Health and Sport Committee

Meeting date: Tuesday, March 9, 2021

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European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018

Nutrition (Amendment) and Food for Specific Groups (Food for Special Medical Purposes for Infants, Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula) (Information and Compositional Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/168)

We move to agenda item 3, which is consideration of a consent notification that proposes that the Scottish Government gives consent to the United Kingdom Government legislating using the powers in the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 in relation to a UK statutory instrument. The regulations postpone the date of application for new European Union requirements on infant formula and follow-on formula made from protein hydrolysates in line with a recent European Commission decision.

The instrument was laid at Westminster on 19 February and came into force on 21 February. The Scottish Government has advised that, because of the urgent need to make the amendment to retained EU legislation before 22 February, prior parliamentary scrutiny of the notification was not possible on this occasion.

Do members have any comments to make on the consent notification?

As members have no comments, is the committee content to write to the Scottish Government to indicate that we are content with the consent proposal and the regulations?

That is agreed. Thank you very much.