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Private International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Act 2020
Our next agenda item is consideration of a type 1 consent notification for the Private International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Act 2020. I refer members to paper 3. The Minister for Victims and Community Safety wrote to the committee on 27 May to give notice of the Scottish Government’s proposal to consent to the UK statutory instrument. The UK Government intends to lay the instrument on 1 September 2025.
Do members wish to make any comments on the Scottish Government’s notification?
I do not have any objection to the Scottish Government’s approach, but we could say in our letter to it that it would be useful for it to share a little more information as outlined on page 6 of paper 3. Scotland has experts on private international law, including at the University of Dundee in my region, and it would be useful to get their expertise through consultation processes, given that these issues are much more complex and nuanced post-Brexit. We could suggest to the Government that there are people out there who could help us to understand some of these things better and that it could choose to engage more widely. It has not done that in this case, but it could do so in future.
Are members content to take on board Maggie Chapman’s suggestion and ask for more detail?
Members indicated agreement.
Is the committee content to agree to the Scottish Government’s decision to consent to the UK regulations?
Members indicated agreement.
Thank you. We will write to the Scottish Government and we will take on board Maggie Chapman’s suggestion.
That concludes our business in public. We will move into private session to discuss the remaining items on our agenda. Thank you.
11:24 Meeting continued in private until 12:09.Previous
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