Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee
Meeting Minutes
6th Meeting, 2021
- Date: Thursday, September 30, 2021
- Session: 6
- Location: TG.40-CR1 The Burns Room
- Meeting opened at: 09:00
- Meeting closed at: 11:27
- Published: Thursday, September 30, 2021 03:01pm
Committee Members Attendees
- Clare Adamson (Convener)
- Donald Cameron (Deputy Convener)
- Alasdair Allan (Member)
- Sarah Boyack (Member)
- Maurice Golden (Member)
- Jenni Minto (Member)
- Mark Ruskell (Member)
1 Declaration of interests:
Maurice Golden declared that he had attended a trip to Nepal in the last session of Parliament, which was sponsored by Tear Fund, to look at human trafficking and tackling climate justice.
2 Decision on taking business in private:
The Committee agreed to take item 5 and future consideration of evidence heard in private.
3 Climate Justice:
The Committee took evidence from—
Jamie Livingstone, Head of, Oxfam Scotland;
Carolyn Sawers, Acting Chief Executive, Corra Foundation;
Chris Hegarty, Senior Adviser, Christian Aid Scotland.
4 Climate Justice:
The Committee took evidence from—
Professor Tahseen Jafry, Director, Caledonian University Centre for Climate Justice;
Muthi Nhlema, Director, Baseflow Ltd;
Dr Geraldine Hill, Advocacy Manager, Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund (SCIAF).
5 Evidence Session
The Committee considered the evidence it heard earlier under agenda items 3 and 4 in private.