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Official Report: search what was said in Parliament

The Official Report is a written record of public meetings of the Parliament and committees.  

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 11 January 2025
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Education, Children and Young People Committee

Colleges Regionalisation Inquiry

Meeting date: 5 October 2022

Stephen Kerr

Can you share with us the information that you worked from when you made your previous set of allocations? If you do not have that information today, maybe you could write to us with it.

Education, Children and Young People Committee

Colleges Regionalisation Inquiry

Meeting date: 5 October 2022

Stephen Kerr

Are you thinking of investment through, for example, the Scottish National Investment Bank?

Education, Children and Young People Committee

Colleges Regionalisation Inquiry

Meeting date: 5 October 2022

Stephen Kerr

That is reassuring.

Education, Children and Young People Committee

Colleges Regionalisation Inquiry

Meeting date: 5 October 2022

Stephen Kerr

Kate Forbes’s economic transformation plan, is, on the face of it, is an exciting prospect. However, both of you are saying that, if the college sector continues to be on the receiving end of cuts, including the flat cash settlement that has been projected, it will be impossible to deliver on the plan without investment, rather than disinvestment, in the college sector, which is what is happening currently.

Education, Children and Young People Committee

Colleges Regionalisation Inquiry

Meeting date: 5 October 2022

Stephen Kerr

Shona, do you agree with my use of the word “disinvestment”?

Education, Children and Young People Committee

Colleges Regionalisation Inquiry

Meeting date: 5 October 2022

Stephen Kerr

Okay. That is very clear.

Education, Children and Young People Committee

Colleges Regionalisation Inquiry

Meeting date: 5 October 2022

Stephen Kerr

So—

Education, Children and Young People Committee

Colleges Regionalisation Inquiry

Meeting date: 5 October 2022

Stephen Kerr

Why is it coming out in another year?

Education, Children and Young People Committee

Colleges Regionalisation Inquiry

Meeting date: 5 October 2022

Stephen Kerr

Do you have any working assumptions about what the number might look like?

Education, Children and Young People Committee

Colleges Regionalisation Inquiry

Meeting date: 5 October 2022

Stephen Kerr

When will we see that number?