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Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee

 

About The Committee

The role of the Committee is to:

List: consider statutory instruments laid before the Parliament; Examine proposals to delegate powers within primary legislation and Scrutinise consolidation bills and certain Scottish Law Commission bills.

Statutory instruments due for consideration by the Committee

The Committee will consider the following instruments after summer recess:

Committee Meetings

Next Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee Meeting

Date: 23rd Meeting, Tuesday 05 September 2017

The Committee will next meet after summer recess on Tuesday 05 September.



Current Business

Contract (Third Party Rights) (Scotland) Bill

Scottish Statutory Instrument Tracker

Quarterly Reports

Committee Reports

Latest Report(s)

34th Report, 2017 (Session 5): Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1

35th Report, 2017 (Session 5): Subordinate Legislation

 

2017 Reports (up to 24 January 2017)

 
Keep up to date

Committee reports

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Find the most recent Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee Reports in our digital hub:

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Contact the Committee

Clerk to the Committee: Euan Donald

Email address: 

dplr.committee@parliament.scot

Telephone number: 0131 348 5212

Get Involved

Find out how you can attend Committee Meetings. See our Visiting Parliament section.

How to Attend

Understanding secondary legislation

Click on the infographic below to learn about the process that takes place starting from when a Scottish statutory instrument (secondary legislation) is laid before Parliament to it being approved in the debating chamber.

                                                                                     

You can also learn more about SSIs and the scrutiny applied to them by having a look at the following:

 

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