Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

Meeting date: Wednesday, October 4, 2023

Official Report 435KB pdf

United Kingdom Subordinate Legislation

Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2023 [Draft]

Official Controls (Establishment Lists) Regulations 2023 [Draft]

Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) (No 2) Regulations 2023 [Draft]

Good morning, and welcome to the 25th meeting of the Rural Affairs and Islands Committee in 2023. We have received apologies from Beatrice Wishart and Jim Fairlie. I welcome to the meeting Christine Grahame, who is attending as a substitute. Karen Adam, Rhoda Grant and Christine Grahame are participating remotely this morning, which gives us all a bit more elbow room.

Before we begin, I remind members who are using electronic devices to turn them to silent.

Our first item of business is consideration of consent notifications for three United Kingdom statutory instruments. Do members have any comments on the consent notifications?

As no member wishes to comment, are members content to agree with the Scottish Government’s decision to consent to the provisions that are set out in the notifications being included in UK, rather than Scottish, subordinate legislation?

Members indicated agreement.