Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 6, 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 2026 from— Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Transport and Ninian Christie, Lawyer, Scottish Government. Lee Sheddon, Head of Rail Sponsorship & Regulation, Transport Scotland. 3. Subordinate legislation: Fiona Hyslop (Cabinet Secretary for Transport) to move—S6M-20027—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 2026 [draft] be approved. 4. Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill (UK Parliament legislation): The Committee will take evidence on legislative consent memorandum LCM-S6-64 from— Gillian Martin, Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy, Eilidh MacDonald, Head of Marine Climate & Biodiversity, and Dr Joanna Dingwall, Branch Head Lawyer, Scottish Government. 5. Ecocide (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from— Monica Lennon, Member in Charge of the Bill, Roz Thomson, Principal Clerk, Non-Government Bills Unit, and Ailidh Callander, Senior Solicitor, Legal Services Office, Scottish Parliament. 6. Ecocide (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting. 7. Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill (UK Parliament legislation): The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting. 8. Work programme: The Committee will consider its work programme. 9. Adviser on climate change and net zero targets: The Committee will consider the adviser contract.