Rural Development Committee, 18 Sep 2001
Meeting date: Tuesday, September 18, 2001
Official Report
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Subordinate Legislation
I now move to item 5 on the agenda. We have six instruments to consider under the negative procedure. The Subordinate Legislation Committee has commented on five orders: SSI 2001/248, SSI 2001/249, SSI 2001/250, SSI 2001/261 and SSI 2201/276. A secondary committee will discuss the last order, SSI 2001/288, and we are therefore not required to respond to the Subordinate Legislation Committee's report on it.
Members will have received copies of the orders yesterday. That is later than usual but it was occasioned by the report not coming out until late on Friday evening. Prior to that, no comments had been made to the clerk to the committee but, bearing in mind the extensive report on some of the instruments, if members have any comments they wish to make or would like to seek clarification on any points, they may do so now. I will go through each order.
The first order for consideration is SSI 2001/248, the Control of Pollution (Silage, Slurry and Agricultural Fuel Oil) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2001. Does anyone wish to comment on it? It seems not. Good.
The second order for consideration is SSI 2001/249, the Plant Health (Great Britain) Amendment (Scotland) Order 2001. Does anyone wish to comment on it? There are no comments. Splendid.
The third order for consideration is SSI 2001/250, the Sea Fish (Specified Sea Areas) (Regulation of Nets and Other Fishing Gear) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2001. The Executive says that an amending instrument is expected to effect an amendment to article 6 of this instrument that has been suggested by the European Committee. We can simply note that in our report to the Parliament.
The fourth instrument for consideration is SSI 2001/261, the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Control of Vaccination) (Scotland) Regulations 2001. Members have no comments on that instrument.
The fifth instrument for consideration is SSI 2001/276, the Processed Animal Protein (Scotland) Regulations. Members have no comments on the instrument—I am impressed.
The final instrument for consideration is SSI 2001/288, the Specified Risk Material Amendment (No 3) (Scotland) Regulations 2001. There is some urgency about this instrument, as any comments that the committee has would have to be issued today. We are not the lead committee on this instrument—the Health and Community Care Committee will consider it at its meeting tomorrow morning. If any member wants to make representations on the issues raised by the instrument, that is the place to do it.
As no member has shown a desire to say anything about any of the instruments, I suggest that we deal with them en bloc. I take it from members' silence that we agree to take no further action on the instruments.
Members indicated agreement.