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Chamber and committees

Subordinate Legislation Committee

Meeting date: Tuesday, June 1, 2010


Contents


Legal Services (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

The Convener

The third agenda item is consideration of the Government’s response to our stage 1 report on the delegated powers in the Legal Services (Scotland) Bill. Members will, I hope, be pleased to note that the Government has agreed to make a number of amendments in response to our recommendations. The only exception is the power in paragraph 2(2) of schedule 4, in respect of which the Scottish Government has considered that specifying a maximum penalty in the bill will be too inflexible and that affirmative procedure is unnecessary.

Again, we are simply asked to note the response. We will return to the bill after stage 2, at which point we will be able to revisit these areas in our consideration of the changes that have been made at that stage. If members have no comments, are we content to note the response as set out in the paper from the clerks?

Members indicated agreement.