The Committee considered your letter at its meeting of 4 October and agreed that its previous recommendation as detailed above should stand.viiLetter from the Convener of the Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee to the Scottish Government on the period of consideration for Parliamentary scrutiny of the draft climate change plans, 5 October 2017
Annexe D - Example dates of publication and period of scrutiny for draft Climate Change Plans
Example dates of publication of draft climate change plans and the corresponding period of scrutiny - 90 days of which 60 must be outwith recess or dissolutionDate climate change plan laid in the Scottish Parliament(RPP3 - 19 January 2017 publication, 20 January 2017 formal laying)Number of calendar days outwith recess for scrutiny(RPP3 - 51)Number of days within recess(RPP3 - 9)Number of sitting weeks (RPP3 - 8)7 January 201980101214 January 201973171121 January 201966241028 January, 4 February 201965251011 February 201967231018 February 201974161125 February, 4, 11 , 18 March, 25 March, 1 April 20197416118, 15, 22 April 201969211029 April 2019622896 May 2019*5535813 May 2019*4842720 May 2019*4149628 May 2019*345653 June 2019*2763410, 17, 24 June 2019*266441 July 2019*276348 July 2019*3456515, 22, 29 July 2019*405065 August 2019*4644612 August 2019*5337819 August 20196030926 August 20196723102, 9, 16 September 201974161123 September 201973171130 September 20196624107 October 2019*5931921 October 201967231028 October 201974161111 November 2019**73171118 November 2019**66241025 November, 2, 9, 16 December 2019**65251023 December 2019**67231030 December 2019**741611* notes weeks in which the plan could not be laid as more than 30 days are consumed by a recess period
** Based on estimated February 2020 recess dates of 8 February to 16 February 2020 inclusive.