 Welcome to the 25th meeting in 2023 of the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee. I'd like to remind everyone present to please switch to mobile phones to silent. The first item of business is to decide whether to take items 5 and 6 in private. Is the committee content to take these items in private? Under agenda item number 2, we are considering an instrument subject to the affirmative procedure. No points have been raised on the following draft instrument. The Disability Assistance Miscellaneous Amendment Scotland Regulations 2023 is the committee content with this instrument. Under agenda item number 3, we are considering eight instruments subject to the negative procedure. Issues have been raised on five of these instruments. Those are SSIs 2023, 239, 240, 241, 242 and 246. Those form a package of five instruments relating to Scottish Public Sector pension schemes. This is the legislative response to a Court of Appeal decision known as the McLeod judgment on discrimination and transitional protection arrangements. In relation to all five instruments, the committee wished to draw them to the attention of the Parliament on the reporting ground to J, which is the failure to lay the instrument in accordance with the lane requirements under the interpretation and legislative reform at Scotland Act 2010, having breached 28-day requirement. Does the committee wish to indicate that it is content with the explanation provided by the Scottish Government for the breaches of the lane requirement? In relation to SSIs 2023, 239 on police pensions, does the committee wish to draw the instrument to the attention of the Parliament on the reporting ground to H, which is the meaning that could be clearer in that one, the references in regulation 10C, 13, 4, 16B and paragraph 11 of the schedule could be to defined terms and 2 in paragraph 3 of the schedule. The eligible decision maker is a guardian only, but it appears that this should also include a parent. Does the committee wish to draw the instrument to the attention of the Parliament on the general reporting ground in that one to preamble the reference to paragraph 7A of schedule 2 of the 2013 act should be to paragraph 7B? Secondly, in respect of incorrect references in regulation 182 and 241BI and in paragraph 11 of the schedule. Does the committee wish to note that the Scottish Government proposes to correct the error in the preamble by correction slip and to address the other points raised by way of an amending instrument? In relation to SSIs 2023, 240 on local government pensions, does the committee wish to draw the instrument to the attention of the Parliament on the general reporting ground for the erroneous references to the local government pension scheme transitional protection remedy Scotland regulation 2023 in regulations 2, 4, 3, 13, 3, 15, 3, 13, 3, 15 and 13, 4 of the instrument? Does the committee wish to note that the Scottish Government intends to correct the errors by correction slip? In relation to SSIs 2023, 241 on teachers pensions, does the committee wish to draw the instrument to the attention of the Parliament on the reporting ground H? The meaning could be clearer in that, first of all, references in regulation 2, 1, 46, 7 and paragraph 1, 1 of the schedule could be to define terms. Secondly, in paragraph 3 of the schedule, the eligible decision maker is a guardian only, but it appears that this should also include a parent. Does the committee also wish to draw the instrument to the attention of the Parliament on the general reporting ground in respect of incorrect references in regulations 23, 55, 1b, 63, 1c and 64, 2 and 5? Does the committee wish to note that the Scottish Government proposes to address these matters in the next amending instrument? In relation to SSIs 2023, 242 on firefighters pensions, does the committee wish to draw the instrument to the attention of the Parliament on reporting ground I? The effect of drafting in that, first of all, the drafting of regulation 1711 appears to be defective given the error concerning to whom the money is to be paid. Secondly, the drafting of paragraphs 11, 2b, I and 7, 2b of the schedule appears to be defective because these provisions fail to state who the eligible decision maker is. Does the committee also wish to draw the instrument to the attention of the Parliament on reporting ground I? The meaning could be clearer in that references in regulation 10c, 134, 16b, 54, 1b and paragraph 11 of the schedule could be to define terms. In paragraph 3 of the schedule, the eligible decision maker is a guardian only but it appears that this should also include a parent. Does the committee also wish to draw the instrument to the attention of the Parliament on the general reporting ground in respect of the following points? In the preamble, the reference to the paragraph 6a of schedule 2 of the 2013 act should be to paragraph 6c and incorrect references in regulations 12, 8b, 24, 1b, I, 62, 2, 65, 9 and paragraph 11 of the schedule. Does the committee wish to note that the Scottish Government proposes to correct the error in the preamble by correction slip and to address the other matters by way of an amending instrument? In relation to SSI 2023, 246 on NHS pensions, does the committee wish to draw the instrument to the attention of the Parliament on the general reporting ground in respect of incorrect references in regulation 5, 4, 7, 2a and 18b? Does the committee also wish to note that the Scottish Government proposes to address these matters in the next amending instrument? Also, under the agenda item, no points have been raised on SSIs 2023, 248, 255 and 257. Is the committee content with those instruments? Under agenda item number 4, we are considering an instrument not subject to any parliamentary procedure. No points have been raised on SSIs 2023, 250. Is the committee content with this instrument?