Subordinate Legislation Committee, 31 Jan 2007

Meeting date: Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Official Report 118KB pdf

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Instruments Not Laid Before the Parliament

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Instruments Not Laid Before <br />the Parliament

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Tenements (Scotland) Act 2004 (Commencement No 2) Order 2007 <br />(SSI 2007/17)

No points arise on the order. Do members have any other points?

I have a general point, which I should probably have raised under agenda item 1. I apologise for forgetting to raise it then.

In the case of the delegated powers memorandum that we discussed under item 1, the Executive changed the original rather than introducing a replacement. I can see the merit of taking that approach in that case because the original DPM was below standard, but I wonder whether there is a third way. The Executive could take the original and highlight in some way the new bits and the changes that have been made. If the Executive redoes the original, it should at least point out where the changes are, if it does not provide a new, second, supplementary memorandum.

It is not entirely helpful to be given simply a replacement DPM because, unless you read both documents side by side, you cannot tell what changes have been made.

I think that we can raise that point in a general letter. Do you agree, Ken?

Yes, and it is fantastic to hear Stewart Maxwell talking about a third way.

As soon as the words were out of my mouth, I regretted it.

I welcome Adam Ingram to the meeting. I am sorry, Adam: I have already given your apologies, because we thought that you were not coming.

That is all right.

The committee will next meet on Tuesday 6 February. Members will be pleased to learn that we will discuss what I hope will be the full draft—or nearly the full draft—of our inquiry report.

Meeting closed at 09:50.