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National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Amendment (No 2) Regulations 2007 (SSI 2007/390)
Last week we wrote to the Government on several matters. Members will recall that we asked if there were any plans to consolidate the principal regulations and we have received a response. As there are no comments, are we content to draw the attention of the lead committee and Parliament to the regulations on the ground that information was sought from and provided by the Scottish Government?
National Health Service (Primary Medical Services Section 17C Agreements) (Scotland) Amendment (No 2) Regulations 2007 (SSI 2007/393)
The committee asked the Scottish Government whether it had any plans for consolidation given that this is the seventh amendment of the principal regulations. Members have seen the response. Are members content to draw the attention of the lead committee and Parliament to the regulations on the ground that the Scottish Government has indicated that it intends to consolidate when next making substantive amendment of the principal regulations for policy purposes?
Plant Protection Products (Scotland) Amendment (No 2) Regulations 2007 <br />(SSI 2007/410)
The committee's questions to the Scottish Government were about transparency, and we have seen the Government's response. Are we content to report that the committee is still concerned that transparency issues have not been adequately addressed?
Miscellaneous Food Additives and the Sweeteners in Food Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2007 (SSI 2007/412)
Am I in the right place?
Yes.
I would have members know that, since our last meeting, I have been to the optician to get some new specs made.
Is that off the record?
It is on the record now.
Plant Health (Scotland) (Amendment) Order 2007 (SSI 2007/415)
We asked the Scottish Government why there was a delay in implementing European Council directives as indicated in the summary of recommendations. Members have seen the response. I am sure that they will have noticed that the two organisms covered by the directives have not been discovered in Scottish potatoes; that is a good thing and long may it continue to be the case.
Plant Health (Phytophthora ramorum) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2007 <br />(SSI 2007/416)
The committee asked the Scottish Government why there had been a delay in implementing European Commission decision 2007/201/EC, and, given that the decision increases the number of annual inspections to be carried out in relation to certain species during the growing season, how that obligation was to be met during 2007-08.