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To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will maintain a separate monitoring role for prison visiting committees. We consulted formally in January and February on the most effective way of providing independent monitoring of prisons.
Therefore, there are more vessels coming into the fleet.The SNP Government has already put nine new vessels into the fleet and we have 11 more coming into the fleet.
The original SI protocol applied only to scrutiny of the Scottish Government’s proposals to consent to SIs that fixed deficiencies under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018. Our new SI protocol continues to apply to those technical changes and ensure continuity of law, but also extends to proposals to consent to SIs that introduce new regulatory or governance regimes, or implement policy choices.
Jamie Halcro Johnston, whom I welcome to his new responsibilities, will appreciate that the right time for marketing will be once the restrictions are clear.
If it is, how will the Government ensure that our national health service is prepared for the third wave that the new rules risk creating? I recognise that this a complex situation.
Members will recall that the committee agreed to seek views from the Scottish Government on all new petitions in advance of their formal consideration.