Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee
4th Meeting, 2022
The Committee agreed to take items 7 and 8 in private.
The Committee took evidence on the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2022 [draft] from—
Michael Matheson, Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport.
Michael Matheson (Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport) moved Motion—S6M-02605—That the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee recommends that the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2022 [draft] be approved.
The motion was agreed to without division. The Committee agreed to delegate authority to the Convener to approve a draft of the report for publication.
The Committee took evidence on the Scottish Government's Budget 2022-23 from—
Michael Matheson, Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport, and
Kerry Twyman, Director of Finance and Corporate Services, Transport Scotland.
The Committee took evidence from—
Dr Niall Kerr, Research Fellow, Energy Policy, University of Edinburgh;
Kirstanne Land, Senior External Relations Manager, SSEN Transmission;
Elizabeth Leighton, Secretariat, Climate Emergency Response Group;
Morag Watson, Director of Policy, Scottish Renewables.
The Committee considered the following negative instrument— Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2021 (S1 2021/1455).
The Committee agreed to make no recommendations in relation to the instrument.
The Committee considered the evidence it heard earlier under agenda items 4 and 5.
The Committee considered draft correspondence arising from its evidence-taking on carbon capture, utilisation and storage on 14 and 21 December 2021. The Committee agreed to request further written evidence on carbon capture, utilisation and storage, and to reconsider the draft correspondence, revised after receipt of that evidence, at a future committee meeting.