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The Official Report is a written record of public meetings of the Parliament and committees.  

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 2 November 2024
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Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee

Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill

Meeting date: 1 December 2022

Clare Adamson

What are the dangers for enforcement of regulations? David MacKenzie might be looking to enforce regulations more than others around the table. Can you give us an example of a practical problem?

Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee

Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill

Meeting date: 1 December 2022

Clare Adamson

I do not think that any of us—

Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee

Decision on Taking Business in Private

Meeting date: 1 December 2022

Clare Adamson

Good morning and welcome to the 28th meeting in 2022 of the Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee.

Our first item of business is to decide whether to take an agenda item in private. Do members agree to take item 3 in private?

Members indicated agreement.

Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee

Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill

Meeting date: 1 December 2022

Clare Adamson

Thank you. I am now going to open the meeting up to questions from members. Members might direct questions to specific people, but if anyone wants to come in on a topic, they should indicate as much and we will try to include everybody.

I invite Ms Boyack to ask her questions first.

Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee

Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill

Meeting date: 1 December 2022

Clare Adamson

Mr Austin wants to come in.

Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee

Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill

Meeting date: 1 December 2022

Clare Adamson

I thank all our witnesses for attending and for their written submissions. It has been very important to have deliberations on this matter, and I wish you all well with the rest of the day.

On that note, we will move into private session.

10:54 Meeting continued in private until 11:18.  

Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee

Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill

Meeting date: 1 December 2022

Clare Adamson

I would like to ask a possibly final question—I never want to say “final question” at this committee, because it quite often is not.

We have talked a lot about the resource issues in relation to Government capacity and the civil service being distracted. However, have any of you assessed the impact on your organisations in terms of how much cost and time has had to be diverted to work on REUL, particularly given that many of the organisations that you represent are charitable?

Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee

Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill

Meeting date: 24 November 2022

Clare Adamson

Our next item is an evidence session on a legislative consent memorandum for the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill. We are joined by Julie Hesketh-Laird, deputy chief executive and director of strategy and corporate affairs, Food Standards Scotland; Donna Fordyce, chief executive, Seafood Scotland; Elspeth Macdonald, chief executive, Scottish Fishermen’s Federation; Jonnie Hall, director of policy, NFU Scotland; Sarah Millar, chief executive, Quality Meat Scotland; Ian Muirhead, policy manager, Agricultural Industries Confederation Scotland; and Dr Gareth Hateley, junior vice-president, Scottish branch, British Veterinary Association. A warm welcome to all of you.

We will have a round-table meeting this morning, which we hope will enable some free-flowing discussion. We have roughly an hour and a half with three themes, so we are hoping to stick to the themes for half an hour or so each.

Our first theme is the regulatory environment. Could the witnesses give an overview of the impact assessment of the bill on the regulatory environment in which they operate, including the potential impact on trade and the impact on relevant standards and protections in devolved areas? That is a brief starter for everyone and I will go around the room in turn. Ms Hesketh-Laird, could you go first?

Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee

Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill

Meeting date: 24 November 2022

Clare Adamson

Thank you very much. I will open to questions from the committee. If you want to come in and comment, please try to catch my eye or the clerk’s eye and we will try to ensure that everybody gets an opportunity to take part in the discussions.

Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee

Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill

Meeting date: 24 November 2022

Clare Adamson

I have three indications from our visitors before I move to questions from Mr Cameron. Could you try to be succinct, as we are running over on this area already?