Health and Community Care Committee, 25 Oct 2000

Meeting date: Wednesday, October 25, 2000

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Subordinate Legislation

The final agenda item in public concerns the Food Irradiation Provisions (Scotland) Regulations 2000. Members will recall that we considered the regulations on 26 September. We had two main concerns about defective drafting and ambiguity of specific parts of the regulations, which had been picked up by the Subordinate Legislation Committee. The Executive did not allay the concerns of the Subordinate Legislation Committee and we agreed to ask the Executive for further explanation of its position.

We have received a response, which has been circulated to members, from the Food Standards Agency Scotland. That agency intends to introduce amending legislation to address the points that were raised by both committees. I suggest that that resolves the issues satisfactorily. No motion to annul has been lodged. I therefore recommend that the committee make no recommendation in relation to the instrument. Is that agreed?

Members indicated agreement.

That brings our public business to an end.

Meeting continued in private until 12:37.