Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee
Meeting Minutes
34th Meeting, 2023
- Date: Tuesday, November 28, 2023
- Session: 6
- Location: T4.40-CR2 The Fairfax Somerville Room
- Meeting opened at: 09:15
- Meeting closed at: 12:57
- Published: Wednesday, November 29, 2023 11:51am
Committee Members Attendees
- Ben Macpherson (Deputy Convener)
- Bob Doris (Member)
- Jackie Dunbar (Member)
- Monica Lennon (Member)
- Douglas Lumsden (Member)
- Mark Ruskell (Member)
Apologies received from
Substitute Members Attendees
1 Decision on taking business in private:
The Committee agreed to take item 3 in private.
2 Circular Economy (Scotland) Bill:
The Committee took evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—
Jocelyn Blériot, Executive Lead, International Institutions and Policy, Ellen MacArthur Foundation;
Line Kikkenborg Christensen, Partner Advocacy Officer, Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund (SCIAF);
Anna Larsson, Director of Circular Economy Development, Reloop Platform;
Charis Scott, Campaigns and Communications Lead, Wellbeing Economy Alliance Scotland (WEAll Scotland);
Emma Hallett, Programme Lead, Resource Management Policy, WRAP Cymru;
and then from—
Toni Freitas, Lecturer in Circular Economy and Programme Director, MSc Circular Economy, University of Edinburgh;
Dr Henry Irving, Senior Lecturer in Public History, Leeds Beckett University;
Dr Feja Lesniewska, Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Transitions and Environmental Law, School of Law, University of Surrey and Honorary Associate Professor, Department for Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, University College London;
Dr Melissa Marques-McEwan, Assistant Professor of Sustainable and Circular Businesses, Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University; and
Professor Aileen McHarg, Professor of Public Law and Human Rights, Durham University.
Monica Lennon indicated that she is Convener of the Cross-Party Group on Construction.
3 Circular Economy (Scotland) Bill (in private):
The Committee considered the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 2.