The Committee agreed:
to seek clarification from you on why the Scottish Government considered it was appropriate for this power to be exercised by order made by the Secretary of State, rather than by Scottish statutory instrument; and
to highlight the terms of the correspondence between the Committee and the Minister for Parliamentary Business dated 6 and 21 October 2021, in relation to options for Parliamentary scrutiny of the exercise of such powers, given that the process set in SI Protocol 2 would not apply to the exercise of this power by the Secretary of State.[1]
I understand that the Criminal Justice Committee is due to consider this LCM at its meeting on Wednesday 26...