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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

The Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee usually meets weekly on Tuesdays.

Previous meetings of the committee

See all meetings of the committee

Work of the Committee

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Correspondence

Correspondence

Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee

Community Wealth Building Bill

19 June 2025

Letter from the Deputy First Minister to the Convener, 19 June 2025

Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee

Legislative consent memorandum on the Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Bill (UK Parliament legislation)

17 June 2025

Letter from the Convener to the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands, 17 June 2025

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 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

Meeting date: Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee

Decision on Taking Business in Private, Instrument subject to Negative Procedure

Reports

Committee reports

26 June 2025

Delegated Powers in the Children (Withdrawal from Religious Education and Amendment of UNCRC Compatibility Duty) (Scotland) Bill

A report by the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee of its consideration of the delegated powers in the Children (Withdrawal from Religious Education and Amendment of UNCRC Compatibility Duty) (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1.

26 June 2025

Delegated Powers in the Prevention of Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1

A report by the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee of its consideration of the delegated powers in the Prevention of Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1.

25 June 2025

Delegated Powers in the Greyhound Racing (Offences) (Scotland) Bill

A report by the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee of its consideration of the delegated powers in the Greyhound Racing (Offences) (Scotland) Bill.

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A photo of Stuart McMillan MSP

Stuart McMillan

Convener
Scottish National Party
A photo of Bill Kidd MSP

Bill Kidd

Deputy Convener
Scottish National Party
A photo of Jeremy Balfour MSP

Jeremy Balfour

Member
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
A photo of Katy Clark MSP

Katy Clark

Member
Scottish Labour
A photo of Roz McCall MSP

Roz McCall

Member
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

Full details of committee membership, including substitute and previous members

Call for views

The Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee is not currently seeking views on any of its current inquiries

Get in touch

If you want to get in touch, you can contact Greg Black, the Clerk for the committee.