Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee

Meeting date: Wednesday, February 10, 2021

Official Report 833KB pdf

European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018

Plant Health (Place Of Destination) (Phytosanitary Conditions) Regulations 2021

Item 2 is consideration of a UK statutory instrument. The papers for this item were issued to members yesterday morning. The instrument has been laid in the UK Parliament in relation to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.

The following issues are brought to our attention in the papers. The first is the limited amount of time available to the committee to consider the consent notification, and the second is the insufficient level of information contained in the original notification

Do members have any specific comments that they would like to make? I do not see any member wanting to make a comment. Do we therefore agree to write to the Scottish Government to confirm that the committee is content for consent to the UK SI referred to in the notification to be given? I ask members to put an N in the chat box if they disagree. On the basis there are no Ns, we are agreed, so that is what we will do.

I ask members to note that we are to go into private session now to allow us to consider the evidence that we have heard. I ask members to move to Teams.