Feeding Stuffs (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2004 (SSI 2004/208)
Members will recall that we asked the Food Standards Agency Scotland two questions on the regulations. The first was why a certain point about the consultation requirements had not been included in the preamble. The Food Standards Agency's answer suggests that it did not think that that was necessary.
Good subordinate legislative practice would determine that a reference to the requirement for consultation should be in the preamble. The agency says that that is not a statutory provision. I accept that. Nonetheless, it is reckoned to be good practice. We have raised the matter before, and the agency has declined to take on board our views or to include such a reference. I think that we should make the point again.
What about consolidation?
I think that we should refer that to the lead committee.
I think that the agency's response is fairly poor. It might consider our point, but it might not—and if it does consider it, it might reject it. Given the numerous amendments and changes that have been made, I think that our view on consolidation is correct. The agency says that it
We can ask that question. We have to pass on our views on the regulations to the lead committee, so we could perhaps ask our question informally. We can pass on our comments on the two points that we have raised on legislative practice and consolidation to the Parliament and the lead committee. Is that agreed?
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