Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee

Meeting date: Tuesday, November 10, 2020

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European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018

Our second item of business is consideration of three notifications from the Scottish Government in relation to consent to United Kingdom statutory instruments.

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Animals, Aquatic Animal Health and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

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Marketing of Seeds and Plant Propagating Material (Qualifying Northern Ireland Goods) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

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Alien Species in Aquaculture, Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Seeds and Planting Material (Legislative Functions and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

Members will recall that there is an agreed protocol between the Scottish Government and the Parliament in relation to instruments being made by the UK Government under powers in the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 that relate to proposals within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament. The Scottish Government and the Parliament have agreed an approach to UK-wide statutory instruments.

The committee raised queries with the Scottish Government in advance of the meeting, and we have received a full response.

As no member has indicated that they want to comment, we will consider in private whether to agree to the Scottish Government’s proposal to consent to the provisions in the UK statutory instruments being made in the UK Parliament.

That concludes our meeting in public today. At our next meeting, on 17 November, we will take evidence on the Scottish Parliament’s environmental performance and consider more notifications from the Scottish Government in relation to European Union exit-related instruments and Scottish statutory instruments.

09:38 Meeting continued in private until 09:48.