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Economy, Tourism and Energy Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 23 June 2026
Duncan Massey
Are there any more comments?
Members: No.
Economy, Tourism and Energy Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 23 June 2026
Duncan Massey
Thank you.
Economy, Tourism and Energy Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 23 June 2026
Duncan Massey
Agenda item 4 is a decision on taking business in private. Do we agree to take item 6 in private?
Members indicated agreement.
Economy, Tourism and Energy Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 23 June 2026
Duncan Massey
Agenda item 5 is consideration of our work programme. I ask members for some initial reflections and, again, I will go round the table. Please give a little introduction to yourselves and some of the areas that interest you. As we have said, we will have a more detailed chat afterwards.
I will give a quick introduction to myself and some of my interests. My background is in oil and gas. I started life as an engineer before moving into finance, becoming a chartered accountant and, latterly, working as an economist and analysing projects. That gives me a lot of interest in energy and the wider economy.
On the scope that I would like to see in our work programme, I think we have a great opportunity initially to review the current state of the economy, the tourism industry and the energy industry. I would like to see a lot of evidence from our colleagues in the Scottish Parliament information centre, but also from external experts, where we can, so that we can get a clear understanding of where we are right now. I think that we have opportunities to do deep dives into all the various industries that are prominent in Scotland, and also opportunities to look at some of the regional economies.
In the report by the session 6 committee, two areas really caught my attention and interest me: the future of Grangemouth and how we consider artificial intelligence in terms of growth. There are also areas such as skills development and lots of other areas where policies may have a strategic impact on the economy. Areas such as tax, planning and transport may or may not be covered by other committees, but they obviously have an impact on the economy.
That is my broad thinking at the moment. I am happy to go round the table and hear from everyone else, starting with Daniel Johnson.
11:15
Economy, Tourism and Energy Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 23 June 2026
Duncan Massey
Yes.
Economy, Tourism and Energy Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 23 June 2026
Duncan Massey
How do we deal with Kristopher Leask’s declaration of interests?
Economy, Tourism and Energy Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 23 June 2026
Duncan Massey
Does anyone have a comment on whether we are able to identify United Kingdom legislation that comes through Westminster?
Economy, Tourism and Energy Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 23 June 2026
Duncan Massey
Thank you all for your comments. Before we move on, I advise members that we received a letter from the Scottish Government last night to advise us of its approach to the bill. It is now recommending consent to the bill, and, as we know, that will be dealt with in the chamber this afternoon.
Economy, Tourism and Energy Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 23 June 2026
Duncan Massey
Thank you, members. That was an excellent range of opinions and backgrounds, which will help the committee as we grapple with the issues in our remit.
As previously agreed, we will now move into private session to discuss matters in more detail. That was an excellent opening discussion.
11:32
Meeting continued in private until 12:06.
Economy, Tourism and Energy Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 23 June 2026
Duncan Massey
I am happy with that. We will have the debate this afternoon. I think that it is highly unlikely that we would get a response to any correspondence before then, but Rachael Hamilton make some excellent points about how the position has changed but we as parliamentarians have not had enough time to scrutinise that.