Minutes: 18 November 2025

1. Decision on taking business in private:

The Committee decided to take item 6 in private.

2. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure:

The Committee agreed that no points arose on the following—

Food Safety Act 1990 Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2026 (SSI 2026/Draft)

3. Instruments subject to negative procedure:

The Committee agreed that no points arose on the following—

Public Procurement (Agreement on Government Procurement) (Thresholds) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 (SSI 2025/299)
Scottish Register of Tartans Fees Order 2025 (SSI 2025/334)
Official Controls (Import of High Risk Food and Feed of Non-Animal Origin) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2025 (SSI 2025/335)
National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 (SSI 2025/337)
The Charities Accounts (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 (SSI 2025/341)

4. Document subject to parliamentary control:

The Committee agreed that no points arose on the following—

Draft Code of Practice: The Non-Party Campaigner Campaign Expenditure (Scottish Parliament Elections) Code of Practice 2025 (SG/2025/289)

5. Contract (Formation and Remedies) (Scotland) Bill:

The Committee took evidence from—

Lady Ann Paton, Chair, Professor Hector MacQueen, Former Lead Commissioner and Rachel Rayner, Chief Executive, Scottish Law Commission;

and then from—

Lorna Richardson, Senior Lecturer, Commercial Law, University of Edinburgh;

Dr David Christie, Associate Dean for Academic Development and Student Experience, Robert Gordon University;

Dr Jonathan Brown, Lecturer in Scots Private Law, University of Strathclyde;

Professor Stephen Bogle, Professor of Law and Interpersonal Justice, University of Glasgow;

Dr Hamish Patrick, Member of the Banking, Company and Insolvency Sub-Committee, Law Society of Scotland.

6. Evidence Session (in private):

The Committee considered the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 5.