Committee
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee 01 February 2022
01 Feb 2022 · S6 · Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee
Item of business
Subordinate Legislation
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2022 [Draft]
Item 2 is consideration of the draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2022. I welcome the Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport, Michael Matheson MSP. He is joined by Matthew Costello, head of carbon markets and emissions trading scheme, Scottish Government; and Mariana Cover, policy officer, domestic climate change division, energy and climate change directorate, Scottish Government, who is online. Good morning to all of you, and thank you for joining the meeting. The draft order is a joint instrument between the four United Kingdom Administrations. It has been laid under the affirmative procedure, which means that the Parliament must approve it before it comes into force. Later in the meeting, we will consider a negative instrument that is linked to the affirmative instrument in policy terms. Following the evidence session, the committee will be invited to consider a motion to approve the instrument under the next item. I invite the cabinet secretary to make a brief opening statement.
In the same item of business
The Convener
Con
Item 2 is consideration of the draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2022. I welcome the Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and...
The Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport (Michael Matheson)
SNP
Good morning. I am pleased to give evidence to support the draft affirmative instrument to amend the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Order 2020. The...
The Convener
Con
Thank you very much for that statement, cabinet secretary. We will move on to questions from members.
Mark Ruskell (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Green)
Green
I have a couple of questions. First, is the UK ETS performing as we had hoped that it would? Secondly, there was some discussion a year or two ago about the ...
Michael Matheson
SNP
The UK ETS is performing as it was intended to. There have been discussions between the four nations in recent months to consider whether there ought to be s...
The Convener
Con
There are no further questions from members. We move to item 3, which is formal consideration of motion S6M-02605, calling for the Net Zero, Energy and Trans...
The Convener
Con
The committee will report on the outcome of the instrument in due course. I invite the committee to delegate authority to me, as convener, to approve a draft...