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The next agenda item is consideration of two negative instruments. I refer members to paper 2. Do members have any comments on the instruments?

These are negative instruments, which are accompanied by documents. The paper, which was circulated last Friday, includes the procedures around the instruments, the policy note and the policy objectives. I guess that the procedure is that if anyone questions a negative instrument, it is for that member, or any member of the Parliament, to lodge a motion to annul.

For the future, when folk have questions or points for clarification, if they get them to the clerks at an earlier stage, the clerks can raise them with the Government and get an answer. The Scottish Parliament information centre can help us with that as well.

Are you content, Rachael?

Thank you, minister. As there are no questions or comments, we move on to agenda item 2, which is formal consideration of the motion to approve this affirmative instrument. I invite the minister to move motion S6M-04747.

Motion moved,

That the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee recommends that the Scottish Tribunals (Listed Tribunals) Regulations 2022 [draft] be approved.—[Ash Regan]

Motion agreed to.

For further clarity, you obviously could contact Government yourself to get that information now. The committee will just note that these instruments are going through, and they will then go to the chamber.

That being the case, I confirm that members are content formally not to make any comments to the Parliament on the instruments.

That concludes consideration of the SSIs. We move into private session for the final items on our agenda.

I invite the committee to agree to delegate to me the publication of a short, factual report on our deliberations on the affirmative Scottish statutory instrument that we have considered today. Is that also agreed?

Members indicated agreement.

Welcome to the 22nd meeting in 2022 of the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee. We have received no apologies for the meeting.

Our first agenda item is consideration of an affirmative instrument. I welcome Ash Regan, the Minister for Community Safety, who is accompanied by Scottish Government officials Lisa Davidson, civil justice senior policy officer, and Martin Brown, solicitor in the Scottish Government legal directorate. You are all very welcome.

I refer members to paper 1 and invite the minister to speak to the draft Scottish Tribunal (Listed Tribunals) Regulations 2022.

That concludes consideration of the affirmative instrument. I thank the minister and her officials for attending.

If no one wants to do that, please move on to your next area of questioning. Pam Duncan-Glancy also has questions on that.

We go back to Fulton MacGregor.