Health and Sport Committee,

Meeting date: Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Official Report 248KB pdf

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Subordinate Legislation

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Specified Products from China (Restriction on First Placing on the Market) (Scotland) Regulations 2008 <br />(SSI 2008/148)

Agenda item 2 is consideration of a negative instrument. The regulations implement a European Commission decision to introduce emergency measures to prevent rice and other products from China from being first placed on the market unless they have been tested for the unauthorised genetically modified organism Bt 63—nothing to do with British Telecom, I hope.

The Subordinate Legislation Committee drew the instrument to our attention. That committee raised a question with the Scottish Government and was satisfied with the response. The Subordinate Legislation Committee also queried a relatively minor failure to follow normal drafting practice.

No other comments have been received from members and no motion to annul has been lodged. Are we agreed that the committee does not wish to make any recommendation on the regulations?

Members indicated agreement.