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The Scottish Government lodged a Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Bill on 29 September in which it recommended that the Scottish Parliament reject the Bill’s proposals.
These proposed Rule-changes were proposed to the Committee by the Non-Government Bills Unit, which has the lead role in relation to Private and Hybrid Bill procedure, and which is responsible for explaining the procedures to promoters of Private Bills, and objectors to Bills of either sort.
The general principles of the Bill
At Stage 1, the lead committee's role is to consider and report to the Parliament on the general principles of the Bill – that is, on the principal purposes of the Bill, rather than the fine detail.