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As we understand it, the proposal is to keep these standards and for public bodies and statutory consultees to have the framework and the tools to keep up to date with the right standards. Those powers were lost as a result of EU exit.
It was not pleasing to hear your earlier comments, and I am happy to pick the issue up at a later date. The answers from Patrick Murphy and Euan Lowe do not fill me with trust and confidence.
The fact that we do not have to do a big, huge analysis project up front, which is then out of date, is sold as a benefit. I am not entirely sure what fits in where.
They will need support to share skills and gain the capacity that is required to make that happen. The experience to date, as well as the potential support that would come from not only Scottish Government resourcing but from working with the new agency, show the huge potential for that to happen.
If members are content that we write to the Government about the date in the first SSI and that we look at the other issues when we discuss the LCM, are we content for the committee to make no recommendation on the instruments?
It would seem that by the Acts of Sederunt (rules of court) dated 1 April 1754 and 10 March 1772 the existence of solicitors as a separate branch of the legal profession distinct from advocates came to be 1 recognised by the courts.
We have responded to questions, given evidence and proactively provided updates when possible, including my update over the festive recess to advise members that negotiations were over and that we had secured the concurrent powers that we needed.