What's On

The committee will meet at 9:00am at T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room and will be broadcast on www.scottishparliament.tv.

1. Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the Bill at Stage 2 (Day 1).

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Alex Bruce on 85229 or at [email protected]

The committee will meet at 9:00am at T4.40-CR2 The Fairfax Somerville Room and will be broadcast on www.scottishparliament.tv.

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 3, 5 and 6 in private.

2. Ecocide (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—

• Ross Haggart, Chief Operating Officer: Regulation, Business and Environment, Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA).

• Professor Sarah Hendry, Chair of Law, Dundee Law School.

• Professor Campbell Gemmell, Environmental Consultant, and former CEO of the South Australian Environment Protection Authority and SEPA.

• Dr Clive Mitchell, Head of Terrestrial Science, NatureScot.

• Mark Roberts, Chief Executive, Environmental Standards Scotland.

3. Ecocide (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.

4. Sustainable Aviation Bill (UK Parliament legislation): The Committee will take evidence on legislative consent memorandum LCM-S6-61, supplementary legislative consent memorandum LCM-S6-61a and wider issues around the production and use of SAF in Scotland from—

• Jim Fairlie, Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity, Chris Bryceland, Team Leader - Critical Energy Infrastructure, and Kirsty Ryan, Solicitor, Scottish Government.

• Terry Shevlin, Aviation Statement and Sustainable Aviation, Transport Scotland.

5. Sustainable Aviation Bill (UK Parliament legislation): The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.

6. Work programme: The Committee will consider its work programme.

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Peter McGrath on 85232 or at [email protected]

The committee will meet at 9:30am at T1.40-CR5 The Smith Room and will be broadcast on www.scottishparliament.tv.

1. Instruments subject to affirmative procedure:

The Committee will consider the following—

Public Procurement (Iraq Free Trade Agreement) (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 (SSI 2025/Draft)
Energy Performance of Buildings (Scotland) Regulations 2025 (SSI 2025/Draft)
Cross-Border Public Procurement (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 (SSI 2025/Draft)

2. Instruments subject to negative procedure:

The Committee will consider the following—

Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2025 (SI 2025/1101)

3. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure:

The Committee will consider the following—

Scottish Parliament Elections (Regional Returning Officers and Constituency Returning Officers) Order 2025 (SSI 2025/287)
Scottish Elections (Representation and Reform) Act 2025 (Statutory Guidance on Imprints on Electronic Materials) (Appointed Date) Regulations 2025 (SSI 2025/289)

4. Document subject to parliamentary control:

The Committee will consider the following—

Environmental Standards Scotland - Strategy 2026-2031 (ESS/2025/01)

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Greg Black on 86266 or at [email protected]

The committee will meet at 11:15am at T1.60-CR4 The Clerk Maxwell Room and will be broadcast on www.scottishparliament.tv.

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 4 in private.

2. Subordinate legislation:

The Committee will take evidence on— 

The Regulation of Care (Child Contact Services) (Scotland) Order 2025 [draft]; and

The Regulation of Care (Child Contact Services) (Equality) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 [draft]

from—

• Siobhian Brown, Minister for Victims and Community Safety, Wendy Georgeson, Family Law Team Leader, and Scott Matheson, Senior Principal Legal Officer, Legal Directorate, Scottish Government.

3. Subordinate legislation:

Siobhian Brown (Minister for Victims and Community Safety) to move—

S6M-19400—That the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee recommends that the Regulation of Care (Child Contact Services) (Scotland) Order 2025 [draft] be approved; and

S6M-19401—That the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee recommends that the Regulation of Care (Child Contact Services) (Equality) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 [draft] be approved.

4. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the evidence it heard under agenda item 2.

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Euan Donald on 85204 or at [email protected]

The committee will meet at 11:30am at TG.40-CR1 The Burns Room and will be broadcast on www.scottishparliament.tv.

1. Work programme: (In Private) The Committee will consider its work programme.

2. Proposed Contingent Liabilities: (In Private) The Committee will take evidence from—

• Kate Forbes, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Gaelic and Rachael McKechnie, Deputy Director, Major Events, Scottish Government.

3. Proposed Contingent Liabilities: (In Private) The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Joanne McNaughton, at [email protected]