 Good morning, everyone. As the oldest member of the committee, it falls to me to chair the first two items on today's agenda, and so I'm taking the chair at the moment. I would like to welcome members to this, the first meeting in 2016 of the newly established Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee. As is normal, I ask everyone to turn off their mobile phones, and I also advise colleagues that apologies have been received from Elaine Smith, who can't be with us today. The first item is to allow members to declare any interests that are relevant to the work of the committee and bearing in mind the notes that we've received on this. I would like to begin, if I may, by declaring my own interests as a farmer and as a landowner. I invite others to do the same, Stuart. I have no relevant interests to declare. Convener, I have no relevant interests to declare. Rachel. I have no relevant interests to declare. OK, that's good. We now move to the next task, which is to choose a convener. The Parliament has agreed that only members of the Conservative Party are eligible for nomination as convener of this committee. If I may, I invite members to nominate someone for this task. I would like to nominate yourself, John Scott, as convener. Thank you very much, Rachel. Is the committee agreed that I should be chosen as convener of the region? Agreed. Thank you very much. The next item of business is to choose a deputy convener. The Parliament has agreed that only members of the Scottish National Party are eligible for nomination as deputy convener of this committee. I invite members to nominate someone for that task. I would like to nominate Stuart McMillan as deputy convener. Thank you very much. Are we agreed that we will choose Stuart McMillan as our deputy convener of this committee? Agreed. We are. Thank you very much. I congratulate you, Stuart, on your appointment as deputy convener. We now move to agenda item 4, which is for the committee to consider its approach to developing a work programme. I refer members to the paper received from Clarkson this. Do members have any comments on the paper? If not, one of the things that we want to do is to hold a business planning meeting towards the end of the summer recess, known in the Parliament as an away day. I think that you and I will probably bring a paper on the subject to us at the next meeting. However, if we can agree in principle at the moment that we would be happy to do this, in the past I think that we would expect hope to probably do this towards the end of August so that it doesn't clash with anything that people might be doing in July and the first half or three quarters of August. In principle, would everyone be happy with that sort of arrangement? We will get further details at the next meeting. I particularly want to ask the committee's authority to delegate to the committee's legal advisers the authority to ask questions of the Scottish Government in relation to instruments as a way of considering the work. As soon as it lands on its desk rather than having to wait on every occasion for our authority to be given for them to ask questions of the Government, so if we can delegate that power to them that as soon as it hits their desk they can get started with the work, would everyone be happy with that, Stuart? I certainly think that it is something that we should be doing. You will be aware, convener, that I was a member of this committee in the last session for a period of time and I know that having that flexibility for the legal team to pose those questions when required was certainly advantageous to the members of the committee. It is certainly something that I would wholeheartedly agree with. Anyone else have any comment to make? No. Well, thank you, Stuart. You are absolutely right. That is very helpful and it is very important that we do that. We are agreed that we will delegate that authority to our legal team. We now move to agenda item 5, which is the instruments subject to negative procedure. The first one will be considered as the Common Agricultural Policy Direct Payments, Scotland amendment number 2, regulations 2016, SSI 2016-178. The instrument fails to comply with the requirements of section 282 of the interpretation and legislative reform of the Scotland Act 2010. The instrument was laid before the Parliament on 17 May 2016 and came into force on 18 May 2016. The instrument does not respect the requirement that at least 28 days should elapsed between the laying of an instrument that is subject to the negative procedure and the coming into force of that instrument. Does the committee agree to draw that instrument to the attention of Parliament under reporting grounds J? As it has failed to comply with the requirements of section 282 of the interpretation and legislative reform of the Scotland Act 2010. Thank you very much. Mindful of the reasons provided by the Minister for Parliamentary Business in his letter to the Presiding Officer on 17 May 2016 for proceeding in this manner, does the committee agree to find the failure to comply with section 28 to be acceptable in the circumstances? Agreed. Thank you very much. We will now move to the section Offences Act 2003, prescribed police stations, Scotland amendment regulations 2016, SSI 2016-187. The instrument amends the list of police stations that are prescribed for the purposes of the notification requirements in the section Offences Act 2003. Our legal advisers raised an informal query with the Scottish Government regarding the post codes of five of the police stations addresses amended or inserted by the instrument. Those post codes appeared to be incorrect when compared with the details for the police stations held by the Royal Mail. The Scottish Government responded to say that the post codes identified had been checked by Police Scotland again and confirmed that they are indeed inaccurate. Does the committee agree to draw the instrument to the Parliament's attention under the general reporting ground in respect that, first of all, there are errors in the police station post codes substituted by regulations 2 to N and O, and secondly, there are errors in the post codes in the entries for Helensborough police station and Heath police station as inserted by regulations 2 to P? Agreed. Does the committee also agree to note that the Scottish Government intends to correct those errors by further amending the section Offences Act 2003, prescribed police stations, Scotland regulations 2014, at the first opportunity? No points have been raised by our legal advisers on air weapons licencing Scotland regulations 2016, SSI 2016, 188, and no points have been raised by our advisers on food information Scotland and amendment regulations 2016, SSI 2016, 191. Is the committee therefore content with the instruments? Content. Thank you very much. We now move on to agenda item 6, which is instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure. In that context, no points have been raised by our legal advisers on the Land Reform Scotland Act 2016, commencement number 1, and transitional provision regulations 2016, SSI 2016, 193C16. Is the committee content with this instrument? Content. Thank you very much. I think that brings us to the end of the first meeting. That's it. I'll now close this meeting.