Chamber and committees

Thank you.

I thank the witnesses for their helpful evidence. The committee will follow up by letter on any further points or questions that stem from today’s evidence. If witnesses would like to highlight any points that have not come up during the meeting, they should please do so in writing—we would greatly appreciate that.

You may as well go ahead.

I am going to put you on the spot, too. Is there any form of wording that you think could be useful?

No bother.

Under agenda item 3, we are considering instruments that are subject to the affirmative procedure.

Right. Thank you.

Even if the 1921 legislation were to be still in use purely for this aspect, whether it is for six months or a year, as Jeremy Balfour touched on, and although it is a bit complicated, or “messy” and untidy, would that be impossible to do?

Thank you.

Okay. Thank you.

Before we move on, I will clarify a point about the consultation. It was run by the Scottish Government, not the Scottish Parliament.

We have been speaking about section 6, but I will turn to section 7. A trustee does not get to participate in trust decisions under section 12 when they are incapable. Trustees can, under section 7, also remove a fellow trustee from a role on the basis that the trustee is “incapable”. The risk of those provisions being abused has been highlighted to the committee. Do you see merit in those concerns? If so, how can we safeguard against those risks?