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Under section 28(2) of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010, instruments subject to the negative procedure must be laid at least 28 days before they come into force, not counting recess periods of more than four days.
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I know very much what MSPs are against, but we now need to show, going forward, in the not-too-distant future, when we return to Parliament after recess, what we are for. The question tonight is: what are we prepared to do now?
The Scottish Government asked whether the committee could, exceptionally, consider the regulations by 28 June, in order to complete parliamentary consideration before the summer recess. I agreed to place the item on the agenda for this meeting.
I propose that we hold a planning session during the summer recess and that we aim, all things being equal, to do that in person here in Parliament at some point, probably during the final week of recess.
The Committee plans to invite the Commissioner to give further evidence prior to the summer recess. The focus of that session will be to look at what progress has been made in meeting the Commissioner’s strategic objectives.
We had previously indicated the group would report before summer recess 2024, but reaching a consensus between the wide range of stakeholders in this independent group has taken time.
With this in mind, the Committee has asked me to seek an early meeting with you, before Parliament reaches summer recess, to discuss a number of issues of common interest.
The Committee would welcome a response by Friday 3 June in order to enable us to reconsider this petition before summer recess. Yours sincerely Finlay Carson MSP Convener Rural Affairs, Islands and Natural Environment Committee
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