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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 March 2025
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Education, Children and Young People Committee

Covid-19 and Schools

Meeting date: 19 January 2022

James Dornan

It is usually a good plan, right enough. [Laughter.]

Education, Children and Young People Committee

Covid-19 and Schools

Meeting date: 19 January 2022

James Dornan

No.

Education, Children and Young People Committee

Covid-19 and Schools

Meeting date: 19 January 2022

James Dornan

Before I finish, I welcome Douglas Hutchison to Glasgow. You have a big challenge ahead of you, but I am sure that you will be more than capable of meeting it.

Education, Children and Young People Committee

Budget 2022-23

Meeting date: 12 January 2022

James Dornan

I am asking for a response from the cabinet secretary.

Education, Children and Young People Committee

Budget 2022-23

Meeting date: 12 January 2022

James Dornan

The cabinet secretary has kind of answered the question that I was going to ask. The reality is that Mr Kerr, Mr Marra and Mr Rennie have all asked for extra money. Surely the cabinet secretary’s role in the budget process is to argue in Cabinet for as much as she can. At that stage, the Scottish Government has to say, “This is the money we’ve got, and this is how we’re going to spend it. If you want to spend it in any other way, please tell us where you’re going to get that money from in the budget.” There has been no sign of that from any of the three previous speakers.

Education, Children and Young People Committee

Budget 2022-23

Meeting date: 12 January 2022

James Dornan

Good morning. Like most education stakeholders, I look forward to the announcement that you will make in May regarding the multiyear funding plans for further and higher education. How can you ensure that those packages, whatever they may be, will support the colleges and universities in addressing long-term sustainability challenges such as rising staff costs and pension costs?

Education, Children and Young People Committee

Skills: Alignment with Business Needs

Meeting date: 15 December 2021

James Dornan

Before she does so, is your point about companies cherry picking workers from the supply chain a reason why you are in favour of the apprenticeship grant? I take it that those companies were not participating in that, as they were just taking staff from elsewhere.

Education, Children and Young People Committee

Skills: Alignment with Business Needs

Meeting date: 15 December 2021

James Dornan

I see that Sharon Drysdale wants to comment.

Education, Children and Young People Committee

Skills: Alignment with Business Needs

Meeting date: 15 December 2021

James Dornan

On that point and on Katie Hutton’s points about flexibility and people being able to move from one field to another, is the funding flexible enough? If the training has to change slightly, will it be easy for the funding to follow that?

Education, Children and Young People Committee

Skills: Alignment with Business Needs

Meeting date: 15 December 2021

James Dornan

My next question touches on the role of SDS. How do you gauge what the future demand and the future market will be? How has that been impacted and changed by what has happened over the past two years? Has there been a rethinking of the types of apprentices that we will need, how many we will need and in which markets?