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The Committee has requested that the Scottish Government withdraw the regulations and re-lay them early in the New Year to allow the Committee more time for scrutiny.
The Committee has requested that the Scottish Government withdraw the regulations and re-lay them early in the New Year to allow the Committee more time for scrutiny.
As you will be aware, section 41 sets out that Ministers must lay before the Parliament a statement setting out details of the consultation, a summary of the views expressed and Ministers’ recommendations in response to those views.
Under section 30 of the Continuity Act, the Scottish Ministers must now prepare an improvement plan and lay it before the Parliament setting out what they propose to do in response to the recommendations within the improvement report.
Having reflected on your letter, the Committee considers that to undertake effective scrutiny of the final version of NPF4 there really would need to be at least six weeks, from laying, to Parliament being invited to approve that final version.
This quarter saw a significant decrease in the number of instruments being reported under reporting ground (j) – breaching of laying requirements, falling from 9 to 3.