Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Health Professionals and Social Care Professionals) (Scotland) Regulations 2014 (SSI 2014/307)
Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Membership of Strategic Planning Group) (Scotland) Regulations 2014 (SSI 2014/308)
Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Content of Performance Reports) (Scotland) Regulations 2014 (SSI 2014/326)
Agenda item 3 is subordinate legislation. We have five negative Scottish statutory instruments before us.
In relation to SSIs 2014/307, 2014/308 and 2014/326, no motions to annul have been lodged, and the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee has not made any comments on them. As there are no comments from members, does the committee agree to make no recommendations?
Members indicated agreement.
Products Containing Meat etc (Scotland) Regulations 2014 (SSI 2014/289)
Again, no motion to annul has been lodged on the regulations, but the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee has drawn the Parliament’s attention to them as detailed in our papers. Do members have any comments?
I have just one comment. The products that are not for sale include, I think, brains, lungs and feet, but unless I have misread the summary of the policy document that we received, there is no mention of spinal cord. Is that really the case? I realise that I will not get an answer to that question today, but perhaps the clerks can check for me. Spinal cord products were one of the things involved in BSE, and I wonder why they have been omitted here.
We have not asked anyone to come along and speak to the regulations, but we can certainly ask that your comments be noted.
Our paper talks about products that include
“parts ... such as brains, feet or lungs”.
The actual order might refer to spinal cord, but I could not see any mention of it.
We can communicate that.
I think that I am correct in saying that the Government has given a commitment to correct the points that the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee has raised, and we should welcome that.
Okay. Noting those comments, does the committee agree to make no recommendation?
Members indicated agreement.
Food Information (Scotland) Regulations 2014 (SSI 2014/312)
No motion to annul has been lodged on the regulations, but the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee has drawn the Parliament’s attention to them as detailed in our papers. If members have no comments, does the committee agree to make no recommendation?
Members indicated agreement.