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Scotland Act 1998 (Agency Arrangements) (Specification) (Recognition of Qualifications) Order 2025 (SI 2025/555)
The next item on our agenda is consideration of four items of subordinate legislation, the first of which is being considered under the negative procedure. Do members have any comments to make?
Yes, I have a comment. I do not disagree with what is happening in this SSI, but I think that there is an issue with overseas qualifications being recognised. It is something that has come up with some of the people who have come from Ukraine, in particular, but it has come up with people from other countries, too. Some who appear to have very good qualifications in their own countries are finding it very difficult to be accepted here or to improve their qualifications or get them recognised. My comment is just that we, or somebody else, should be looking at the issue in the future, but I do not object to the SSI.
With that comment, does the committee agree that it does not wish to make any recommendations on this instrument?
Members indicated agreement.
12:30Education (Appeal Committee Procedures) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 (SSI 2025/144)
We move on to the second instrument, which is being considered under the negative procedure. When it considered the instrument at its meeting yesterday, the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee recommended some drafting changes.
Apart from that, if members have no comments, does the committee agree that it does not wish to make any recommendations on this instrument?
Members indicated agreement.
St Mary’s Music School (Aided Places) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 (SSI 2025/151)
The third instrument is being considered under the negative procedure. If members have no comments, does the committee agree that it does not wish to make any recommendations on the instrument?
Members indicated agreement.
Teachers’ Pension Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 (SSI 2025/152)
The final instrument is also being considered under the negative procedure. As with the second instrument, this SSI was considered yesterday by the DPLR Committee, which again made some drafting recommendations. If members have no comments, does the committee agree that it does not wish to make any recommendations on the instrument?
Members indicated agreement.
That concludes the public part of our proceedings. The committee will now move into private session to consider the final items on its agenda.
12:31 Meeting continued in private until 13:08.