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Membership changes
The following changes to Committee membership occurred during the course of this parliamentary year—
Jenni Minto resigned from the Committee on 31 March 2023 and was replaced by Christine Grahame (18 April 2023 to date).
Introduction
At its meeting on 21 March, the Committee considered the following instrument under its remit and agreed to draw it to the attention of the relevant lead committee:
Act of Sederunt (Summary Applications, Statutory Applications and Appeals etc.
Committee reports
Date published:
29 September 2022
Previous Committee Scrutiny
The Committee previously took evidence from the Minister for Zero Carbon Buildings, Active Travel and Tenants’ Rights on the Revised Charter at its meeting on 1 March 2022. The Official Report of that session is available on the Committee's website.
The Committee also scrutinised 22 consent notifications where the Scottish Government sought consent for the UK Government to legislate in the UK Parliament on matters which are within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament.
At its meeting 9 March 2022, the Committee considered the Sea Fish (Prohibition on Fishing) (Firth of Clyde) Order 2022...
8th Meeting, Thursday 10 March 2022
2. Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill: The Committee took evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—
Dr Arun Chopra, Medical Director, Mental Welfare Commission Scotland
Dr Roger Smyth, Chair, Legislative Oversight Forum, Royal College of Psychiatrists in Scotland
3.
With respect to the relevant provisions of the Health and Care Bill, introduced in the House of Commons on 28 March 2022 relating to:
Commercial dealings in organs for transplantation: extra-territorial offences
the Committee agrees with the recommendations of the Scottish Government that, so far as these matters fall within the legislative competence of th...
At that time, the Committee decided to await the results of the House of Commons proxy voting pilot before revisiting the issue. In March 2020, the Committee wrote to all MSPs to consult them on the matter of proxy voting.