TIC/S3/07/09/M

9th Meeting, 2007 (Session 3)

Tuesday 6 November 2007

Present:

The meeting opened at 2.01 pm.

1. Subordinate Legislation: The Committee considered the following negative instrument-

The Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (City of Edinburgh) Designation Amendment Order 2007 (SSI 2007/446).

The Committee agreed to make no recommendation in relation to this instrument.

2. Petition: The Committee considered Petition PE894 on the provision of rail services between Inverness, Thurso and Wick. The Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government on rail services in the North of Scotland and agreed to consider a further paper at a future meeting.

3. Ferry Links to the Scottish Islands: The Committee considered its approach to its inquiry into ferry links to the Scottish Islands. The Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government requesting information on a) whether the new administration intends to proceed with the review of lifeline ferry services as set out in the National Transport Strategy and b) details of the nature and extent of any such review. The Committee further agreed to consider the development of the inquiry remit following receipt of the response.

4. Climate Change: The Committee considered its approach to gathering information on climate change issues in advance of forthcoming legislation. The Committee agreed its approach to the information gathering exercise and further agreed to seek Conveners Group approval to undertake fact finding visits to Westminster and Brussels.

The meeting closed at 2.31 pm.

Steve Farrell
Clerk to the Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change Committee
Tel: 0131 348 5211
email: steve.farrell@scottish.parliament.uk