Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee [Draft]

Meeting date: Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Official Report 651KB pdf

United Kingdom Subordinate Legislation

Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments (2019 Hague Convention etc) Regulations 2024 [Draft]

Good morning, and welcome to the 11th meeting in 2024 of the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee. We have no apologies this morning.

There has been a late change in the order of our agenda this morning. Our evidence session on suicide prevention in Scotland will now take place at item 2. Stage 2 proceedings on the Gender Representation on Public Boards (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill will be taken as item 3.

Our first item is consideration of a proposal by the Scottish Government to consent to the United Kingdom Government legislating in a devolved area, as set out in the proposed UK statutory instrument, the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments (2019 Hague Convention etc) Regulations 2024. I refer members to paper 1.

Members will note that the Minister for Victims and Community Safety first wrote to the committee on 19 March to notify members of the Scottish Government’s proposal to consent to the UK SI, which, at that time, the UK Government intended to lay on 6 May. The minister wrote to us last week, on Thursday 25 April, to advise that the laying date is now due to be between 29 April and 2 May but said that that would not affect the process for the UK Government obtaining the consent of the Scottish ministers.

Are members content that the provisions set out in the notification should be made in the proposed UK instrument?

Members indicated agreement.

Thank you. We are all agreed.