This is all meetings of Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee held in 2025. On meeting pages you can find agendas, meeting papers, minutes, and links to Official Reports and Scottish Parliament TV.

12th Meeting

22 December

1. Choice of Deputy Convener
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• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
• Aaron B Jennings
  Medical Officer
• Professor Abby Barnett
  Prison Officers Association (Scotland) 2
• Abby Macrae
  Educational Institute of Scotland
• Abby Watson
• Professor Abigail Austin
  Financial Adviser
• Adam Jowett
  Coventry University
  Lead author of UK Government commissioned research into conversion therapy
• Adrian Gillespie
  Chief Executive
  Scottish Enterprise
and then from:
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
• Aaron B Jennings
  Medical Officer
• Lord Abbie Ellis
  Policy Developer
  Edinburgh Napier University
• Chief Constable Abbie Edwards
  NHS Lothian
and then from:
• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
• Aaron B Jennings
  Medical Officer
• Adam Jowett
  Coventry University
  Lead author of UK Government commissioned research into conversion therapy
• Adrian Gillespie
  Chief Executive
  Scottish Enterprise
2. # Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
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• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
• Afrika Priestley
  Lead Anti-Racist and Pro Black Ambassador
  Intercultural Youth Scotland
• Lord Adrian Parker
  Legal Aid Negotiating Team, Law Society of Scotland
• Chief Constable Albert Alexander
  Resource Developer
  HM Treasury
• Chief Constable Alex Reyes
  NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
and then from:
• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
and then from:
• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Adrian Gillespie
  Chief Executive
  Scottish Enterprise
• Adam Jowett
  Coventry University
  Lead author of UK Government commissioned research into conversion therapy
• Professor Abigail Austin
  Financial Adviser
and then from:
• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
3. Testing December 11 Government Bill (Scotland) Bill
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• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
• Afrika Priestley
  Lead Anti-Racist and Pro Black Ambassador
  Intercultural Youth Scotland
• Aiden Lowe
  Chemical Engineer
  sportscotland
and then from:
• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
and then from:
• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government

10th Meeting

15 December

1. # Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
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• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
and then from:
• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
and then from:
• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
2. European Commission Work Programme
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• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
and then from:
• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
and then from:
• Alan James
  Chief Technology Officer
  Storegga
• Inspector Alan Dron
  Scottish Partnership Against Rural Crime (SPARC) and National Rural Crime Co-ordinator
  Police Scotland
• Ailsa Henderson
  Deputy Chair
3. Legacy paper
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• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Aaron B Jennings
  Medical Officer
• Abby Macrae
  Educational Institute of Scotland
• Professor Abby Barnett
  Prison Officers Association (Scotland) 2
• Chief Constable Abby Nguyen
  Policy Developer
  Scottish Women's Aid
and then from:
• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
• Aaron B Jennings
  Medical Officer
and then from:
• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
• Aaron B Jennings
  Medical Officer

94th Meeting

20 November

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure

25th Meeting

21 October

1. Joint Meeting on Straighter Roads
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• Professor Stuart Haszeldine
  Professor of Carbon Capture and Storage, School of Geosciences
  University of Edinburgh
• Dr Robert Adam
  Associate Professor in Languages and Intercultural Studies
  Heriot-Watt University
2. Evidence for Straighter Roads

26th Meeting

09 October

1. Crofting and Scottish Land Court Bill
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• Professor Adrian Hunter
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Rural Property and Business Association
• Lord Andy Reynolds
  Researcher
  Scottish Rural Property and Business Association
• Lord Alison Ryan
  Grant Officer
  Law Society of Scotland
• Lord Amy May
  University of Glasgow School of Law
and then from:
• Professor Adrian Hunter
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Rural Property and Business Association
• Lord Andy Reynolds
  Researcher
  Scottish Rural Property and Business Association
• Lord Alison Ryan
  Grant Officer
  Law Society of Scotland
• Lord Amy May
  University of Glasgow School of Law
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Crofting and Scottish Land Court Bill (in private)

34th Meeting

25 September

1. Instruments subject to negative procedure
2. Subordinate legislation
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• Sir David Natzler KCB
  KCB Clerk of the House of Commons 2015-2019, Clerk of Committees 2008-09 and Clerk to the House of Commons Reform Committee (the Wright Committee)
• Brittany Brown
  Policy Lead
  Scottish Government
• Oonagh Brown
  Policy and Implementation Officer
  Scottish Commission for People with Learning Difficulties
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Subordinate legislation
5. Annual report

