 I welcome members to the 30th meeting in 2014 of the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee, and as always, I ask members to switch off mobile phones. We have apologies from Margaret McCulloch. Agender item one is a decision on taking business in private. It's proposed that we take item eight in private. This is consideration of a draft report on instruments considered during the first quarter of the parliamentary year 2014-15. Does the committee agree to take item eight in private, please? Members may also note that, in line with previous decisions of the committee, item six and seven will be taken in private. Agender item two is instrument subject to affirmative procedure. The public bodies joint working Scotland Act 2014 modifications order 2014 draft. Article 26 inserts the new text immediately after the words section 14D in section 59D, rather than inserting expressly on a new line or as a new sub-paragraph. The committee may consider that the amendment of the primary legislation in this instance may cause confusion to the reader. Does the committee agree to draw the instrument to the attention of the parliament on reporting ground H? Does the formal or meaning of the amendment to section 59D of the Act made in article 26 of the order could be clearer? No points have been raised by our legal advisers on the land register of Scotland automated registration, etc. Regulations 2014 draft is the committee content with this instrument. Agender item three is instrument subject to negative procedure and no points have been raised by our legal advisers on the Act of Soderent Commissary Business amendment 2014, SSI 2014265 is the committee content with this instrument, please. Agender item four is instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure and no points have been raised by our legal advisers on the United Nations sanctions revocations order 2014, SSI 20142711, nor on the landfill tax Scotland act 2014 commencement number one order 2014, SSI 2014277, nor on the land and buildings transaction tax Scotland act 2013 commencement number one order 2014, SSI 2014279 is the committee content with those instruments, please. Agender item five is prisoners control of release Scotland bill. The purpose of this item is for the committee to consider the delegated powers in the bill at stage one. The committee is invited to agree the questions that it wishes to raise with the Scottish Government on the delegated powers in the bill. It suggested that these questions are raised in written correspondence. The committee will have an opportunity to consider the responses at a future meeting before a draft report is considered. Section 3 2 provides that Scottish ministers may, by order, bring section 1 and section 2 of the bill into force on an appointed day. Section 3 3 provides that a commencement order may include transitional, transitory and saving provision. The delegated powers memorandum states that an example of how this power may be used would be to supply the application of the provisions in section 1 of the bill to any offender's sentence before the day of commencement. Paragraph 37 of the policy memorandum states that the reforms will affect prisoners serving times—sorry, the reforms will not affect prisoners serving sentences at the time the relevant provisions are brought into force. Given the statement in the policy memorandum, does the committee therefore agree to ask the Scottish Government why it is appropriate that provision to that effect is not made on the face of the bill but is better left to provision by order under section 3 3? How, alternatively, might that power be exercised? The exercise for the power in section 3 3 might have substantive effects on certain individuals because it could further define which prisoners will be affected by section 1 in particular but also section 2. Does the committee agree to ask the Scottish Government to explain why either the negative or affirmative procedures would not be appropriate for the parliamentary scrutiny of the power, or whether the Scottish Government could agree to lodge an amendment at stage 2 of the bill to adjust the procedure, and if, accordingly, a higher level of scrutiny ought to apply negative or affirmative, how would the Scottish Government assess which higher level would be appropriate? Thank you. That completes item 5, and I move this meeting into private.