Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Meeting date: Tuesday, September 6, 2022

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Decision on Taking Business in Private

Good morning, everyone. I will chair today’s meeting following the resignation of Dean Lockhart yesterday. We are sorry to see Dean go, but we wish him well in his new role, and we thank him for his service to the committee and for being a courteous and consensus-seeking convener of it. With the committee’s agreement, I would like to write on its behalf to express our thanks to Dean for his work, particularly in seeing us through the energy price inquiry and in our long and continuing investigation into local government and its partners delivering on net zero. Once a motion on the new Conservative member of the committee has been agreed to, the committee will agree to appoint a new convener at the first opportunity.

This is the 23rd meeting of the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee in 2022 and our first meeting following the summer recess. It is lovely to see everybody.

Agenda item 1 is to consider whether to take items 3, 4 and 5 in private. Item 3 is consideration of the evidence that we will hear today, and item 4 is consideration of the committee’s work programme. Under item 5, we will consider a list of candidates for two adviser posts to support our work. Do members agree to take those items in private?

Members indicated agreement.