Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
The Committee was established in June 2021. It focuses on:
- checking secondary legislation coming before the Parliament for legal and technical accuracy
- checking whether proposed powers to make secondary legislation in Bills are appropriate
- reporting its findings to the Parliament so all laws and proposals for laws get proper oversight from MSPs
- looking at certain Bills which are based on reports from the Scottish Law Commission. The Commission recommends changes to the law so it keeps pace with the way we live and work.
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Address: The Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, EH99 1SP
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Members
Members of the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
Current Members
Stuart McMillan
Convener
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Greenock and Inverclyde (Constituency)
Bill Kidd
Deputy Convener
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Glasgow Anniesland (Constituency)
Jeremy Balfour
Member
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: Lothian (Region)
Carol Mochan
Member
Party: Scottish Labour
MSP for: South Scotland (Region)
Oliver Mundell
Member
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: Dumfriesshire (Constituency)
Substitute Members
Maurice Golden
Substitute Member
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: North East Scotland (Region)
Rhoda Grant
Substitute Member
Party: Scottish Labour
MSP for: Highlands and Islands (Region)
Jenni Minto
Substitute Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Argyll and Bute (Constituency)
Committee work
Current
Previous
Correspondence
Committee correspondence
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
Energy Bill response from the UK Government
Letter from the Minister of State for Energy and Climate to the Convener. 31 January 2023
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
Letter from the Scottish Government to the Clerk, 31 January 2023
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1
Letter from the Clerk to the Scottish Government, 26 January 2023
Official Reports
Official Reports
Meeting date: Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Instruments subject to Affirmative Procedure, Instruments subject to Negative Procedure, Instrument not subject to Parliamentary Procedure
Meeting date: Tuesday, January 24, 2023
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
Interests, Decision on Taking Business in Private, Instruments subject to Affirmative Procedure, Instruments not subject to Parliamentary Procedure
Meeting date: Tuesday, January 17, 2023
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Instrument subject to Negative Procedure, Instrument not subject to Parliamentary Procedure
Reports
Committee reports
A report on the subordinate legislation considered by the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee on 31 January 2023.
Legislative Consent Memorandum: delegated powers relevant to Scotland in the Shark Fins Bill
A report by the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee on the delegated powers that are relevant to Scotland in the Shark Fins Bill (UK Parliament legislation).
This report sets out the Committee's consideration of all instruments during 23 September to 8 December 2022.
Remit
To consider and report on the following (and any additional matter added under Rule 6.1.5A)—
- any—
- subordinate legislation laid before the Parliament or requiring the consent of the Parliament under section 9 of the Public Bodies Act 2011
- pension or grants motion as described in Rule 8.11A.1; and, in particular, to determine whether the attention of the Parliament should be drawn to any of the matters mentioned in Rule 10.3.1
- proposed powers to make subordinate legislation in particular Bills or other proposed legislation
- general questions relating to powers to make subordinate legislation
- whether any proposed delegated powers in particular Bills or other legislation should be expressed as a power to make subordinate legislation
- any failure to lay an instrument in accordance with section 28(2), 30(2) or 31 of the 2010 Act
- proposed changes to the procedure to which subordinate legislation laid before the Parliament is subject
- any Scottish Law Commission Bill as defined in Rule 9.17A.1
- any draft proposal for a Scottish Law Commission Bill as defined in that Rule
- any Consolidation Bill as defined in Rule 9.18.1 referred to it in accordance with Rule 9.18.3.