 I welcome members to the first meeting in 2018 of the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee. Neil Findlay has joined the committee and I welcome him to his first meeting. David Torrance cannot be with us today and has submitted his apologies. Agenda item 1 is declaration of interest. In accordance with section 3 of the code of conduct, I invite Neil Findlay to declare any interest relevant to the remit of the committee. Just a general declaration, I am a member of two trade unions, EIS and United Union, and my wife works for the NHS. Agenda item 2, decision on taking business in private. It is proposed that we take items 6, 7 and 8 in private. Those items are the committee's work programme. Consideration of matters arising from the recent evidence session with the Ministry for Parliamentary Business on the work of the committee during the year 2016-17 and consideration of the committee's second quarterly report. Does the committee agree to take those items in private? Agenda item 3 is consideration of instruments subject to affirmative procedure. The Draft Police Act 1997 and the Protection of Vulnerable Groups Scotland Act 2007, Remedial Order 2018, are legal advisers who have not raised any points on the draft remedial order. Members will recall that the committee took evidence on the proposed draft remedial order in October last year and submitted a response in November to the Government's consultation on the draft order. In our response, we highlighted areas that we recommended the Government should explore further as part of its wider review of the higher level disclosure system. The statement that accompanies this instrument sets out the Government's response to our submission. The statement confirms that the Scottish ministers do not intend to make any changes to the proposed draft remedial order that was consulted on other than to change some minor points noted by the committee. Does the committee wish to welcome the consideration already given by the Government to the committee's submission, as discussed in the statement provided with the draft order, and to encourage the Government to explore further the various matters raised in that submission in its on-going wider review of the higher level disclosure regime? No points have been raised by legal advisers on the draft rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, Exclusions and Exceptions Scotland amendment order 2018. The draft registers of Scotland digital registration etc regulations 2018 and the draft community empowerment Scotland Act 2015 supplementary and consequential provisions order 2018 is the committee content with these instruments. Agender item 4 is consideration of instruments subject to negative procedure. The national health service superannuation scheme Scotland miscellaneous amendments number 2 regulations 2017, SSI 2017 434. Regulation 7 provides that the national health service superannuation scheme 2008, section Scotland regulations 2013, SSI 2017 1 7 4 are amended in accordance with regulations 8 to 18. However, of those regulations, only regulations 9, 13, 16 and 18 have effect from 1 April 2015 in accordance with the remainder of regulation 1 to A. The Scottish Government proposes to correct regulation 1 to A in the next set of regulations which amend SSI 2013 1 7 4. Does the committee agree to draw the regulations to the attention of the Parliament on reporting ground I as the drafting of regulation 1 to A appears to be defective in providing that regulation 7 has effect from 1 April 2015 and it is not intended that regulation 7 should have this retrospective effect? Does the committee also agree to recommend that the error is corrected by amendment as soon as possible, given that the error concerns the date when provisions of the instrument have effect? Electricity works environmental impact assessment Scotland amendment regulations 2017 SSI 2017 451. The regulations were laid before the Parliament on 15 December and came into force on 18 December 2017. This does not respect the requirement that at least 28 days should elaps between the laying of an instrument that is subject to the negative procedure and the coming into force of that instrument. Accordingly, does the committee agree to draw the regulations to the attention of Parliament on reporting ground J as they fail to comply with the regulations of section 28 2 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform Scotland Act 2010? Does the committee also agree to find the failure to comply with section 28 to be acceptable in the circumstances as outlined in the correspondence from the Government contained within our papers? The National Health Service pension scheme Scotland miscellaneous amendments number 2 regulations 2017 SSI 2017 433. No points have been raised by our advisers in relation to this instrument. However, the committee may wish to note that the Government has submitted a revised version of the statutory report required under section 22 2b of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013. That is to correct an error in the original report to make it clear that the revised employee contribution tables inserted into regulations 30 and 31 of the National Health Service pension scheme Scotland regulations 2015 by regulations 3 and 4 of the instrument come into force on 31 January this year and are applied to the 2018-19 scheme year. Does the committee note the laying of this revised statutory report? No points have been raised by our legal advisers on SSI 2017 435, 436, 450, 454, 455, 457 and 461. Is the committee content with these instruments? Gender item 5 is consideration of instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure and no points have been raised by our legal advisers on SSI 2017 445, 456, 458, 459 and 460. Is the committee content with these instruments? Content. I will now move the committee into private session.