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Members might be aware from press reports of a recent case in the House of Lords—R v A—which concerned the ECHR compatibility of comparable English provisions in section 41 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999.
Our submission refers to the English case of R v Jones. During a speech in that case, Lord Rodger of Earlsferry pointed out the differences between Scottish and English procedures.
Their expertise will be vital in the development of renewable technology and will help to maintain Scotland, and Aberdeen in particular, as the epicentre for the R&D, manufacturing and maintenance requirements of this growing industry."
Committee reports
Date published:
22 February 2022
The subject area of subsidy control was explicitly reserved by UKIMA.iSection 52 of UKIMA inserted a new reservation into each of the devolution statutes, of “[r]egulation of the provision of subsidies which are or may be distortive or harmful by a public authority to persons supplying goods or services in the course of a business.”
The UK investment package for this period is €309m with an EU contribution of €243m1Ares, E., Rhodes, C., McInnes, R., & Ward, M. (2018, December 3).
The paragraph says:"Responsibility for all other matters,"that is, energy matters,"including renewables R&D … remains with the Westminster Parliament."
As Andy Knill said, that system is still unfortunately very much at an R and D stage, so there would be an element of risk in our withdrawing objections at this time based on an unproven product.