Rural Affairs Committee, 19 Jun 2000
Meeting date: Monday, June 19, 2000
Official Report
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Subordinate Legislation
The next item on the agenda is subordinate legislation. We have two instruments before us: the Food (Animal Products from Belgium) (Emergency Control) (Scotland) Revocation Order, SSI 2000/159, and the Food (Animal Feedingstuffs from Belgium) (Control) (Scotland) Revocation Regulations, SSI 2000/158. These orders repeal two orders that were dealt with earlier in the year. The Health and Community Care Committee has been nominated as the lead committee on these instruments, and the Rural Affairs Committee has been designated the secondary committee on them.
The orders came into force on 31 May and are laid under the negative procedure, which means that the Parliament has the power to annul them within 40 days, excluding the recess. The time limit for parliamentary action ends on 9 July. Any MSP may lodge a motion to the lead committee to recommend that the orders be annulled. The Rural Affairs Committee is obliged to report its views to the Health and Community Care Committee by 23 June. In putting off consideration of these orders, we have left ourselves less time to do so.
Committee members have been supplied with a summary, the instruments themselves and an explanatory note from the Executive. Do members feel that they have enough information to come to a decision?
Members indicated agreement.
Does the committee want to make any comment to the Health and Community Care Committee? The members do not.