Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
The Committee was established in June 2021. It focuses on:
- checking secondary legislation coming before the Parliament for legal and technical accuracy
- checking whether proposed powers to make secondary legislation in Bills are appropriate
- reporting its findings to the Parliament so all laws and proposals for laws get proper oversight from MSPs
- looking at certain Bills which are based on reports from the Scottish Law Commission. The Commission recommends changes to the law so it keeps pace with the way we live and work.
Next meeting of the committee
Details of the next meeting are not available yet.
Dates for future meetings
1st Meeting, 2021
Tuesday, June 22, 2021 09:45am
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Previous meetings of the committee
Work of the Committee
Current work
Completed work
Correspondence
Correspondence
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill Legislative Consent Memorandum
16 May 2023
Letter from the Convener to the Scottish Government, 16 May 2023
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
Wildlife Management and Muirburn Scotland Bill response from the Scottish Government
12 May 2023
Letter from the Scottish Government to the Convener, 12 May 2023
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
Trusts and Succession (Scotland) Bill response from the Lord Pesidents Private Office
12 May 2023
Letter from the Lord Pesidents Private Office to the Convener, 12 May 2023
Official Reports of meetings
Official Reports of meetings
Meeting date: Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Instruments not subject to Parliamentary Procedure
Meeting date: Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Instruments subject to Affirmative Procedure, Instruments not subject to Parliamentary Procedure
Meeting date: Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Instrument subject to Affirmative Procedure, Instrument subject to Negative Procedure, Instrument not subject to Parliamentary Procedure
Meeting date: Tuesday, June 3, 2025
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Instruments subject to Negative Procedure, Instrument not subject to Parliamentary Procedure, Scottish Parliament (Recall and Removal of Members) Bill
Meeting date: Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Instrument subject to Affirmative Procedure, Instruments subject to Negative Procedure
Meeting date: Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Instrument subject to Affirmative Procedure, Instruments subject to Negative Procedure
Meeting date: Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Instruments subject to Affirmative Procedure, Instrument subject to Negative Procedure, Instruments not subject to Parliamentary Procedure, Leases (Automatic Continuation etc) (Scotland) Bill
Meeting date: Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Instruments subject to Affirmative Procedure, Instruments subject to Negative Procedure
Meeting date: Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Instrument subject to Affirmative Procedure, Instruments subject to Negative Procedure, Instruments not subject to Parliamentary Procedure, Document subject to Parliamentary Control, Leases (Automatic Continuation etc) (Scotland) Bill
Meeting date: Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Instrument subject to Negative Procedure, Instrument not subject to Parliamentary Procedure, Leases (Automatic Continuation etc) (Scotland) Bill
Reports
Committee reports
Delegated Powers in the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill (as amended at Stage 2)
A report by the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee of its consideration of the delegated powers in the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill (as amended at Stage 2).
Delegated Powers in the Crofting and Scottish Land Court Bill at Stage 1
A report by the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee of its consideration of the delegated powers in the Crofting and Scottish Land Court Bill at Stage 1.
Delegated Powers in the Ecocide (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1
A report by the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee of its consideration of the delegated powers in the Ecocide (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1.
Committee Remit
To consider and report on the following (and any additional matter added under Rule 6.1.5A)—
- any—
- subordinate legislation laid before the Parliament or requiring the consent of the Parliament under section 9 of the Public Bodies Act 2011
- pension or grants motion as described in Rule 8.11A.1; and, in particular, to determine whether the attention of the Parliament should be drawn to any of the matters mentioned in Rule 10.3.1
- proposed powers to make subordinate legislation in particular Bills or other proposed legislation
- general questions relating to powers to make subordinate legislation
- whether any proposed delegated powers in particular Bills or other legislation should be expressed as a power to make subordinate legislation
- any failure to lay an instrument in accordance with section 28(2), 30(2) or 31 of the 2010 Act
- proposed changes to the procedure to which subordinate legislation laid before the Parliament is subject
- any Scottish Law Commission Bill as defined in Rule 9.17A.1
- any draft proposal for a Scottish Law Commission Bill as defined in that Rule
- any Consolidation Bill as defined in Rule 9.18.1 referred to it in accordance with Rule 9.18.3.
Current Members
Stuart McMillan
Convener
Scottish National Party
Bill Kidd
Deputy Convener
Scottish National Party
Jeremy Balfour
Member
Independent
Katy Clark
Member
Scottish Labour
Roz McCall
Member
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Full details of committee membership, including substitute and previous members