Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Integration Joint Boards and Integration Joint Monitoring Committees) (Scotland) Amendment (No 2) Order 2015 (SSI 2015/432)
Agenda item 2 is consideration of two pieces of subordinate legislation, both of which are subject to the negative procedure.
On the first, no motion to annul has been lodged, and the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee has made no comments. I invite comments from members.
I am slightly puzzled by the mention in the policy note of a consultation on the order, given that there is no information on what the consultation responses were. It is helpful for us when we consider an order to know what people have said about it.
When there has been a consultation on other instruments, we have usually received at least a summary of the responses. I am not talking about getting a long summary, just a note saying that no concerns were expressed about the instrument or whatever. It just seemed to me that although there was a fair amount of responses to the consultation there was no information about what was said.
We can note that comment; in fact, we can, in retrospect, attempt to get some feedback. We can also make the point that in future it might be useful for us and our understanding to have such information.
I also have a question of clarification about whether those who self-reported had a code of conduct that they would adhere to. Surely if it was up to them to decide whether they had a conflict of interest, there must have been a code of conduct to go along with such a decision. That has not been made clear either.
We will take those comments into consideration. Does the committee agree to make no recommendations on the amendment order?
Members indicated agreement.
Food (Scotland) Act 2015 (Consequential Provisions) (No 2) Order 2015 (SSI 2015/433)
On the second instrument, no motion to annul has been lodged, and the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee has made no comment on it.
If members have no comments, does the committee agree to make no recommendations on the order?
Members indicated agreement.
Thank you.
We now move to agenda item 3, which is consideration of our report on the Transplantation (Authorisation of Removal of Organs etc) (Scotland) Bill. As previously agreed, we will take this item in private.
10:11 Meeting continued in private until 12:20.