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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?
The bill says that Scottish ministers should decide when the exit date is and that they have the power to cherry pick what bits of EU legislation they want to adopt into Scots law even after the exit date.
It needs to engage with key institutions, such as the national investment bank, which I have mentioned, as well as local authorities and enterprise agencies.
It is extremely difficult to make such judgment calls and assessments. If a family were refused a bank loan to pay for the funeral and then asked us to pay it up, it would be the same thing.
I visited Deanston distillery on the banks of the River Teith, which Bruce Crawford mentioned, where I heard first hand about the impact of Brexit on the tourism sector.
Does the committee agree to recommend that the error is corrected by amendment as soon as possible, given that the error concerns the date when provisions of the instrument have effect?
Being mindful of the reasons provided by the Minister for Parliamentary Business in his letter to the Presiding Officer dated 17 May 2016 for proceeding in this manner, does the committee agree to find the failure to comply with section 28 to be acceptable in the circumstances?