The committee will meet at 8:30am 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 2 and 4 in private.
The Committee will also decide whether consideration of the draft report on the legislative consent memorandum (LCM-S6-61), supplementary legislative consent memorandum (LCM-S6-61a), and second supplementary legislative consent memorandum (LCM-S6-61b) on the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill should be taken in private at future meetings.
The Committee will decide whether consideration of the draft report on stage 1 of the Ecocide (Scotland) Bill should be taken in private at future meetings.
2. Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill (UK Parliament legislation): The Committee will consider a draft report on the legislative consent memorandum LCM-S6-64 and supplementary legislative consent memorandum LCM-S6-64a.
3. Draft Climate Change Plan: (At approximately 9.00am) The Committee will take evidence from—
- Professor Adrian Davis, Professor of Transport and Health, Transport Research Institute, Edinburgh Napier University;
- Professor Rachel Aldred, Professor of Transport, Westminster University;
- Lamech Solomon, Head of Decarbonisation policy, Logistics UK;
- Sara Collier, Senior Public Affairs Manager, Confederation of Passenger Transport;
and then from—
- Gary Walker, Head of Specialist Regulations, Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA).
- Duncan Simpson, Member of the RMAS Management Committee, Resources Management Association Scotland.
- Kim Pratt, Senior Circular Economy Campaigner, Friends of the Earth Scotland.
- Dr Lucy Wishart, Lecturer in Circular Economy and Sustainable Transformations, University of Edinburgh.
- Iain Gulland, Former Chief Executive (2014-2025), Zero Waste Scotland.
4. Draft Climate Change Plan: The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting. The Committee will also consider the evidence heard at its meeting on 16 December.
For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Peter McGrath on 85232 or at [email protected]
