Rural Affairs, Islands and Natural Environment Committee
Meeting date: Wednesday, February 2, 2022
Official Report 692KB pdf
Contents
- Attendance
- Decision on Taking Business in Private
- Good Food Nation (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
- Subordinate Legislation
Subordinate Legislation
Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (PH/36)
Milk and Milk Products (Pupils in Educational Establishments) Aid Applications (England and Scotland) Regulations 2022 (AGS/10)
We move on to item 3, which is consideration of two consent notifications from Scottish ministers. I refer members to paper 3.
Under the protocol between the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish Government, the two consent notifications have been categorised as type 1, meaning that the Scottish Parliament’s agreement is sought before the Scottish Government gives consent to the UK Government making secondary legislation in an area of devolved competence.
We will consider the two notifications separately.
Does any member have any comment on the consent notification on the Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) Regulations 2022? Please raise your hand or type R in the chat box if participating remotely.
No member has indicated that they wish to comment.
Is the committee content that the provisions set out in the notification should be included in the proposed UK statutory instrument? Please raise your hand or type N in the chat box if you do not agree, otherwise I will presume that members are content.
As no member has disagreed, the committee is content.
Does any member have any comment on the milk and milk products consent notification?
No member has indicated that they wish to comment.
Is the committee content that the provisions set out in the notification should be included in the proposed UK SI? Please raise your hand or type N in the chat box if you do not agree, otherwise I will presume members are content.
As no member has disagreed, the committee is content.
Finally, is the committee content to delegate authority to me to sign off a letter to the Scottish Government, informing it of our decision today?
As no member has disagreed, the committee is content.
Private Storage Aid Scheme (Pigmeat) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021 (SSI 2021/492)
Item 4 is consideration of a negative instrument. I refer members to paper 4. No motion to annul the instrument has been lodged.
Members will note that the instrument breaches the rule that requires Scottish statutory instruments to be laid at least 28 days before they come into effect. The Scottish Government’s letter to the Presiding Officer states that the breach is
“due to the need to act urgently to avoid an economic loss to farmers by not accepting additional cuts of pigmeat into the scheme.”
I note that we wrote to the Scottish Government with questions when we originally considered the pigmeat scheme instrument, but we have yet to receive a response.
Does any member have any comment on the instrument?
Why were loins not included in the pigmeat private storage aid scheme in the first place?
We can write to the Scottish Government to ask it for clarification on that.
Thank you.
Are members content to note the instrument?
As no member has disagreed, the committee is content.
That concludes our public business.? We now move into private session to continue our agenda.
12:19 Meeting continued in private until 12:57.