Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee
27th Meeting, 2025
The Committee agreed to take items 4 and 5 in private.
The Committee considered the following negative instrument— Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes (Amendment) Order 2025.
The Committee agreed to make no recommendations in relation to this instrument.
The Committee considered the following continued petition— Update air quality standards in Scotland to align with 2021 World Health Organisation guidelines.
The Committee agreed to close the petition under rule 15.7 of standing orders. In closing the petition, the Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government drawing attention to the issues raised in written evidence it had received (in particular views that the Scottish Government should align Scottish air quality standards with the World Health Organisation’s 2021 guidelines), and asking it to consider strengthening legal requirements as part of its upcoming review of its clean air strategy.
The Committee considered a draft report on the supplementary legislative consent memorandum LCM-S6-56a. Various changes were agreed to. The Committee delegated to the Convener responsibility for finalising the draft report for publication.
The Committee considered the evidence it heard on the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 (Scottish Carbon Budgets) Amendment Regulations 2025.
In relation to a discussion on reducing carbon emissions from agriculture, Edward Mountain declared he is a partner in Delfur Farms Farming Partnership, of Moray, a farming business with livestock.