Meeting Minutes
3rd Meeting, 2021
Date: Tuesday, 07 September, 2021
Location: TG.60-CR3 The Fleming Room
Meeting opened at: 10:00am
Meeting closed at: 12:28pm
Committee Members Attendees
Dean Lockhart (Convener)
Fiona Hyslop (Deputy Convener)
Jackie Dunbar (Member)
Liam Kerr (Member)
Monica Lennon (Member)
Mark Ruskell (Member)
Apologies received from
Natalie Don (Member)
Also Present
Collette Stevenson (Substitute)
1. Decision on taking business in private:
The Committee agreed to take items 4 and 5 in private.
2. Declaration of interests:
Collette Stevenson declared that she is a Councillor with South Lanarkshire Council.
3. Determination of Committee priorities for the session:
The Committee took evidence from—
Professor Jim Skea, Former Chair of the Just Transition Commission and Professor of Sustainable Energy, Centre for Environmental Policy; and
Dave Moxham, Former Member of the Just Transition Commission and Deputy General Secretary, Scottish Trades Union Congress.
4. Determination of Committee priorities (In Private):
The Committee considered the evidence it heard earlier in the meeting.
5. Environment Bill (UK Parliament legislation) (In Private):
The Committee considered and agreed its approach to scrutiny of the legislative consent memorandum lodged by George Adam (LCM(S6)01002).
The Committee agreed to take evidence on the memorandum from the Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport and to write to the UK Government about its memorandum.