Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee
Meeting date: Wednesday, June 24, 2020
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Contents
- Attendance
- Decision on Taking Business in Private
- Agriculture, Fisheries, Aquaculture and Food and Drink (Impact of Covid-19)
- Subordinate Legislation
- European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018
Subordinate Legislation
Seed and Plant Material (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (SSI 2020/165)
Plant Health (Official Controls and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (SSI 2020/176)
Item 3 is consideration of two negative instruments. Members will note from our meeting papers that one of the Scottish statutory instruments before us, the Plant Health (Official Controls and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2020, is in breach of the requirement to have 28 days between laying and coming into force. A letter from the Scottish Government explaining the breach is included in our public papers.
The Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee considered the instrument yesterday and has reported the breach to the Parliament. The DPLR Committee was content with the reasons provided for the breach.
No motions to annul have been received in relation to either of the instruments. I note that Mr Stevenson wishes to speak, and I thank him for the forewarning.
It is the next agenda item that I wish to speak on.
No one wishes to speak about either of the SSIs. No one wishes to make any recommendations on the instruments, so we are agreed that we will not do so, and we are happy to allow them to move forward as they are. We will therefore move on to the next agenda item.