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Chamber and committees

Education, Children and Young People Committee


Minutes: 01 May 2024

Wednesday, 01 May 2024

13th Meeting, 2024

Minutes


1. Scottish Languages Bill:

The Committee heard evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—

Claire Cullen, Head of Gaelic and Scots, Douglas Ansdell, Team Leader, Gaelic and Scots and Niall Bartlett, Policy Officer, Gaelic and Scots, Scottish Government;

Nico McKenzie-Juetten, Lawyer, School Education Division and Ninian Christie, Lawyer, Economy and Social Protection Division, Scottish Government Legal Directorate;

and then from—

Professor Conchúr Ó Giollagáin, Gaelic Research Professor and Director of the UHI Language Sciences Institute, University of the Highlands and Islands;

Professor Wilson McLeod, Emeritus Professor of Gaelic, University of Edinburgh;

Dr Michael Dempster, Director, Scots Language Centre;

Professor Robert McColl Millar, Chair in Linguistics and Scottish Language, University of Aberdeen.


2. Evidence Session (In Private):

The Committee considered the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 1.


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