93rd Meeting

27 August

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure
3. Work programme

10th Meeting

20 August

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
3. Instruments subject to negative procedure
4. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure
5. Education (Scotland) Bill
6. Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Bill
7. Product Regulation and Metrology Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
8. Quarterly report
9. Framework legislation and Henry VIII powers

93rd Meeting

16 August

10th Meeting

15 July

1. Decisions on taking business in private
2. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
3. Instruments subject to negative procedure
4. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure
5. Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Bill
6. Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Bill
7. Product Regulation and Metrology Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
8. Quarterly report
9. Framework legislation and Henry VIII powers

1st Meeting

29 April

84th Meeting

13 March

1. Section 22 report

83rd Meeting

12 March

1. Budget (Scotland) (No. 4) Bill
2. Declaration of interests
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• Professor Amy Scott
  Edinburgh College
• Connor Scott
  George Street Research
• Fred Scott
  Senior Policy Advisor
  Inclusion Scotland
• Professor Suzanne Scott
  Chemical Engineer
  Scottish Government
3. Public petitions: PE01706
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• Professor Amy Scott
  Edinburgh College
• Connor Scott
  George Street Research
• Fred Scott
  Senior Policy Advisor
  Inclusion Scotland
• Professor Suzanne Scott
  Chemical Engineer
  Scottish Government

82nd Meeting

11 March

1. Annual report

81st Meeting

06 March

1. Land Reform (Scotland) Bill
2. European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018
3. Public Bodies Consent

80th Meeting

05 March

1. Annual report
2. Budget Scrutiny 20##-##

80th Meeting

04 March

1. Affordable Housing in Scotland
2. Transition from Queen to King

89th Meeting

09 January

1. Transition from Queen to King

This is all meetings of Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee held in 2023. On meeting pages you can find agendas, meeting papers, minutes, and links to Official Reports and Scottish Parliament TV.

16th Meeting

16 May

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
3. Instruments subject to negative procedure
4. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure
5. Trusts and Succession (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1
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• Ross Anderson
  Partner
  Jones Whyte
• Sandy Lamb
  Partner
  Lindsays
• John McArthur
  Partner
  Gillespie Macandrew LLP
• Caroline Pringle
  Director
  Anderson Strathern
• Joseph Slane
  Associate
  Turcan Connell
and then from:
• Alan Barr
  Convener of Trusts and Succession Law Sub-Committee
  Law Society of Scotland
• Laura Dunlop, KC
  Convener of the Faculty’s Law Reform Committee
  Faculty of Advocates
• Sarah-Jane Macdonald
  Committee Member
  STEP Scotland
• Ken Swinton
  Council member
  Scottish Law Agents Society
6. Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
7. Trusts and Succession (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1

93rd Meeting

11 May

1. UK Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
2. Hedgehog Conservation (in private)
3. Work programme

15th Meeting

09 May

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Trusts and Succession (Scotland) Bill
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• Yvonne Evans
  Senior Lecturer in Law
  University of Dundee
• Emeritus Professor George Gretton
  Lord President Reid Professor of Law
  University of Edinburgh
• Professor Roderick Paisley
  Chair of Scots Law
  University of Aberdeen
3. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
4. Instruments subject to negative procedure
5. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure
6. Trusts and Succession (Scotland) Bill

14th Meeting

02 May

1. Declaration of interests
2. Decision on taking business in private
3. Trusts and Succession (Scotland) Bill
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• Lady Ann Paton
  Chair
  Scottish Law Commission
• Lord Drummond Young
  Lead Commissioner and Former Chair
  Scottish Law Commission
4. Instruments subject to negative procedure
5. Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill
6. Trusts and Succession (Scotland) Bill

13th Meeting

25 April

1. Declaration of interests
2. Decision on taking business in private
3. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
4. Instruments subject to negative procedure
5. Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Bill

12th Meeting

18 April

1. Declaration of interests
2. Decision on taking business in private
3. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
4. Instruments subject to negative procedure
5. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure
6. Powers of Attorney Bill (UK Parliament legislation)

