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In its Legislative Consent Memorandum, the Scottish Government expressed concern that these powers could be used to amend the Scotland Act 1998:
...when broad or purposive powers allowing the amendment of primary legislation are included in UK Bills, significant constitutional legislation such as the Scotland Act 1998 should be protected from being amended...
Committee reports
Date published:
10 December 2019
Small scale producers
Concerns were expressed in relation to the differential impact on producers, specifically the potential for disproportionate impacts on small producers compared with larger producers.
Committee reports
Date published:
10 December 2019
Industry view
Industry expressed a strong preference for the rate of the deposit to be set by the Scheme Administrator rather than set out in the Regulations and it was suggested that the level should be able to be reconsidered if targets are missed.
Those who were partially opposed to the scheme expressed concerns that the system could be open to abuse, because individuals can take as many products as they like.
There was also discussion of the balance between internal vs external drivers for the 'protecting the poor' agendas in relation to managing savings requirements. Some officers expressed an appetite for additional forms of audit and benchmarking in this regard.
They included the Scottish Council on Deafness, The Church of Scotland's Church and Society Council, the Scottish Council on Learning Disability, the National Deaf Children's Society and COSLA. This was also a view expressed by the 'Your Say' group of witnesses in oral evidence—
There should be an additional commitment to providing information to people and...
The Committee notes the contents of the Memorandum and the motion of support from the Scottish Government. It also notes the concerns expressed by the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee as well as the House of Lords Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee.