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I pay tribute to the Auditor General for Scotland and his team. We managed to lay the accounts around a month early, and we recorded a small underspend of 0.5 per cent, which was reported in the final outturn statement.
The first SI is the Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Revocation and Amendment) Regulations 2026 which the UK Government intend to lay before the UK Parliament on 12 March 2026.
The Criminal Justice Committee received 4 instruments and 1 was drawn to the attention of the Parliament under ‘failure to comply with laying requirements.’
The Social Justice and Social Security Committee received 9 instruments. 3 instruments were reported, one under ‘drafting appears to be defective’, one under the ‘general ground’ while the third was ‘failure to comply with laying requirements’.
Instruments referred to Lead Committees
Summary
During Quarter 3, the COVID-19 Committee had the largest number of Scottish Government instruments referred to them, considering 16in total. 2 instruments were reported in total, one under the ‘general ground’ and the second under ‘meaning of the SSI could be clearer’, ‘drafting appears to be defective’ and ‘failure to comply with laying requirements.’
The Criminal Justice Committee received 5 instruments. 3 instruments were reported in total one under the ‘general ground’ and the other under ‘failure to comply with laying requirements.
Reporting
Section 10 of the Bill requires Scottish Ministers to publish a report on the operation of 'this Act' and lay a copy before the Scottish Parliament, not later than 6 months after the end of the "review period" (5 years after section 1 comes into force).