 I ask everyone to the 10th meeting in 2019 of the Delegated Pals and Law Reform Committee. The first item of business is to propose that the committee takes item seven on the LCM for immigration and social security... ...coordinations EU withdrawal bill in private. Are we agreed to that? Yes. OK. Item 2 we're considering an instrument laid under the European Union Withdrawal Act 2018. We are considering the scrutiny procedure under which it is being laid and the categorisation applied by the Scottish Government. Instrument SSI 2019-84 has been laid under the negative procedure and has been categorised as of low significance. The regulations amend the definition of wild bird, that is in quotes, in the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, so that when the UK leaves the EU, birds, which are resident in or visitors to the UK, will continue to be caught by the definition and will benefit from the protection which this status confers. Our advisers indicate that the scrutiny procedure and categorisation could be appropriate, so is the committee content, but that is the case. 3. We are considering another instrument laid under the withdrawal act. We are looking at that under the SSI protocol. It is the draft cross-border healthcare, EU exit, Scotland amendment etc regulations 2019. That is laid under the mandatory affirmative procedure in paragraph 1-6 of schedule 7 of the 2018 act. Our advisers have indicated that it appears that the instrument does not engage the criteria for mandatory affirmative procedure and that the instrument could have been laid under paragraph 1-7 of schedule 7. That would have engaged the sift under the EU exit SSI protocol in respect of the choice of parliamentary procedure. Nevertheless, had the affirmative procedure been chosen under paragraph 1-7, our advisers indicate that, in their view, this would have been the appropriate parliamentary procedure, so the practical effect would be the same. The Government recommends that the instrument is categorised as medium in terms of its significance. Our advisers indicate that this could be appropriate, so as the committee content, the instrument is appropriately categorised as a medium significance. Item 4, considering an instrument subject to the affirmative procedure, is the draft cross-border healthcare instrument that we have just considered. We have now got that before us for technical scrutiny. It contains an error relating to the definition of an EU regulation. Full details can be found in correspondence with the Government, which is in our published papers. Does the committee wish to draw the instrument to the attention of the Parliament on the general reporting ground in respect of the error in regulation 5-8? Does the committee wish to call on the Scottish Government to correct this error at the next legislative opportunity? Item 5, looking at instruments subject to the negative procedure, relates to the next four instruments, the time between the instrument being laid before the Parliament, and it is coming into force date, does not respect the requirement that at least 28 days should elaps between these days. In each case, the reasons for the breach are set out in correspondence with the presiding officer, which is in our published papers. Standing orders require the committee to draw the Parliament's attention to any failure to respect the 28-day laying requirement. The first instrument is SSI 2019-84, which we have already considered, item 2, which we are now looking at for technical scrutiny purposes. The regulations were laid before the Parliament on 8 March and will come into force on 29 March. Does the committee wish to draw the regulations to the attention of the Parliament on reporting ground J, as the regulations fail to comply with the requirements of section 28 to 2 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform Act 2010? Thank you, minister. Is the committee content that the failure to comply with section 28 is acceptable in the circumstances? Yes. The next instrument is the sea fish licensing foreign vessels EU exit Scotland order SSI 2019-87. That instrument prohibits foreign fishing boats fishing in the Scottish zone without first obtaining a licence from the Scottish ministers. The order is made in consequence of the UK's withdrawal from the EU to ensure that fisheries within the Scottish zone can be managed and controlled appropriately. It was laid before the Parliament on 12 March and comes into force on exit day, which is scheduled for 29 March. Does the committee wish to draw the instrument to the attention of the Parliament on reporting ground J, as it fails to comply with the requirements that were read out earlier? Is the committee content that the failure to comply with section 28 is acceptable in circumstances? Yes. The next instrument is the sea fishing licences and notices EU exit Scotland amendment regulations SSI 2019-88. That instrument extends the application of the sea fishing licences and notices Scotland regulations 2011 to licences granted by Scottish ministers to foreign fishing boats. The regulations were laid before the Parliament on 12 March and come into force on exit day, which is currently scheduled for 29 March. Does the committee wish to draw the instrument to the attention of the Parliament on reporting ground J, as previously mentioned? Yes. Thank you. Is the committee content that the failure to comply with section 28 is acceptable? Yes. Thank you. The next instrument is the agriculture market measures EU exit Scotland brackets amendment close brackets amendment regulations SSI 2019-89. That is correct. There are two amendments in this. These regulations correct the drafting error in SSI 2019-73, which the committee considered and reported on last week. They were laid before the Parliament on 13 March and come into force on 27 March. Does the committee wish to draw the regulations to the attention of the Parliament on reporting ground J? Yes. Does the committee find the failure to comply with section 28 to be acceptable? Yes. There is one other instrument to consider under this item. It is SSI 2019-74. Our advisers have not raised any points. Is the committee content with the instrument? Yes. Item 6 is instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure. Our advisers have not raised any points on SSIs 2019-81 and 85. Is the committee content with these? Yes. Okay, and I'll move the meeting into private.