Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Meeting date: Tuesday, October 24, 2023

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Documents Subject to Parliamentary Control

Our next item of business is to consider a document subject to parliamentary control, “Scotland’s Guiding Principles on the Environment: Statutory Guidance”. I thank all those people who submitted evidence during the past few weeks to help us. The statutory guidance is prepared under section 17 of the UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Act 2021. The guidance can be published only after it has been laid before the Parliament for 40 days. During that period, the Parliament may agree a motion resolving that the guidance should not be published. If such a motion were agreed, the guidance would not be published, but no such motion has been lodged. Do members have any comments on the guidance? As I am not seeing anyone wanting to comment, does the committee agree that it does not wish to make any recommendations in relation to the document?

Members indicated agreement.

We are agreed. That concludes our public meeting and we will now go into private session.