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Litter (Fixed Penalties) (Scotland) Order 2013 (SSI 2013/315)
Flood Risk Management (Designated Responsible Authorities) (Scotland) Order 2013 (SSI 2013/314)
The second agenda item is subordinate legislation. The committee is invited to consider two negative instruments. Members should note that no motion to annul has been received in relation to the instruments. I refer members to the clerk’s paper. Do members have any comments on either of the instruments?
I very much welcome the fixed penalties for littering. As one of a range of measures, they are a welcome step forward in tackling that blight.
I concur. When I walk around my constituency, the amount of litter that I see that has been thrown on to the verges from passing cars is absolutely appalling. The fixed penalties are not the only part of the process, but anything that helps people to understand that they should not litter is welcome.
I concur with my colleagues that the measure is very welcome. I abhor people who throw away litter when all that they need to do is put it in the nearest bin, which is generally only yards away.
I, too, concur. Fly tipping is a blight on some very nice parts of the Scottish countryside, and I note that the fly tipping fixed penalty is quadrupling from £50 to £200. That is most welcome.
We are agreed that we very much welcome this. The committee might well want to say something about it, given that we are involved in this part of the process. We can think about that later.
Convener, have we dealt with the Flood Risk Management (Designated Responsible Authorities) (Scotland) Order 2013?
We have covered both orders.