Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee - Scottish Parliament: 15th September 2015
Channel: The Scottish Parliament
Date: 2015-09-15

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk - Scottish Parliament Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee.  Agenda:

1. Declaration of interests: Richard Baker will be invited to declare any relevant interests.

2. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 11 and 12 in private.

3. Succession (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from-
John Kerrigan, Partner, Morisons LLP, Member of the Law Society of Scotland;
and then from-
Wojciech Jajdelski;
Laura Dunlop QC, Faculty of Advocates;
and then from-
Eilidh Scobbie, Private Client Partner, Burnett & Reid LLP;
Alan Barr, Partner, Brodies LLP.

4. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure: The Committee will consider the following-
Qualifying Civil Partnership Modification (Scotland) Order 2015 [draft]; 
Mental Health (Detention in Conditions of Excessive Security) (Scotland) Regulations 2015 [draft].

5. Instruments subject to negative procedure: The Committee will consider the following-
Education (Assisted Places) (Scotland) Revocation Regulations 2015 (SSI 2015/318); 
Self-directed Support (Direct Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2015 (SSI 2015/319); 
Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Integration Joint Board Establishment) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 3) Order 2015 (SSI 2015/321);
Discontinuance of Legalised Police Cells (Scotland) Rules 2015 (SSI 2015/324).

6. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure: The Committee will consider the following-
Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session 1994 and Ordinary Cause Rules 1993 Amendment) (Child Welfare Reporters) (SSI 2015/312);
Marriage (Prescription of Forms) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2015 (SSI 2015/313);
Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 9 and Saving Provision) Order 2015 (SSI 2015/317 (C.38)).

7. Pentland Hills Regional Park Boundary Bill: The Committee will consider its approach to the delegated powers provisions in this Bill at Stage 1.

8. Smoking Prohibition (Children in Motor Vehicles) (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the response from the Member in charge of the Bill to its Stage 1 report.

9. Interests of Members of the Scottish Parliament (Amendment) Bill: The Committee will consider the response from the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee to points raised on the delegated powers provisions in this Bill at Stage 1.

10. Land Reform (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the delegated powers provisions in the Bill at Stage 1 from-
Steve Sadler, Head of Land Reform and Tenancy Unit; Kate Thomson-McDermott, Head of Land Reform Policy Team; Billy McKenzie, Head of Agricultural Holdings and SRDP; Fiona Leslie, Agricultural Holdings Policy Officer; Andrew Campbell, Solicitor, Scottish Government Legal Directorate, Scottish Government.

11. Land Reform (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier in the meeting.

12. Succession (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the evidence it has heard to date.