Recommendation 22

The Committee also recommends amending Rule 9.3.3 of the Standing Orders to require the Scottish Government to set out in the Policy Memorandum accompanying a Government Bill –
whether the market access principles in the UK internal market Act are likely to affect the policy objectives of the legislative proposal, if UKIMA has shaped the legislative approach and, if so, how; whether consideration has been given to seeking an exclusion and, if so, provide details on the scope of the exclusion sought and the exclusion process under which it has been made (i.e., through a common framework, through the minimum economic impact process or by the reserve process;
whether and how common framework agreements have affected or may affect the policy objectives of the legislative proposal and, if they do have an impact, provide details.