Minutes: 05 November 2026

Thursday, 05 November 2026

9th Meeting, 2026

Start time:09:30am

End time: 11:38am

Location: Committee Room 6

Published: Thursday, 05 November 2026

Committee Members Attendees:

Minutes

1. Decisions on taking business in private:

The Committee decided to take items 3 and 4 in private.

2. Management of the ScotWind leasing round

The Committee took evidence on the Auditor General for Scotland's report from—

Andy Kerr, Director General Net Zero, Jackie McAllister, Chief Financial Officer and Iain Wallace, Director of Marine, Scottish Government;

Ronan O'Hara, Chief Executive, Alistair Milloy, Director of Finance and Business Services and Gillian Morrison, Head of Offshore Wind Development Energy & Infrastructure, Crown Estate Scotland .

3. Management of the ScotWind leasing round (in Private)

The Committee took further evidence on the Auditor General for Scotland's report from—

Stephen Boyle, Auditor General for Scotland and Martin McLauchlan, Senior Manager, Audit Scotland.

4. Management of the ScotWind leasing round (in Private)

The Committee considered the evidence heard at agenda items 2 and 3 and agreed to defer consideration of any further actions it wishes to take to a future meeting.