Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

1. Declaration of interests: Sarah Boyack will be invited to declare any relevant interests. 2. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 7 in private. 3. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on the Bus Services Improvement Partnerships (Objections) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 [draft] from— Fiona Hyslop, Minister for Transport, and Liana Waclawski, Lawyer, Scottish Government; Orsolya Keri, Bus Regulatory Policy Manager, and Bettina Sizeland, Director of Bus, Accessibility and Active Travel, Transport Scotland. 4. Subordinate legislation: Fiona Hyslop (Minister for Transport) to move—S6M-11609—That the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee recommends that the Bus Services Improvement Partnerships (Objections) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 [draft] be approved. 5. Environmental governance in Scotland: The Committee will take evidence from— Lloyd Austin, Convener, Governance Group, Scottish Environment LINK; Dr Shivali Fifield, Chief Officer, Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland; Professor Sarah Hendry, Dundee Law School, University of Dundee; Bridget Marshall, Chief Officer, Scottish Environment Protection Agency; Professor Simon Parsons, Director of Environment, Planning and Assurance, Scottish Water; Jamie Whittle, Convener, Environmental Law Sub-committee, Law Society of Scotland. 6. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instrument— Bus Services Improvement Partnerships and Local Services Franchises (Provision of Information) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (2023/368) 7. Environmental governance in Scotland: The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 5.