Rural Affairs, Islands and Natural Environment Committee

Meeting date: Wednesday, November 2, 2022

Official Report 598KB pdf

United Kingdom Subordinate Legislation

Animals and Animal Health, Feed and Food Plants and Plant Health (Amendment) Regulations 2022

Our final item of business is consideration of a consent notification relating to a UK statutory instrument. I refer members to page 27 of paper 3.

I draw members’ attention to a letter from the Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity that was sent on 31 October. It indicates that the provision that amended article 18 of the plant health regulation has been removed from the SI and will be incorporated into a different SI, which will be notified to the Parliament later in November. Do members have any comments on the notification?

No member has indicated that they wish to comment. Are members content with the Scottish Government’s decision to consent to the provisions set out in the notification being included in UK, rather than Scottish, subordinate legislation?

Members indicated agreement.

That concludes our business in public.