Committee
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee 17 March 2016
17 Mar 2016 · S4 · Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
Item of business
Annual Report
I take the opportunity to contribute to ensure that we have unanimity in our praise for our clerks and advisers, which is hard earned and well deserved.
In the same item of business
The Convener
SNP
Agenda item 4 is consideration of a draft annual report for the parliamentary year from 11 May 2015 to 23 March 2016. Under rule 12.9 of standing orders, the...
Stewart Stevenson
SNP
I just have a very minor comment. I think that the last sentence of paragraph 3 should read, “The bill will be debated at Stage 3 on 22 March 2016”, rather t...
The Convener
SNP
Indeed. I am sure that that is the standard form of words, and I am sure that we will adopt that. Do members have any other comments on that item or—given t...
John Scott
Con
I will just say that, notwithstanding the fact that we have been busy, it comes as quite a surprise to me to discover that we have considered 323 statutory i...
Lesley Brennan (North East Scotland) (Lab)
Lab
I thank all the committee staff for helping me to get up to speed very quickly. I really appreciate all the effort that has been put into all the reports and...
Stewart Stevenson
SNP
I take the opportunity to contribute to ensure that we have unanimity in our praise for our clerks and advisers, which is hard earned and well deserved.
The Convener
SNP
Indeed. As the convener, I echo that. If it is possible for me to embarrass our clerks and legal advisers, I will willingly do so. I do not know whether the...
John Scott
Con
I would like to thank you, convener, for your sympathetic and intelligent convening of the committee over the past five years. I think that you have done a v...
Stewart Stevenson
SNP
Hear, hear.
The Convener
SNP
Thank you for those kind words. That brings us to the end of agenda item 4, and I move the meeting into private. 09:39 Meeting continued in private until 1...