Health and Community Care Committee, 11 Sep 2002

Meeting date: Wednesday, September 11, 2002

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Subordinate Legislation

We have a number of pieces of subordinate legislation to deal with this morning. We will begin with negative instruments.

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Contaminants in Food (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2002<br />(SSI 2002/349)<br />National Waiting Times Centre Board (Scotland) Order 2002 (SSI 2002/305)

No comments have been received from members. The Subordinate Legislation Committee has no comments to make and no motions to annul have been lodged. The recommendation is that the committee does not wish to make any recommendation in relation to the instruments. Is that agreed?

Members indicated agreement.

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Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (West Coast) (No 6) (Scotland) Order 2002<br />(SSI 2002/307)<br />Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (West Coast) (No 5) (Scotland) Order 2002<br />(SSI 2002/306)

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Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (West Coast) (No 7) (Scotland) Order 2002<br />(SSI 2002/332)

We come to emergency affirmative instruments. I welcome to the committee Mary Mulligan, the Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care.

The Subordinate Legislation Committee has nothing to report, no comments have been received from members and I have received no requests from members to ask questions.

I have a question for the minister. We have been dealing with orders on amnesic shellfish poisoning since the beginning of the session in 1999. Are we any closer to finding definite causes of the poisoning and have any reports on it been produced recently?

I felt that members might have missed having to deal with this sort of statutory instrument during the recess. Members will appreciate that there are a number of them to deal with this morning.

There is a continuing research programme on amnesic shellfish poisoning. It is a year old, but there is some time to go before it will be complete. We are giving that our full attention, because, as Dorothy-Grace Elder said, the issue has been coming up since the beginning of the session—and, I am sure, even before then—and we want to come to conclusions about it.

I move,

That the Health and Community Care Committee recommends that the The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (West Coast) (No.6) (Scotland) Order 2002, (SSI 2002/307) be approved.

That the Health and Community Care Committee recommends that the The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (West Coast) (No.5) (Scotland) Order 2002, (SSI 2002/306) be approved.

That the Health and Community Care Committee recommends that the The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (West Coast) (No.7) (Scotland) Order 2002, (SSI 2002/332) be approved.

Motions agreed to.

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Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (West Coast) (No 8) (Scotland) Order 2002<br />(SSI 2002/333)<br />Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (Orkney) (Scotland) Order 2002 (SSI 2002/345)

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Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (Orkney) (No 2) (Scotland) Order 2002 (SSI 2002/353)<br />Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (West Coast) (No 9) (Scotland) Order 2002<br />(SSI 2002/350)

Members are asked to note that the orders have been revoked.

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Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (West Coast) (No 10) (Scotland) Order 2002<br />(SSI 2002/357)<br />Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (Orkney) (No 3) (Scotland) Order 2002 (SSI 2002/408)

The Subordinate Legislation Committee has nothing to report and no comments have been received from members.

Motions moved,

That the Health and Community Care Committee recommends that the The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (West Coast) (No.10) (Scotland) Order 2002, (SSI 2002/357) be approved.

That the Health and Community Care Committee recommends that the The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) (Orkney) (No.3) (Scotland) Order 2002, (SSI 2002/408) be approved.—[Mrs Mary Mulligan.]

Motions agreed to.