Economy, Energy and Fair Work Committee

Meeting date: Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Official Report 636KB pdf

European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018

Proposed INSPIRE (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Item 3 on the agenda is on proposed regulations that the committee has been asked to consider in relation to a notification from the Scottish Government.

The regulations aim to create a European Union spatial data infrastructure for environmental policies. They will amend two sets of regulations that were previously considered by the committee and one set of regulations that was previously considered by the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee. In all three cases, the committees were content for the Scottish Government to give its consent for United Kingdom ministers to lay the regulations in the UK Parliament. The proposed new regulations are required because of a European Commission implementing decision that has now come into force. Further details can be found in the committee’s papers.

Is the committee content to give its consent to the proposal?

Members indicated agreement.

As the committee is content, I will write to the Minister for Public Finance and Digital Economy to notify her of the committee’s decision.