Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee

1. Children (Withdrawal from Religious Education and Amendment of UNCRC Compatibility Duty) (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence from— Reverend Stephen Allison, Public Engagement Coordinator, The Free Church of Scotland Claire Benton-Evans, Provincial Youth Coordinator, Scottish Episcopal Church Barbara Coupar, Director, Scottish Catholic Education Service Reverend Stephen Miller, Co-ordinator, Education & Schools Group, Church of Scotland Leah Rivka, Research and Publications Officer, Jewish Council of Scotland and then from— Dr Alejandro Sanchez, Human rights lead, National Secular Society Fraser Sutherland, Chief Executive Officer, Humanist Society of Scotland and then from— Rachel Fox, Senior Policy Adviser, UN Convention on the Rights of the Child for the United Kingdom Committee for UNICEF, UNICEF UK Dr Conor Hill, Lecturer in Law, Glasgow Caledonian University Melissa Murray, Lecturer in Law, Glasgow Caledonian University Professor Angela O'Hagan, Chair, Scottish Human Rights Commission Caitlin Fitzgerald, Legal and Policy Coordinator-UNCRC, Scottish Human Rights Commission Professor Elaine Sutherland, Member, Child and Family Law Sub-Committee, Law Society of Scotland 2. Evidence Session (in private): The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier in the meeting.