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Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee


Agenda: 30 September 2025

Tuesday, 30 September 2025

29th Meeting, 2025

Start time: 09:15am
Location: T4.40-CR2 The Fairfax Somerville Room
Agenda items:

  1. Decision on taking business in private
  2. Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
  3. Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
  4. Appointment to the Board of Environmental Standards Scotland
  5. Subordinate legislation
  6. Ecocide (Scotland) Bill

Agenda published: Monday, 29 September 2025 01:41pm

Full agenda and available meeting papers


1. Decision on taking business in private

The Committee will decide whether to take items 3, 4, 5 and 6 in private.


2. Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill (UK Parliament legislation)

The Committee will take evidence on legislative consent memorandum LCM-S6-61 and wider issues around the production and use of SAF in Scotland from—

  • Dr Sebastian Eastham
    Associate Professor in Sustainable Aviation
    Imperial College London
  • Celeste Hicks
    Policy Manager
    Aviation Environment Federation (AEF)
  • Professor Graham Hutchings
    Regius Professor of Chemistry
    Cardiff University
  • Professor Mercedes Maroto-Valer
    Director UK Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre (IDRIC) and Deputy Principal (Global Sustainability)
    Heriot-Watt University
  • Mark Morrison
    Senior Consultant
    Optimat

Papers for this item:

1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item


3. Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill (UK Parliament legislation)

The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.


4. Appointment to the Board of Environmental Standards Scotland

The Committee will consider correspondence from the Scottish Government.

Papers for this item:

1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item


5. Subordinate legislation

The Committee will consider a draft report on the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 (Scottish Carbon Budgets) Amendment Regulations 2025.


6. Ecocide (Scotland) Bill

The Committee will consider an analysis of responses to its Call for Views on the Bill and its approach to remaining scrutiny of the Bill at Stage 1.

Papers for this item:

2 private papers will be discussed during this agenda item


Official Report

The Official Report of this meeting has not been published yet.

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