Hansard

The Deputy Convener: Lab

Are members content to draw the order to the attention of the lead committee and Parliament on the ground that there has been a failure to follow proper legi...

Mr Maxwell: SNP

We have covered the point in the past few weeks, and we have come to a bit of an impasse with the Executive. It is now for the legacy paper and a future comm...

Murray Tosh: Con

I agree. There is a slight difference in that the Executive has explained that, when an instrument contains negative procedure and no procedure, in the event...

Mr Maxwell: SNP

We should still point it out to the lead committee.

The Deputy Convener: Lab

I agree with both members. The helpful note from our legal advisers goes through all the points. It sums up my feeling that there is a practical reason for t...

Murray Tosh: Con

That strengthens the argument for a single procedure, does it not?

The Deputy Convener: Lab

Exactly—it adds to our general recommendations to reform the overall procedures.

Mr Maxwell: SNP

I am sure that I am right that we operate under the same procedures as the Westminster Parliament. It is where we got our procedures from, and we have not mo...

The Deputy Convener: Lab

It is probably not what you would describe as a Scottish solution for a Scottish problem.

Mr Maxwell: SNP

It does not sound like it.

The Deputy Convener: Lab

The point has been made that we are concerned about the procedure. I agree with Stewart Maxwell that there is a trend of using it—a few sporadic examples fro...