11th Meeting

28 March

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
3. Instruments subject to negative procedure
4. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure
5. Trusts and Succession (Scotland) Bill

10th Meeting

21 March

1. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure
2. Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Bill

9th Meeting

14 March

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Instruments subject to negative procedure
3. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure
4. Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill
5. Quarterly report

8th Meeting

07 March

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
3. Instruments subject to negative procedure
4. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure
5. Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Bill

7th Meeting

28 February

1. Instruments subject to made affirmative procedure
2. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
3. Instruments subject to negative procedure

6th Meeting

21 February

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
3. Instruments subject to negative procedure
4. Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill
5. Procurement Bill (UK Parliament supplementary legislation)
6. Scottish Law Commission Bills

5th Meeting

07 February

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
3. Instruments subject to negative procedure
4. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure
5. Evidence session with the Minister for Parliamentary Business
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• George Adam
  Minister for Parliamentary Business
  Scottish Government
• Rachel Rayner
  Deputy Legislation Co-ordinator, Scottish Government Legal Directorate
  Scottish Government
• Susan Herbert
  Head of Subordinate Legislation Team, Parliament and Legislation Unit
  Scottish Government
6. Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) Bill
7. Energy Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
8. Evidence session with the Minister for Parliamentary Business

4th Meeting

31 January

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
3. Instruments subject to negative procedure
4. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure
5. National Care Service (Scotland) Bill
6. Work programme

23rd Meeting

25 January

3rd Meeting

24 January

1. Declaration of interests
2. Decision on taking business in private
3. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
4. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure
5. Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) Bill
6. Budget (Scotland) (No. 2) Bill
7. Shark Fins Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
8. National Care Service (Scotland) Bill

1st Meeting

23 January

1. Scottish Commissioner for Human Rights Bill

2nd Meeting

17 January

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Instruments subject to negative procedure
3. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure
4. Trusts and Succession (Scotland) Bill
5. Quarterly Report

1st Meeting

10 January

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. National Care Service (Scotland) Bill
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• Kevin Stewart
  Minister for Mental Wellbeing and Social Care
  Scottish Government
• Anna Kynaston
  Deputy Director, National Care Service
  Scottish Government
• Mark Richards
  Head of Social Care Legal Services Unit
  Scottish Government
3. Instruments subject to made affirmative procedure
4. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
5. Instruments subject to negative procedure
6. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure
7. Shark Fins Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
8. UK Infrastructure Bank Bill (UK Parliament supplementary legislation)
9. Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
10. National Care Service (Scotland) Bill

This is all meetings of Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee held in 2022. On meeting pages you can find agendas, meeting papers, minutes, and links to Official Reports and Scottish Parliament TV.

34th Meeting

20 December

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
3. Instruments subject to negative procedure
4. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure
5. Trusts and Succession (Scotland) Bill
6. Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill
7. Public Order Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
8. Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (UK Parliament legislation)

33rd Meeting

13 December

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
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• Sir Jonathan Jones KC
  Senior Consultant
  Linklaters LLP
• Dr Adam Tucker
  Constitutional Lawyer
  University of Liverpool
• Morag Ross KC
  Faculty of Advocates
3. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
4. Instruments subject to negative procedure
5. Disabled Children and Young People (Transitions to Adulthood) (Scotland) Bill
6. Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (UK Parliament legislation)

32nd Meeting

06 December

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Instruments subject to made affirmative procedure
3. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
4. Instruments subject to negative procedure
5. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure
6. Work programme

31st Meeting

29 November

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
3. Instruments subject to negative procedure
4. National Care Service (Scotland) Bill
5. Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
6. Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Bill

30th Meeting

22 November

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
3. Instruments subject to negative procedure
4. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure
5. Scottish Child Payment (Ancillary Provision) Regulations 2022 (SSI 2022/326)
6. Legislative Consent Memorandums
7. Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Bill

29th Meeting

15 November

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Instruments subject to negative procedure
3. Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland Bill
4. Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill
5. Legislative Consent Memorandums
6. Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
7. Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
8. Energy Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
9. Quarterly Report

28th Meeting

08 November

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
3. Instruments subject to negative procedure
4. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure
5. Disabled Children and Young People (Transitions to Adulthood) (Scotland) Bill
6. Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
7. Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
8. Report on instruments considered by the Committee during 2021-22
9. Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Bill

