SP Paper 585 (web only)
EC/S4/14/R7
7th Report, 2014 (Session 4)
Subordinate legislation
Remit and membership
Remit:
The remit of the Committee is to consider and report on further and higher education, lifelong learning, schools, pre-school care, skills and other matters falling within the responsibility of the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning and matters relating to culture and the arts falling within the responsibility of the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs.
Membership:
George Adam
Clare Adamson
Jayne Baxter
Colin Beattie
Neil Bibby (Deputy Convener)
Gordon MacDonald
Stewart Maxwell (Convener)
Liam McArthur
Mary Scanlon
Committee Clerking Team:
Senior Assistant Clerk
Terry Shevlin
Assistant Clerk
Lewis McNaughton
Committee Assistant
Fiona Sinclair
Subordinate legislation
The Committee reports to the Parliament as follows—
1. At its meeting on 19 August 2014, the Education and Culture Committee considered the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (Treatment of Historic Environment Scotland as Specified Authority) Order 2014.
2. This instrument provides that Historic Environment Scotland is, for the purposes of or in connection with appointments to that body, to be treated as if it were a specified authority listed in schedule 2(1) of the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003.
3. This will allow the appointments to the Board of Historic Environment Scotland to be regulated by the Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life.
4. Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs, moved motion S4M-10644—
That the Education and Culture Committee recommends that the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (Treatment of Historic Environment Scotland as Specified Authority) Order 2014 [draft] be approved.
5. The motion was agreed to (without division).
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