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To ensure that there is minimal to no disruption, the UK Government has set a laying date for this SI as the 19 May 2025 with a coming into force date of 20 May 2025, and therefore consent from Scottish Ministers and agreement from Scottish Parliament th is required by 16 May.
Many people who are currently in charge of banks or bank regulation will be dead by then, so I think that a lot of what has been said will be forgotten.
Leaving that aside, we have heard recently that there is increasing use of food banks; Alice Simpson talked about a 400 per cent increase in distribution of food bank vouchers.
I agree that we need end criteria rather than end dates. “Data not dates” is a slogan in the UK that has sometimes been observed in the breach, especially in England.
Introduction
At its meeting on 6 December, the Committee considered the following instruments under its remit and agreed to draw them to the attention of the relevant lead committee:
Building (Scotland) Amendment (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (SSI 2022/340); and
Official Controls (Import of High Risk Food and Feed of Non-Animal Origin) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2022 (SSI 2022/341).