(As agreed by Parliament on 13 March 2024, motion S6M-12477)
Convener: Edward Mountain (Con)
Deputy Convener:
Ben Macpherson (SNP) (until 11 September 2024)
Michael Matheson (SNP) (from 17 September 2024)
Membership: The committee has 7 members
Committee meetingsThere were 38 meetings in the parliamentary year.NumberTotal meetings of the Committee38Meetings held wholly in private4Meetings held partly in private31Joint meetings with other Committees0Meetings held outside the Parliament0Meetings held remotely by video conference0Hybrid meetings13Committee membersMembersPartyNumber of meetings attended (possible total)Bob DorisSNP36 (38)Jackie Dunbar (until 6 November 2024)SNP16 (16)Monica LennonLab33 (38)Douglas LumsdenCon37 (38)Michael Matheson (from 11 September 2024)SNP28 (28)Ben MacPherson (until 11 September 2024)SNP8 (8)Edward MountainCon37 (38)Mark RuskellGreen37 (38)Kevin Stewart (from 6 November 2024)SNP22 (22)Substitute membersSubstitute membersPartyNumber of meetings attendedSarah BoyackLab8Maggie Chapman (until 26 June 2024)Green0Patrick Harvie (from 26 June 2024)Green0Ben MacPherson (from 11 September 2024)SNP1Graham Simpson (until 6 November 2024)Con0Collette Stevenson (until 11 September 2024)SNP0Sue Webber (from 6 November 2024)Con0Reporters: None
Committee Clerk: Peter McGrath
Advisers:
Professor Colin Reid, Emeritus Professor of Environmental Law, University of Dundee: adviser on environmental standards and regulation in a post-Brexit context
Dr Kirsten E H Jenkins, Senior Lecturer in Energy, Environment and Society, the University of Edinburgh: adviser on climate change and net zero targets
Visits
As part of its scrutiny of the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill, the Committee visited Perthshire on 23 September 2024 to meet with Atholl Estates, Oxygen Conservation and a group of local people identified through working with Aberfeldy Development...