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Police Grant (Variation) (Scotland) Order 2006 (SSI 2006/39)
Item 4 is Executive responses. We asked the Executive why orders for years prior to 2005-06 could not have been made earlier and we asked for an explanation for the delay. The Executive has provided an explanation but, given the timing that is involved, there seems to be an unusual use of the power. Should we simply draw the order to the attention of the lead committee and the Parliament on the ground of the unusual or unexpected use of the power, bearing in mind that it has no adverse effect in practice?
The use of the power is unusual and unexpected, so we should report it.
We will also draw the lead committee's attention to the Executive's explanation for the delay.
National Health Service (Constitution of Health Boards) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2006 (SSI 2006/32)
We asked the Executive about the vires of article 2(1) and why the Executive has chosen not to lay the order before the Parliament. Are we content with the response or do we wish to draw the order to the Parliament's attention on the basis that there is a doubt as to whether it is intra vires in its terms and on the ground of incorrect procedure? Shall we mention our doubts, as we always do?