Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
The Committee was established in June 2021. It focuses on:
- checking secondary legislation coming before the Parliament for legal and technical accuracy
- checking whether proposed powers to make secondary legislation in Bills are appropriate
- reporting its findings to the Parliament so all laws and proposals for laws get proper oversight from MSPs
- looking at certain Bills which are based on reports from the Scottish Law Commission. The Commission recommends changes to the law so it keeps pace with the way we live and work.
Next meeting of the committee
Details of the next meeting are not available yet.
Future meetings of the committee
The Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee usually meets weekly on Tuesdays.
Previous meetings of the committee
Work of the Committee
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Facal-luirg
Correspondence
Correspondence
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
Expedited scrutiny process for affirmative instruments made under certain Acts
3 April 2025
Letter from the Minister for Parliamentary Business to the Convener, 3 April 2025
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
1 April 2025
Letter from the Minister for Higher and Further Education; and Minister for Veterans to the Convener, 1 April 2025
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
1 April 2025
Letter from Maurice Golden MSP to the Convener, 1 April 2025
Official Reports of meetings
Official Reports of meetings
Meeting date: Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Instrument subject to Affirmative Procedure, Instruments subject to Negative Procedure, Instruments not subject to Parliamentary Procedure, Minister for Parliamentary Business
Meeting date: Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Instrument subject to Negative Procedure
Meeting date: Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Instrument subject to Affirmative Procedure, Instrument subject to Negative Procedure, Instrument not subject to Parliamentary Procedure
Meeting date: Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Instrument subject to Affirmative Procedure, Instruments subject to Negative Procedure, Instrument not subject to Parliamentary Procedure
Meeting date: Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
Instrument subject to Affirmative Procedure, Instruments subject to Negative Procedure, Instruments not subject to Parliamentary Procedure
Meeting date: Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Instrument subject to Made Affirmative Procedure, Instrument subject to Affirmative Procedure, Instruments subject to Negative Procedure
Meeting date: Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Instruments subject to Affirmative Procedure, Instruments subject to Negative Procedure, Instruments not subject to Parliamentary Procedure
Meeting date: Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Instruments subject to Affirmative Procedure, Instruments subject to Negative Procedure, Instrument not subject to Parliamentary Procedure
Meeting date: Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Instrument subject to Affirmative Procedure, Instrument subject to Negative Procedure, Framework Legislation and Henry VIII Powers
Meeting date: Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
Interests, Decision on Taking Business in Private, Framework Legislation and Henry VIII Powers, Instruments subject to Affirmative Procedure, Instruments subject to Negative Procedure, Instruments not subject to Parliamentary Procedure
Reports
Committee reports
A report by the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee of its consideration of the supplementary delegated powers in the Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Bill (as amended at Stage 2).
Subordinate Legislation Considered by the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee on 1 April 2025
A report on the subordinate legislation considered by the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee on 1 April 2025.
Subordinate Legislation Considered by the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee on 25 March 2025
A report on the subordinate legislation considered by the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee on 25 March 2025.
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Stuart McMillan
Convener
Scottish National Party
Bill Kidd
Deputy Convener
Scottish National Party
Jeremy Balfour
Member
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Katy Clark
Member
Scottish Labour
Roz McCall
Member
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Full details of committee membership, including substitute and previous members