Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee
Meeting Minutes
7th Meeting, 2021
- Date: Tuesday, September 28, 2021
- Session: 6
- Location: T4.40-CR2 The Fairfax Somerville Room
- Meeting opened at: 09:31
- Meeting closed at: 12:55
- Published: Tuesday, September 28, 2021 06:02pm
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
Substitute Members Attendees
1 Decision on taking business in private:
The Committee agreed to take items 5 and 6 in private.
2 Subordinate legislation:
The Committee took evidence on the National Bus Travel Concession Scheme for Young Persons (Scotland) Amendment Order 2021 [draft] from—
Graeme Dey, Minister for Transport, Tom Davy, Head of Bus Strategy and Concessions Policy, and Debbie Walker, Operations and Business Manager, Transport Scotland.
3 Subordinate legislation:
Graeme Dey, Minister for Transport moved—S6M-00962—that the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee recommends that the National Bus Travel Concession Scheme for Young Persons (Scotland) Amendment Order 2021 [draft] be approved.
4 Determination of Committee priorities for this Session:
The Committee took evidence from—
Susie Townsend, Head of Secretariat, Jocelyn Richard, Assembly Member and Katie Reid, Children's Voices Programme Manager, Scotland’s Climate Assembly;
Liam Fowley, Scottish Youth Parliament’s Transport, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee ;
and then from—
Terry A'Hearn, Chief Executive, Scottish Environment Protection Agency;
Iain Gulland, Chief Executive, Zero Waste Scotland;
Nick Halfhide, Director of Nature and Climate Change, NatureScot.
5 Determination of Committee priorities (In Private):
The Committee considered the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 4.
6 Environment Bill (UK Parliament legislation) (In Private):
The Committee considered and agreed a draft report on the Legislative Consent Memorandum lodged by George Adam (LCM(S6)01002).