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Provision of Services (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026
Welcome back. Before we move on to our work on the Community Wealth Building (Scotland) Bill at stage 2, we will briefly deal with agenda item 3, which is consideration of an item of proposed UK subordinate legislation. I refer members to papers 3 and 4.
The Deputy First Minister wrote to the committee on 12 December to give notice of the Scottish Government’s proposal to consent to these UK regulations. Does any member wish to comment on the Scottish Government’s notification?
I note the Scottish Government’s discomfort with some of the legislation in this space because it has not consented to the underlying legislation. However, this particular piece of legislation seems to be small enough and technical enough, so I understand the Scottish Government’s reason for consenting to it.
I would like to get a clarification on the record from the minister. It is my understanding, from looking at the instrument and the background proposals, that the instrument will have no impact on UK service providers but will apply only to those that are overseas and seek to trade in the UK. Could the minister clarify that on the record?
Keen as I am sure Ivan McKee is, he is not actually here to speak to this item of business. We are allowing the minister to get comfortable in his seat before we move to our stage 2 business.
I just saw him break out in a cold sweat.
Your point is on the record and I am sure that the Government is paying close attention to this agenda item.
As no other members wish to make any comments, does the committee agree to the Scottish Government’s proposal to consent to the UK regulations?
Members indicated agreement.
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