Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee
Meeting Agenda
18th Meeting, 2022
- Date: Tuesday, May 24, 2022
- Session: 6
- Location: T4.40-CR2 The Fairfax Somerville Room
- Start time: 09:30am
- Published: Monday, May 23, 2022 02:52pm
1 Decision on taking business in private
The Committee will decide whether to take items 7, 8 and 9 in private.
2 Subordinate legislation
The Committee will take evidence on the Companies Act 2006 (Scottish public sector companies to be audited by the Auditor General for Scotland) Order 2022 [draft] from—
Witnesses
Jenny Gilruth, Minister for Transport, Scottish Government
Kevin Gibson, Solicitor, Scottish Government
Bill Reeve, Rail Director, Transport Scotland
Clerk_Paper_1 157KB pdf posted 19/05/2022 (Ref: NZET/S6/22/18/1)
3 Subordinate legislation
Jenny Gilruth (Minister for Transport) to move—S6M-04466—That the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee recommends that the Companies Act 2006 (Scottish public sector companies to be audited by the Auditor General for Scotland) Order 2022 [draft] be approved.
4 High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
The Committee will take evidence on Legislative Consent Memorandum LCM(S6) 15 from—
Witnesses
Jenny Gilruth, Minister for Transport, Scottish Government
Kevin Gibson, Solicitor, Scottish Government
Bill Reeve, Rail Director, Transport Scotland
Clerk_Paper_2 144KB pdf posted 19/05/2022 (Ref: NZET/S6/22/18/2)
NZET/S6/22/18/3(P) (Private Paper)
5 The role of local government and its cross-sectoral partners in financing and delivering a net-zero Scotland
The Committee will take evidence from—
Witnesses
Stephanie Anderson, Head of Regulation, ScottishPower Energy Networks
Randolph Brazier, Director of Innovation and Electricity Systems, Energy Networks Association (ENA)
David Hammond, Head of Sustainability, Corporate Property & Transport, North Ayrshire Council
David Rodger, Chief Executive Officer, Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG)
Morag Watson, Director of Policy, Scottish Renewables
Clerk_Paper_4 117KB pdf posted 19/05/2022 (Ref: NZET/S6/22/18/4)
NZET/S6/22/18/5(P) (Private Paper)
6 The United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020
Under the Statutory Instruments Protocol, the Committee will consider a proposal by the Scottish Government to consent to the UK Government legislating using the powers under the Act in relation to the following UK statutory instrument proposals—
The United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 (Exclusions from Market Access Principles) Regulations 2022
Clerk_Paper_6 127KB pdf posted 19/05/2022 (Ref: NZET/S6/22/18/6)
NZET/S6/22/18/7(P) (Private Paper)
7 High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 4.
8 The role of local government and its cross-sectoral partners in financing and delivering a net-zero Scotland
The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 5 and at its 17th meeting on 17 May 2022 under agenda item 2.
9 Energy price rises
The Committee will consider the evidence it heard at previous meetings.