Chamber and committees

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

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Meeting Agenda

6th Meeting, 2025

• Date: Tuesday, February 18, 2025
• Session: 6
• Location: T4.40-CR2 The Fairfax Somerville Room
• Start time: 09:00am
• Published: Thursday, February 13, 2025 05:50pm

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1 Decision on taking business in private

The Committee will decide whether to take items 5 and 6 in private and whether consideration of the Stage 1 Land Reform (Scotland) Bill report should be taken in private at future meetings.

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2 Land Reform (Scotland) Bill

The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—

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Witnesses

Mairi Gougeon, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands, Scottish Government

Andrew Proudfoot, Land Reform Bill Team Leader, Scottish Government

Keith White, Lawyer, Scottish Government

Fiona Leslie, Agricultural Holdings and Women in Agriculture Team Leader, Scottish Government

Andrew Crawley, Lawyer, Scottish Government

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Clerk_Paper_1 posted 13/02/2025 (Ref: NZET/S6/25/6/1, 104KB, pdf)

NZET/S6/25/6/2(P) (Private Paper)

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3 Appointment of the Chair of Environmental Standards Scotland

The Committee will take evidence from—

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Witnesses

Dr Richard Dixon, Chair nominee

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Clerk_Paper_3 posted 13/02/2025 (Ref: NZET/S6/25/6/3, 285KB, pdf)

NZET/S6/25/6/4(P) (Private Paper)

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4 UK subordinate legislation

The Committee will consider a proposal by the Scottish Government to consent to the UK Government legislating in a devolved area as set out in the following UK statutory instrument proposal—

The Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025

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Clerk_Paper_5 posted 13/02/2025 (Ref: NZET/S6/25/6/5, 173KB, pdf)

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5 Land Reform (Scotland) Bill

The Committee will consider the evidence heard under agenda item 2.

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6 Appointment of the Chair of Environmental Standards Scotland

The Committee will consider the evidence heard under agenda item 3.

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