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Do we have no idea what the bill will do? Are any discussions taking place, or is there any co-operation, on development of the bill?

It does not sound as though there will be a great deal of time for the Parliament or the committee to scrutinise the bill.

Do you have any understanding of the volume, or will such instruments come from the UK Government on a more ad hoc basis?

That leads me to my final question. What work is on-going or planned by the Scottish Government to simplify some of the complexity in EU law? I presume that discussions are taking place with the UK Government on that.

I suspected that it might be, but it is good to have that clarification.

You anticipate that the protocol will continue after the end of the year.

It might be the same figure, but given that the power to correct deficiencies in retained EU law is due to end—or to sunset; whatever you want to call it—at the end of this year, can you say how many deficiencies-related SSIs or SI notifications under SI protocol 2 the Parliament is likely to receive before that time?

I have no interests to declare other than those that are declared in my entry in the register of members’ interests.

On other committees, I have noticed that there tends to be a very short time for them and the Parliament to look at SI notifications from the UK Government. Is there any way that that can be made better? Are we entirely in the hands of the UK Government in terms of how quickly it notifies us?

That is not evidenced by the value at the point of nationalisation.