Minutes: 08 February 2022

Tuesday, 08 February 2022

5th Meeting, 2022

Start time: 09:30am

End time: 12:54pm

Location: T4.40-CR2 The Fairfax Somerville Room

Published: Wednesday, 09 February 2022

Committee Member attendees:

Also present:

Graham Simpson

Minutes

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.