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Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee


Agenda: 02 September 2025

Tuesday, 02 September 2025

23rd Meeting, 2025

Start time: 10:00am
Location: T1.40-CR5 The Smith Room
Agenda items:

  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. Housing (Scotland) Bill
  6. Crime and Policing Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
  7. Employment Rights Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
  8. Work of the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee 2024-25

Agenda published: Friday, 29 August 2025 02:12pm

Full agenda and available meeting papers


1. Decision on taking business in private

The Committee will decide whether to take items 5, 6, 7 and 8 in private.


2. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure

The Committee will consider the following—

Social Security (Cross-border Provision, Case Transfer and Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 (SSI 2025/Draft)
Climate Change (Local Development Plan) (Repeals) (Scotland) Order 2025 (SSI 2025/Draft)
Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 (Scottish Carbon Budgets) Amendment Regulations 2025 (SSI 2025/Draft)

Papers for this item:

1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item



4. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure

The Committee will consider the following—

Vulnerable Witnesses (Criminal Evidence) (Scotland) Act 2019 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2025 (SSI 2025/179 (C.19))


5. Housing (Scotland) Bill

The Committee will consider the delegated powers provisions in this Bill after Stage 2.

Papers for this item:

1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item


6. Crime and Policing Bill (UK Parliament legislation)

The Committee will consider the Legislative Consent Memorandum, the supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum, the second supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum, and powers to make subordinate legislation within devolved competence in the Bill.

Papers for this item:

1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item


7. Employment Rights Bill (UK Parliament legislation)

The Committee will consider the second supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum and powers to make subordinate legislation within devolved competence in the Bill.

Papers for this item:

1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item


8. Work of the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee 2024-25

The Committee will consider a draft report outlining the work of the Committee during the parliamentary year 2024-25.

Papers for this item:

1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item