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Item 2 is consideration of whether members want to take any collective action as a committee at stage 2 of the Climate Change (Scotland) Bill. The original intention was to discuss the Government's amendments to part 5—the part that contains the sections on which we deliberated, which deal with forestry, muirburn and waste reduction and recycling. However, it turns out that the Government's amendments to part 5 will not be lodged until next Tuesday and that the Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change Committee will not consider those amendments until Tuesday 2 June. If members are so minded, we can defer consideration of the item until next Wednesday's meeting, when members will have had a chance to refer to the Government's amendments. Alternatively, members may decide that there is no need for us to take collective action, such as the lodging of committee amendments. The committee could make that decision today.
The committee might want to consider the amendment that has been proposed by RSPB Scotland on a land use strategy. I have not had a lot of time to think about the proposed amendment, as it was received only yesterday. However, given the concerns over land use that have been raised in committee, we might want to take a look at it.
I concur with that. I had a quick look at the amendment that RSPB Scotland proposes, and it fits largely with comments that were made to the committee. I accept the suggestion that it would be wise not to finalise our position until next week, given that we have not seen the Government's amendments. It may, therefore, be better to return to the item next week. Meanwhile, we can ensure that the clerks have a copy of RSPB Scotland's proposed amendment and we can consider it openly at a future stage.
Okay. We will defer the item until our next meeting, which will be on 27 May in committee room 1.
Meeting closed at 11:36.
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