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Chamber and committees

Subordinate Legislation Committee, 05 Feb 2002

Meeting date: Tuesday, February 5, 2002


Contents


Special Grant Reports


Special Grant Report No 1—Special Grant for Scotland Asylum Seeker Assistance: Report by the Scottish Ministers<br />(SE 2002/52)

The Convener:

Perhaps the clerk can tell us whether the special grant report is meant to be for public consumption. We could have commented a bit more on it, as the language is not terribly clear. It is clear to a lawyer—it is very legalistic. I do not know whether there are any accompanying notes.

Alasdair Rankin (Clerk):

There are not usually accompanying notes to special grant reports. They spell out the amount of assistance that the Executive has in mind for a purpose.

I read the report and it was fairly clear, but as I am not a lawyer I had to concentrate hard. I thought that I would mention in passing that although it is a supposedly public document, the language would exclude many people from it.