Colquhoun, University Liaison and Emerging Technologies Manager, Leonardo and representing , Scottish Apprenticeship Advisory Board (SAAB); Karen Watt, Chief Executive, and Sharon Drysdale, Assistant Director, Access, Learning and Outcomes, Scottish Funding Council. 3. Evidence Session The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 2.