27th Meeting

01 November

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Bill
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• Tom Arthur
  Minister for Public Finance, Planning and Community Wealth
  Scottish Government
• Hamish Goodall
  Bill Team Leader
  Scottish Government
• Rob McConnell
  Solicitor in Commercial and Competition Law Branch
  Scottish Government
• Vuyi Stutley
  Solicitor in Commercial and Competition Law Branch
  Scottish Government
3. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
4. Instruments subject to negative procedure
5. Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Bill
6. National Care Service (Scotland) Bill
7. Northern Ireland Protocol Bill (UK Parliament legislation)

26th Meeting

25 October

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Bill
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• Colin Borland
  Director of Devolved Nations
  Federation of Small Businesses Scotland
• Mirka Skrzypczak
  Head of Working Capital & Trade Products
  NatWest
and then from:
• Jennifer Henderson
  Keeper of the Registers of Scotland
  Registers of Scotland
• Jon Hodge
  Policy Lead for RMT
  Registers of Scotland
• Cat Haig
  Product Lead for RMT
  Registers of Scotland
3. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
4. Instruments subject to negative procedure
5. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure
6. Instruments / Documents subject to negative procedure
7. Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Bill
8. Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Bill
9. UK Infrastructure Bank Bill (UK Parliament legislation)

25th Meeting

04 October

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Bill
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• Mike Dailly
  Solicitor Advocate & Principal Solicitor
  Govan Law Centre
• Dr Jonathan Hardman
  Convener of the Banking, Company & Insolvency Law sub-committee
  Law Society of Scotland
• Dr Hamish Patrick
  Partner and Head of Financial Sector
  Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP
and then from:
• Myles Fitt
  Strategic Lead - Financial Health
  Citizens Advice Scotland
• Alan McIntosh
  Approved Money Adviser
  Advice Talks Ltd
3. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
4. Instruments subject to negative procedure
5. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure
6. Northern Ireland Protocol Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
7. Procurement Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
8. Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
9. Work programme
10. Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Bill

24th Meeting

27 September

1. Declaration of interests
2. Decision on taking business in private
3. Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Bill
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• Lady Ann Paton
  Chair
  Scottish Law Commission
• Emeritus Professor George Gretton
  Lord President Reid Professor of Law at the University of Edinburgh and former Scottish Law Commissioner
• Professor Andrew Steven
  Chair of Property Law at the University of Edinburgh and former Scottish Law Commissioner
4. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
5. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure
6. Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
7. Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Bill

23rd Meeting

20 September

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
3. Instruments subject to negative procedure
4. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure
5. Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Bill

22nd Meeting

06 September

1. Instruments subject to made affirmative procedure
2. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
3. Instruments subject to negative procedure
4. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure
5. Instruments / Documents subject to approval
6. Procurement Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
7. Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (UK Parliament legislation)

21st Meeting

28 June

1. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
2. Instruments subject to negative procedure
3. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure

20th Meeting

21 June

1. Declaration of interests
2. Decision on taking business in private
3. Evidence session with the Minister for Parliamentary Business
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• George Adam
  Minister for Parliamentary Business
  Scottish Government
• Karen Auchincloss
  Head of Parliament and Legislation Unit
  Scottish Government
• Gordon Johnstone
  Parliament and Legislation Unit, Brexit Legislation Manager
  Scottish Government
• Rachel Rayner
  SGLD Deputy Legislation Co-ordinator
  Scottish Government
4. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
5. Instruments subject to negative procedure
6. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure
7. Evidence session with the Minister for Parliamentary Business
8. Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill
9. Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Bill

19th Meeting

14 June

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Declaration of interests
3. Instruments subject to negative procedure
4. Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill
5. Quarterly Report

18th Meeting

07 June

1. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
2. Instruments subject to negative procedure

17th Meeting

24 May

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
3. Instruments subject to negative procedure
4. Good Food Nation (Scotland) Bill
5. Online Safety Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
6. Annual report

16th Meeting

17 May

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
3. Instruments subject to negative procedure
4. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure
5. Scottish Local Government Elections (Candidacy Rights of Foreign Nationals) Bill

15th Meeting

10 May

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018
3. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
4. Instruments subject to negative procedure
5. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure
6. Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill
7. Quarterly Report

