Subordinate Legislation Committee, 07 Dec 2004

Meeting date: Tuesday, December 7, 2004

Official Report 98KB pdf

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Delegated Powers Scrutiny

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Edinburgh Tram (Line One) Bill: Preliminary Stage<br />Edinburgh Tram (Line Two) Bill: Preliminary Stage

I welcome members to the 34th meeting this year of the Subordinate Legislation Committee. I have received apologies from Murray Tosh, and Mike Pringle will be arriving late.

Members will recall that everything that we say about the Edinburgh Tram (Line One) Bill also applies to the Edinburgh Tram (Line Two) Bill. We raised issues about the drafting of section 44(3), which relates to penalty fares. Members will be pleased that the promoter has accepted our concerns and has removed the delegated power under that subsection. If everybody is in agreement about that, we will report the promoter's undertaking to the Parliament.

Members indicated agreement.

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Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Item 2 is on the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Bill at stage 1. We asked the Executive a number of questions about the bill, but we have not received a response. I would stress to Adam Ingram that that is not typical. We hear that there is a lot of continuing discussion on the bill among other parties, too. We can leave the matter until next week. The only problem is that we will require a very quick turnaround: the clerks will have to note our decision and report it straight away to the lead committee. We cannot do anything else. Is that acceptable?

Members indicated agreement.

There is not really an alternative.

No, there is not.