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The debate could have been scheduled for next week or the following one to give members more time to consider the contents of the document and to receive representations.
The debate in Parliament in April on the 2014 legacy was constructive and important and has been followed up by the Scottish Government's detailed legacy plan.
Unfortunate examples are where there is no seat for the Minister in the Council room during the meeting so they have to follow discussions from the salle d'écoute alongside officials."
Correspondence
In light of the Committee’s general position on UK Government powers exercisable within devolved competence, the Committee asked the UK Government:
why it considers it appropriate to confer powers on the Secretary of State that are exercisable within devolved competence without requiring the consent of the Scottish Ministers; and
whether it intends to amend the Bill to provide that UK Ministers must obtain the consent of the Scottish Ministers before exercising these powers in devolved areas.
The UK Government responded as follows...
Prior to having received the UK Minister's response, the Committee had followed up by writing to the Acting Cabinet Secretary asking her to clarify further the circumstances in which, as she understood it, clause 6 could be used, and to share any reassurances she had received on this point.
Transport Scotland have provided the following explanations for redactions:
Contained details of a fatal accident and related safety information
Information relates to A96 or other infrastructure, which is beyond scope of the inquiry
Information is commercially sensitive.