14th Meeting

03 May

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
3. Instruments subject to negative procedure
4. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure
5. Legislative Consent Memorandums
6. High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill

13th Meeting

26 April

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
3. Instruments subject to negative procedure
4. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure
5. Work programme
6. Quarterly Report

12th Meeting

19 April

1. European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018
2. Instruments subject to made affirmative procedure
3. Instruments subject to negative procedure
4. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure

11th Meeting

29 March

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018
3. Instruments subject to negative procedure
4. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure
5. High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
6. Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill

10th Meeting

22 March

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
3. Instruments subject to negative procedure
4. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure
5. Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill
6. Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill

9th Meeting

15 March

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Instruments subject to negative procedure
3. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure
4. Hunting with Dogs (Scotland) Bill
5. Scottish Local Government Elections (Candidacy Rights of Foreign Nationals) Bill

8th Meeting

08 March

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1
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• John Swinney
  Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for COVID Recovery
  Scottish Government
• Steven Macgregor
  Head of Parliament and Legislation Unit
  Scottish Government
• Erin McCreadie
  Team Leader, Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus, and Infectious Disease
  Scottish Government
• Clare Morley
  Unit Head - School Funding, Infrastructure and Organisation
  Scottish Government
• Rachel Rayner
  SGLD Deputy Legislation Co-ordinator
  Scottish Government
• Craig Robertson
  Interim Deputy Director, Advanced Learning COVID Response
  Scottish Government
3. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
4. Instruments subject to negative procedure
5. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure
6. Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1
7. Fireworks and Pyrotechnics Articles (Scotland) Bill
8. Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill (UK Parliament legislation)

7th Meeting

01 March

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Evidence session on SSIs
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• John Swinney
  Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for COVID Recovery
  Scottish Government
• Elizabeth Blair
  Unit Head Covid Co-ordination
  Scottish Government
• Graham Fisher
  Deputy Director, Legal Directorate
  Scottish Government
3. Instruments subject to made affirmative procedure
4. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
5. Instruments subject to negative procedure
6. Scottish Local Government Elections (Candidacy Rights of Foreign Nationals) Bill
7. Professional Qualifications Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
8. Work programme

6th Meeting

22 February

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Instruments subject to made affirmative procedure
3. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
4. Instruments subject to negative procedure
5. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure
6. Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill
7. Building Safety Bill (UK Parliament legislation)

5th Meeting

08 February

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
3. Instruments subject to negative procedure
4. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure
5. Inquiry into use of the made affirmative procedure during the coronavirus pandemic

4th Meeting

01 February

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Instruments subject to made affirmative procedure
3. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
4. Instruments subject to negative procedure
5. Coronavirus (Discretionary Compensation for Self-isolation) (Scotland) Bill
6. Professional Qualifications Bill (UK Parliament supplementary legislation)
7. Health and Care Bill (UK Parliament supplementary legislation)
8. Inquiry into use of the made affirmative procedure during the coronavirus pandemic

3rd Meeting

25 January

1. Instruments subject to made affirmative procedure
2. Instruments subject to negative procedure

2nd Meeting

18 January

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018
3. Instruments subject to made affirmative procedure
4. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
5. Instruments subject to negative procedure
6. Good Food Nation (Scotland) Bill
7. Cultural Objects (Protection from Seizure) Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
8. Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
9. Inquiry into use of the made affirmative procedure during the coronavirus pandemic

1st Meeting

11 January

1. Declaration of interests
2. Decision on taking business in private
3. Inquiry into use of the made affirmative procedure during the coronavirus pandemic
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• John Swinney
  Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for COVID Recovery
  Scottish Government
• Rachel Rayner
  SGLD Deputy Legislation Co-ordinator
  Scottish Government
• Elizabeth Blair
  Unit Head, Covid Co-ordination
  Scottish Government
• Steven Macgregor
  Head of Parliament and Legislation Unit
  Scottish Government
4. Instruments subject to made affirmative procedure
5. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
6. Instruments subject to negative procedure
7. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure
8. Inquiry into use of the made affirmative procedure during the coronavirus pandemic

This is all meetings of Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee held in 2021. On meeting pages you can find agendas, meeting papers, minutes, and links to Official Reports and Scottish Parliament TV.

