Recommendation 27

If the Bill proceeds past Stage 1, the Committee recommends that there be discussions between the Member in Charge, the Scottish Government, prosecutors, police and environmental regulators with a view to producing revised and agreed estimates to complement further Parliamentary consideration of the Bill. This is complementary to the Committee's earlier recommendation on reviewing the operation of the section 40 offence, including why it has been so little used by prosecutors, which may itself suggest an existing resourcing, capability development, and inter-agency coordination issue.