Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

1. Declaration of interests: Bob Doris will be invited to declare any relevant interests. 2. Decisions on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 6 and 7 in private. The Committee will decide whether to consider its work programme in private at its next meeting. The Committee will decide whether its consideration of a draft report on 'Scotland's electricity infrastructure: inhibitor or enabler of our energy ambitions?' should be taken in private at future meetings. 3. Scotland's Deposit Return Scheme: The Committee will take evidence on Scotland's Deposit Return Scheme and the Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland Amendment Regulations 2023 [draft] from— Lorna Slater, Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity, Ailsa Heine, Solicitor, David McPhee, Deputy Director, Deposit Return Scheme, Euan Page, Head of UK Frameworks, Constitution and UK Relations Division, and Haydn Thomas, Head of Deposit Return Scheme Policy Unit, Scottish Government. 4. Subordinate legislation: Lorna Slater (Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity) to move—S6M-09033—That the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee recommends that the Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland Amendment Regulations 2023 [draft] be approved. 5. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instrument— Packaging Waste (Data Reporting) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2023 (SSI 2023/160) 6. Scotland's Deposit Return Scheme: The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 3. 7. Appointments to the Board of the Scottish Land Commission: The Committee will consider its approach to consideration of future appointments to the Board of the Scottish Land Commission.