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Good morning and welcome to the 32nd meeting in 2025 of the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee.
Sarah Boyack will be joining the committee—shortly, hopefully—for items 2 and 3 on the Ecocide (Scotland) Bill, as a substitute for Monica Lennon. Under rule 9.13A of standing orders, Monica Lennon is not entitled to exercise the rights of a committee member in relation to those items because she is the member in charge of the bill. However, Monica will be present for the evidence session on the bill because, like all other members of the Scottish Parliament, she is entitled to attend our public evidence sessions and, importantly, to have the chance to ask questions. When we get to the later agenda items that do not concern the bill, Monica is entitled to rejoin and take part in those items in her capacity as a committee member. At that stage, Sarah Boyack will not take part in our business and will leave the meeting. I hope that that is all clear.
Our first item of business this morning is a decision on taking items 3, 5 and 6 in private. Item 3 is consideration of the evidence heard on the Ecocide (Scotland) Bill. Item 5 is consideration of the evidence heard on sustainable aviation fuel and item 6 is consideration of the committee’s work programme. To ensure that we carefully adhere to the standing orders, I will split this item into two questions.
First, I will ask whether we all agree to take item 3 in private. Note that Monica Lennon may not participate in the decision, because, as I said, she is the member in charge of the bill.
I will then ask whether we agree to take items 5 and 6 in private. Monica may take part in that decision. I realise that it is rather complicated, but I am afraid that that is the way it is.
Do we agree to take item 3 in private?
Members indicated agreement.
With Monica Lennon now taking part, do we agree to take items 5 and 6 in private?
Members indicated agreement.
Gosh, that was a complicated start and we have not even got into the evidence.
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