1st Meeting, 2021

Date: Tuesday, June 22, 2021
Session: 6
Location: www.scottishparliament.tv
Meeting opened at: 09:30am
Meeting closed at: 11:02am

Committee Members Attendees

Dean Lockhart (Convener)
Fiona Hyslop (Deputy Convener)
Natalie Don
Jackie Dunbar
Monica Lennon
Mark Ruskell
Liam Kerr

1 Declaration of interests: 

Members of the Committee were invited to declare any relevant interests. The following interests were declared—

Natalie Don is a Councillor for Renfrewshire Council

Jackie Dunbar is a Councillor for Aberdeen City Council

Liam Kerr has a small share holding in a community hydro project based in Aberdeen

Dean Lockhart has shares in Font Energy, an energy metering company based in England.

2 Choice of Convener:

The Committee chose Dean Lockhart as its Convener. 

3 Choice of Deputy Convener:

The Committee chose Fiona Hyslop as its Deputy Convener.

4 Decision on taking business in private:

The Committee agreed to take item 6 in private.

5 Legacy Paper:

The Committee considered relevant parts of the legacy reports of three session 5 committees.

6 Work programme (in private):

The Committee considered its approach to developing its work programme. The Committee agreed to invite the Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport to give evidence about Scottish Government priorities on matters within his remit at a future meeting. The Committee also agreed to invite the UK Government to give evidence on its Presidency of the forthcoming 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference. The Committee also agreed to hold a business planning day to further discuss the development of its work programme.