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1. Declaration of interests:

Maurice Golden was invited to declare any relevant interests. Mr Golden indicated that he had no interests to declare.

2. Decision on taking business in private:

The Committee agreed to take item 8 in private.

3. European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018:

The Committee agreed the following instrument had been laid under the appropriate procedure and given the appropriate categorisation—

 (SSI 2021/342)

4. Instruments subject to made affirmative procedure:

The Committee agreed that no points arose on the following—

 (SSI 2021/350)
 (SSI 2021/357)

5. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure:

The Committee agreed that no points arose on the following—

 (SSI 2021/Draft)
 (SSI 2021/Draft)
 (SSI 2021/Draft)
 (SSI 2021/Draft)
(SSI 2021/Draft)

The Committee also agreed to write to the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee in relation to the Valuation and Rating (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Order 2021 (SSI 2021/draft).

6. Instruments subject to negative procedure:

The Committee agreed to draw to the attention of the Parliament the following—

 (SSI 2021/337)
 (SSI 2021/342)

The Committee agreed that no points arose on the following—

 (SSI 2021/330)
 (SSI 2021/348)
 (SSI 2021/353)

The Committee also agreed to write to the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee in relation to the Traffic Regulation Orders (Procedure) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2021(SSI 2021/348).

7. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure:

The Committee agreed to draw to the attention of the Parliament the following—

 (SSI 2021/338 (C. 23))

The Committee agreed that no points arose on the following—

 (SSI 2021/345)
 (SSI 2021/351 (C. 25))
 (SSI 2021/352 (C. 26))

8. Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (UK Parliament legislation) (in private):

The Committee was content with the powers to make subordinate legislation conferred on Scottish Ministers in the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (UK Parliament legislation) and agreed to report to the lead committee.