15th Meeting

21 December

1. Instruments subject to made affirmative procedure
2. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
3. Instruments subject to negative procedure
4. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure

14th Meeting

14 December

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Inquiry into use of the made affirmative procedure during the coronavirus pandemic
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• Professor Stephen Tierney
  Professor of Constitutional Theory, School of Law
  University of Edinburgh
• Sir Jonathan Jones
  QC
  Linklaters LLP
3. Instruments subject to made affirmative procedure
4. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
5. Instruments subject to negative procedure
6. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure
7. Budget (Scotland) Bill
8. Coronavirus (Discretionary Compensation for Self-isolation) (Scotland) Bill
9. Police Crime Sentencing and Courts Bill (UK Parliament supplementary legislation)
10. Inquiry into use of the made affirmative procedure during the coronavirus pandemic

13th Meeting

07 December

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Inquiry into use of the made affirmative procedure during the coronavirus pandemic
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• Morag Ross QC
  Faculty of Advocates
• Dr Ruth Fox
  Director
  Hansard Society
3. European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018
4. Instruments subject to made affirmative procedure
5. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
6. Instruments subject to negative procedure
7. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure
8. Inquiry into use of the made affirmative procedure during the coronavirus pandemic

12th Meeting

30 November

1. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
2. Instruments subject to negative procedure
3. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure

11th Meeting

23 November

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
3. Instruments subject to negative procedure
4. Coronavirus (Discretionary Compensation for Self-isolation) (Scotland) Bill
5. Quarterly Report

10th Meeting

16 November

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
3. Instruments subject to negative procedure
4. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure
5. Good Food Nation (Scotland) Bill
6. Work programme

9th Meeting

09 November

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018
3. European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018
4. Instruments subject to made affirmative procedure
5. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
6. Instruments subject to negative procedure
7. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure
8. Elections Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
9. Work programme

8th Meeting

26 October

1. Declaration of interests
2. Decision on taking business in private
3. European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018
4. Instruments subject to made affirmative procedure
5. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
6. Instruments subject to negative procedure
7. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure
8. Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (UK Parliament legislation)

7th Meeting

05 October

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Instruments subject to the made affirmative procedure
3. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
4. Instruments subject to negative procedure
5. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure
6. Carer’s Allowance Supplement (Scotland) Bill

6th Meeting

28 September

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Evidence session with the Scottish Law Commission
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• Lady Ann Paton
  Chair
  Scottish Law Commission
• Charles Garland
  Interim Chief Executive
  Scottish Law Commission
3. Instruments subject to the made affirmative procedure
4. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
5. Instruments subject to negative procedure
6. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure
7. Scottish Law Commission - Review of evidence
8. Transvaginal Mesh Removal (Cost Reimbursement) (Scotland) Bill
9. Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
10. Health and Care Bill (UK Parliament legislation)

5th Meeting

21 September

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018
3. Instruments subject to the made affirmative procedure
4. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
5. Instruments subject to negative procedure
6. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure
7. Instruments / Documents subject to approval
8. Professional Qualifications Bill (UK Parliament legislation)

4th Meeting

14 September

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Evidence session with the Minister for Parliamentary Business
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• Steven Macgregor
  Head of Parliament and Legislation Unit
  Scottish Government
• Susan Herbert
  Head of Subordinate Legislation Team, Parliament and Legislation Unit
  Scottish Government
• Rachel Rayner
  SGLD Deputy Legislation Co-ordinator
  Scottish Government Legal Directorate
3. Instruments subject to the made affirmative procedure
4. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
5. Instruments subject to negative procedure
6. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure
7. Instruments / Documents subject to approval
8. Evidence session with the Minister for Parliamentary Business
9. Social Security (Up-rating of Benefits) Bill (UK Parliament legislation)

3rd Meeting

07 September

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Instruments subject to the made affirmative procedure
3. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
4. Instruments subject to negative procedure
5. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure
6. Carer’s Allowance Supplement (Scotland) Bill
7. Environment Bill (UK Parliament legislation)

2nd Meeting

31 August

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure
3. Work programme (in private)
4. Instruments subject to the made affirmative procedure
5. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure
6. Instruments subject to negative procedure

1st Meeting 2021

22 June