Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee
25th Meeting, 2025
The Committee agreed to take items 3 and 4 in private.
The Committee took evidence on the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 (Scottish Carbon Budgets) Amendment Regulations 2025 from—
Dr James Richardson, Chief Analyst and Dr Eoin Devane, Head of Carbon Budgets, Climate Change Committee.
Edward Mountain declared he is a partner in Delfur Farms Farming Partnership, of Moray, a farming business with ancillary residential lettings.
The Committee considered the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.
The Committee considered its work programme. The Committee agreed to take evidence on the legislative consent memorandum (LCM) to the UK Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill, to consider a list of proposed witnesses by correspondence, and to delegate to the Convener final authority for approving the witnesses. The Committee agreed to not take evidence on the supplementary LCM on the UK Planning and Infrastructure Bill and to consider a draft report on the supplementary LCM at a future meeting. In relation to a prospective LCM on the UK Bus Services (No. 2) Bill, the Committee agreed to make a request to the Parliamentary Bureau for a suspension of Rule 9B.3.5 of Standing Orders on the ground that, if appointed lead Committee on the LCM, it appeared that the Committee would in practice have no time to make a substantive report to the Parliament on the LCM. The Committee agreed to invite the Cabinet Secretary for Transport to give evidence on matters of public interest relating to her remit on 7 October. The Committee agreed a draft letter to the Auditor General for Scotland and the Chair of the Accounts Commission responding to a request for views on a future public audit model and Code of Audit Practice for Scotland.