42Reports: provision of further information to the Scottish Parliament
(1)Where the Scottish Ministers lay a report mentioned in subsection (2) before the Scottish Parliament, they must—
(a)immediately send a copy of the report to the persons who convene and chair such committees of the Scottish Parliament as are for the time being appointed by virtue of standing orders; and
(b)as soon as reasonably practicable after doing so, and in so far as reasonably practicable, make a statement to the Parliament relating to the report.
(2)Those reports are reports under—
(a)section 33(1) (report on annual target);
(b)section 36(2) (report on proposals and policies to compensate for excess emissions);
(c)section 40(1) (report on interim target);
(d)section 41(1) (report on 2050 target).
(3)Where the Scottish Ministers lay a report referred to in subsection (2)(a), they must also, as soon as reasonably practicable after doing so, and in so far as reasonably practicable, attend, if invited, the proceedings of any such committees of the Scottish Parliament as are for the time being appointed by virtue of standing orders, for the purposes of giving evidence on the report.
(4)The Scottish Ministers must have regard to—
(a)any resolution passed by the Scottish Parliament;
(b)any report published by any committee of the Parliament for the time being appointed by virtue of standing orders,
relating to the content of any report referred to in subsection (2).