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The Subordinate Legislation Committee considered the instrument and made a number of points relating to it. An extract from the committee's report detailing those points has been circulated to members.
We will seek clarification on that point. We will also draw the regulations to the attention of the lead committee and the Parliament on the ground of the failure to comply with legislative practice and, in particular, the failure to mention the duty to consult.
If necessary, we can return to the matter again, but I hope that that will not be necessary. My point was simply a procedural one. I wanted to be clear about the basis on which we are considering the instrument.
I agree with great reluctance. The petitioner has an excellent point. It is an excellent point, but it is simply not within the competence of the Parliament to deal with employment legislation.
If either the Justice 1 Committee or the Justice 2 Committee has another view, it will take the matter further. I think that Gordon Jackson's point also applies to the part-time sheriffs regulations.
The regulations highlight the point that simple souls who thought that they knew what a pig or some other seemingly ordinary thing was, are wrong and that such things require lengthy definitions.