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Do members have any comments on the draft work programme? It will be updated and changed as legislation becomes clearer.
Is there any expectation of work arising from stage 2 of the legal reform bill? It is not in the programme, although stage 2 consideration will begin on 26 September.
Do you mean last week's or this week's stage 1 bill?
We debated stage 1 of the Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Bill last week. Progress of that bill runs roughly in parallel with the Bankruptcy and Diligence etc (Scotland) Bill so I assumed that it would appear in our work programme.
As you did, I paid close attention to that debate last week. I wonder whether there will be many Executive or other amendments that will affect the delegated powers in the bill. The bill requires serious amendment, but I am not sure whether any amendments will affect the creation of Scottish statutory instruments.
It was just a question.
No, we have not heard whether any committee work will arise from the bill.
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