The Committee will meet at 9.00 am in The Chamber, Assembly Hall, The Mound, Edinburgh

1. Choice of Convener:

2. Item to be taken in private: The Convener will propose that item 5 will be taken in private.

3. Inquiry into Governance of SQA: The Committee will take evidence from Mr Sam Galbraith MSP, Minister for Children and Education, and from Mr Henry McLeish MSP, Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning.

4. Reporter to the Rural Fuel Price Inquiry: The Committee will agree a replacement for Mr. John Swinney as reporter at the Rural Fuel Price Inquiry meetings.

5. Draft timetable and Work Programme for Stage 1 of the Education (Graduate Endowment and Student Support) (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will discuss its future work programme.

6. Inquiry into Governance of SQA (in private): The Committee will consider its response to evidence taken in the inquiry.

The Committee will meet at 9.30 am in The Hub, Castlehill, Edinburgh

1. Item to be taken in private: The Convener will propose that item 2 be taken in private.

2. School Exams Inquiry: The Committee will consider lines of questioning to witnesses.

3. School Exams Inquiry: The Committee will take evidence from-

4. School Exams Inquiry: The Committee will take evidence from-

5. School Exams Inquiry: The Committee will take evidence from-

6. Update of Committee business: The Committee will be updated on business in its current work programme.

The Committee will meet at 9.30 am in Committee Room 3

1. Convener: The Committee will choose a new convener.

2. Item in private: The Committee will decide whether to consider a draft report on the Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Bill in private at its next meeting.

3. Budget Process 2001-02: The Committee will take evidence on the Executive's spending plans for justice at Stage 2 of the Budget process 2001-02 from-

4. Leasehold Casualties (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the general principles of the Bill at Stage 1 from-

5. Forward Programme: The Committee will consider its forward programme.

6. Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Bill (in private): The Committee will consider its response to evidence taken on the Bill.

The Committee will meet at 9.30 am in Committee Room 2

1. Item to be taken in private: The Convener to move that items 3 and 6 on the agenda be taken in private.

2. Items to be taken in private: Convener to move that items at the Committee's next meeting on the Inquiry into Drug Misuse and Deprived Communities and the Stage 1 Reports of the Family Homes and Homelessness (Scotland) Bill and the Mortgage Rights (Scotland) Bill be taken in private.

3. Questions for witnesses: The Committee will consider its questions for the Council of Mortgage Lenders and the Ministers.

4. Family Homes and Homelessness (Scotland) Bill (Stage 1), Mortgage Rights (Scotland) Bill (Stage 1) and Better Homes for Scotland's Communities (The Executive's proposals for the Housing Bill): The Committee will take evidence from the Council of Mortgage Lenders from-

The Committee will take evidence from-

5. The Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (Licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation) Order 2000: The Committee will consider concerns raised by Abbeyfield Society for Scotland Ltd.

6. Communities Against Poverty: The Committee will consider its response to recommendations on fuel poverty from Communities Against Poverty.

The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in Committee Room 1

1. Transport (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the Bill at Stage 2 (Day 1)

2. Subordinate Legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instrument-

3. Genetically Modified Organisms (in private): The Committee will consider the possible contents of the Committee's report on the issue of genetically modified organisms.

4. Budget Process (in private): The Committee will consider its approach to the next stage of consideration of the Executive's expenditure plans.