At its meeting on 19 December, the Committee considered the following instruments under its remit and agreed not to draw them to the attention of the Parliament.

Criminal Justice Committee

Gender Recognition (Disclosure of Information) (Scotland) Order 2023 (SSI 2023/364)

• The Committee draws its correspondence with the Scottish Government to the attention of the Criminal Justice Committee as it provides further information on how the instrument delivers the policy intention, and on factors that are relevant to the Scottish Government’s consideration of the compliance of the instrument with Convention rights.

Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Amendment Rules 2023 (SSI 2023/366)

• The Committee draws its correspondence with the Scottish Government to the attention of the Criminal Justice Committee as this, and the revised Policy Note which resulted from the correspondence, clarifies the policy intention behind the rule changes made by the instrument.

Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2023 (SSI 2023/369)

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Bus Services Improvement Partnerships (Objections) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 (SSI 2024/Draft)

Bus Services Improvement Partnerships and Local Services Franchises (Provision of Information) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (SSI 2023/368)

Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

Meat Preparations (Import Conditions) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2023 (SSI 2023/367)

Bovine Semen (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2023 (SSI 2023/370)

Conservation of Salmon (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2023 (SSI 2023/372)

Social Justice and Social Security Committee

Welfare Foods (Best Start Foods) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2023 (SSI 2023/371)