Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee

Meeting date: Wednesday, February 19, 2014

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High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Bill

We move swiftly on to agenda item 2, which is consideration of a legislative consent memorandum on the High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill, which is United Kingdom Parliament legislation. Because the bill alters the executive competence of the Scottish ministers, a legislative consent motion is required. Paper 3 includes the LCM and provides details of the LCM procedure.

The committee is invited to consider whether to report that the committee is content with the LCM and the Scottish Government’s view that it is in the best interests of the Scottish people and good governance that the relevant provisions of the bill should be considered by the UK Parliament, or to report that the committee notes the LCM. As there are no comments, do members agree that we go for the first option, which is to report that the committee is content with the LCM?

Members indicated agreement.

I remind members that, next week, the committee will meet on Monday, which is 24 February, in the burgh hall in Dumbarton, as part of Parliament day. The meeting will be from 6 pm to 8 pm, but we will also have events during the day, such as evidence taking and going out to see folk. If members have any questions about that, the clerks will be pleased to answer them.

Meeting closed at 12:25.