Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 7, 8 and 9 in private. 2. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on the Companies Act 2006 (Scottish public sector companies to be audited by the Auditor General for Scotland) Order 2022 [draft] from— Jenny Gilruth, Minister for Transport, and Kevin Gibson, Solicitor, Scottish Government; Bill Reeve, Rail Director, Transport Scotland. 3. Subordinate legislation: Jenny Gilruth (Minister for Transport) to move—S6M-04466—That the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee recommends that the Companies Act 2006 (Scottish public sector companies to be audited by the Auditor General for Scotland) Order 2022 [draft] be approved. 4. High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill (UK Parliament legislation): The Committee will take evidence on Legislative Consent Memorandum LCM(S6) 15 from— Jenny Gilruth, Minister for Transport, and Kevin Gibson, Solicitor, Scottish Government; Bill Reeve, Rail Director, Transport Scotland. 5. The role of local government and its cross-sectoral partners in financing and delivering a net-zero Scotland: The Committee will take evidence from— Stephanie Anderson, Head of Regulation, ScottishPower Energy Networks; Randolph Brazier, Director of Innovation and Electricity Systems, Energy Networks Association (ENA); David Hammond, Head of Sustainability, Corporate Property & Transport, North Ayrshire Council; David Rodger, Chief Executive Officer, Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG); Morag Watson, Director of Policy, Scottish Renewables. 6. The United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020: Under the Statutory Instruments Protocol, the Committee will consider a proposal by the Scottish Government to consent to the UK Government legislating using the powers under the Act in relation to the following UK statutory instrument proposals— The United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 (Exclusions from Market Access Principles) Regulations 2022 7. High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill (UK Parliament legislation): The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 4. 8. The role of local government and its cross-sectoral partners in financing and delivering a net-zero Scotland: The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 5 and at its 17th meeting on 17 May 2022 under agenda item 2. 9. Energy price rises: The Committee will consider the evidence it heard at previous meetings.