Draft Electronic Commerce Directive (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2018 Debate
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Gavin Newlands
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Draft Electronic Commerce Directive (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2018
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Gavin Newlands (Paisley and Renfrewshire North) (SNP)
It is a pleasure to see you for the first time in the Chair, Mr Austin.
As the Minister pointed out, the Scottish Government support the measure, so I will comment only briefly. We have no problems with the statutory instrument, but one of the offences it would affect in Scotland is in the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012, which the Scottish Opposition have, sadly, decided to repeal, for reasons that pass understanding, to be perfectly honest—that is just an aside. We look forward to implementing EU rules and regulations for many years to come, but with that I will sit down and let us get on with it.