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Chamber and committees

Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee


Meeting Agenda

1st Meeting, 2025

  • Date: Tuesday, January 7, 2025
  • Session: 6
  • Location: T1.40-CR5 The Smith Room
  • Start time: 09:30am
  • Published: Friday, January 3, 2025 01:45pm

1 Decision on taking business in private

The Committee will decide whether to take items 6, 7 and 8 in private.


2 Instruments subject to affirmative procedure

The Committee will consider the following—

Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Act 2023 Amendment Regulations 2025 (SSI 2025/Draft)
Registers of Scotland (Fees and Plain Copies) Miscellaneous Amendments Order 2025 (SSI 2025/Draft)
International Organisations (Immunities and Privileges) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2025 (SSI 2025/Draft)



3 Instruments subject to negative procedure

The Committee will consider the following—

Financial Assistance for Environmental Purposes (Variation) (Scotland) Order 2024 (SSI 2024/371)
Local Government Pension Scheme (Remediable Service) (Scotland) (Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 2024 (SSI 2024/374)
Building (Procedure) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2024 (SSI 2024/376)
Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Prescribed Police Stations) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2024 (SSI 2024/377)
Moveable Transactions (Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 (SSI 2024/379)
Moveable Transactions (Register of Assignations and Register of Statutory Pledges Rules) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 (SSI 2024/381)


4 Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure

The Committee will consider the following—

Bankruptcy and Diligence (Scotland) Act 2024 (Commencement No. 1, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2024 (SSI 2024/373 (C.25))
Transport (Scotland) Act 2019 (Commencement No. 8) Regulations 2024 (SSI 2024/375 (C.26))
Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Act 2023 (Commencement) Regulations 2024 (SSI 2024/378 (C.27))


5 Framework legislation and Henry VIII powers

The Committee will take evidence from—


Witnesses

Dr Ruth Fox, Director, Hansard Society

Dr Dexter Govan, Director of Research, Constitution Society

Dr Pablo Grez Hidalgo, Lecturer In Public Law, University of Strathclyde

Professor Colin T Reid, Emeritus Professor of Environmental Law, University of Dundee

Dr Andrew Tickell, Head of Department for Economics and Law, Glasgow Caledonian University

Professor Richard Whitaker, Parliamentary Academic Fellow, University of Leicester


Jessica De Mounteney, First Parliamentary Counsel, Office of the Parliamentary Counsel

Diggory Bailey, Legislative Drafter, Office of the Parliamentary Counsel



6 Budget (Scotland) (No. 4) Bill

The Committee will consider the delegated powers in this Bill at Stage 1.



7 Framework legislation and Henry VIII powers

The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier in the meeting.


8 Leases (Automatic Continuation etc.) (Scotland) Bill

The Committee will consider its approach to the scrutiny of the Bill at Stage 1.



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