Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee
Meeting Minutes
5th Meeting, 2022
- Date: Tuesday, February 8, 2022
- Session: 6
- Location: T4.40-CR2 The Fairfax Somerville Room
- Meeting opened at: 09:30
- Meeting closed at: 12:54
- Published: Wednesday, February 9, 2022 09:51am
Also Present
Graham Simpson
1 Decision on taking business in private:
The Committee agreed to take item 4 in private.
2 National Planning Framework (NPF4)
The Committee took evidence from—
Dr Caroline Brown, Policy Adviser, Transform Scotland;
Chiquita Elvin, Head of Infrastructure and Delivery, Sustrans Scotland;
David Hunter, Member, Mobility and Access Committee for Scotland;
Paul White, Director, Confederation of Passenger Transport;
and then from—
Anna Beswick, Programme Manager, Adaptation Scotland;
Iain Gulland, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, Zero Waste Scotland;
Rosie Simpson, Senior Policy Officer, John Muir Trust;
Bruce Wilson, Public Affairs Manager, Scottish Wildlife Trust, and Representative, Scottish Environment LINK.
3 Subordinate legislation:
The Committee took evidence on the Workplace Parking Licensing (Scotland) Regulations 2022 (SSI 2022/4) from—
Jenny Gilruth MSP, Minister for Transport, Scottish Government;
Heather Cowan, Head of Climate Change and Just Transition for Transport and Elizabeth Hawley, Transport Regulation Policy Officer, Transport Scotland.
4 Evidence Session (in private):
The Committee considered the evidence it heard earlier under agenda items 2 and 3.