Minutes: 21 November 2023

1. Declaration of interests:

Colin Smyth indicated that he had no relevant interests to declare.

2. Decision on taking business in private:

The Committee agreed to take items 4 and 5 in private.

3. Instruments subject to negative procedure:

The Committee agreed that no points arose on the following—

Fly-tipping (Fixed Penalty) (Scotland) Order 2023 (SSI 2023/335)
Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (SSI 2023/336)
Food (Scotland) Act 2015 (Compliance Notices) Amendment Regulations 2023 (SSI 2203/337)
Feed Additives (Authorisations) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (SSI 2023/339)

4. Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Bill (in private):

The Committee considered a draft report on the delegated powers provisions in this Bill at Stage 1. Various changes were agreed to, and the Committee agreed to consider a revised draft report via correspondence.

5. Quarterly report (in private):

The Committee considered a draft report for the parliamentary quarter from 13 May to 22 September 2023 and agreed to publish the finalised report.