All events
Wednesday
4 June 2025
9:00am
Private
9:30am
Public
Problem drug use in Scotland follow-up: Glasgow’s Safer Drug Consumption Facility - Oral evidence
4 June 2025
9:30am
- Neil Gray MSP (Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care at Scottish Government)
10:30am
- Rt Hon Dame Diana Johnson DBE MP (Minister of State for Crime, Policing and Fire, at Home Office)
TBC
Wednesday
21 May 2025
9:00am
Private
9:30am
Public
Industrial transition in Scotland - Oral evidence
21 May 2025
9:30am
- Pauline Grandison (Head of Operations Scotland at Coalfields Regeneration Trust)
- Councillor Debbi McCall (Councillor at Provost of Midlothian)
- Councillor Altany Craik (Chair at The Industrial Communities Alliance (Scotland))
10:30am
- Councillor Norman Hampshire (Councillor at East Lothian Council)
- Councillor Stephen McCabe (Councillor at Inverclyde Council)
- Corey Beaton (Business Development and Membership Executive at Inverclyde Chamber of Commerce)
Room 5, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday
14 May 2025
9:00am
Private
9:30am
Public
GB Energy and the net zero transition - Oral evidence
14 May 2025
9:30am
- Kenneth MacInnes (Principal at Forth Valley College)
- Neil Cowie (Principal at North East Scotland College)
- Jim Brown (Director at Energy Skills Partnership)
10:30am
- Doug Duguid (Chief Executive at Aurora Energy Services)
- Gavin Templeton (Chief Executive at Veri Energy)
- Lynsey Benson (Head of Policy and External Affairs at Engineering Construction Industry Training Board)
Room 16, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday
7 May 2025
9:00am
Private
9:30am
Public
Problem drug use in Scotland follow-up: Glasgow’s Safer Drug Consumption Facility - Oral evidence
7 May 2025
9:30am
- Dorothy Bain KC, The Lord Advocate
- Jenny Hamilton (Policy and Engagement at Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service)
10:45am
- Superintendent Joanne McEwan, Police Scotland
Room 6, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday
23 April 2025
9:15am
Private
9:30am
Public
Scotland’s space sector follow-up: launch - Oral evidence
23 April 2025
9:30am
- Professor Malcolm Macdonald (Director of the Centre for Signal and Image Processing at University of Strathclyde)
- Professor Patrick Harkness (Professor of Exploration Technology at University of Glasgow)
- Dr Christie Maddock (Senior Lecturer, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at University of Strathclyde)
- Dr Pamela Smith (Vice President of Future Programmes at AAC Clyde Space)
10:10am
- Colin Macleod (Head of the UK Space Regulator at UK Civil Aviation Authority)
- Rosie Whitbread (Head of Space Regulation Policy at UK Civil Aviation Authority)
10:50am
- Sir Chris Bryant MP (Minister of State for Data Protection and Telecoms at Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
- Chris White-Horne (Interim Space Director at Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, and Deputy CEO at UK Space Agency)
- Matthew Archer (Missions and Capabilities Director for Launch at UK Space Agency)
Room 5, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday
23 April 2025
9:00am
Private
Private meeting
23 April 2025
Room 5, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday
2 April 2025
9:00am
Private
9:30am
Public
GB Energy and the net zero transition - Oral evidence
2 April 2025
9:30am
- Anu Bhambi (Head of Energy Transition Strategy at EY Parthenon)
- Iain Hardie (Head of Legal & External Affair at Petroineos)
- Colin Pritchard (Sustainability & External Relations Director at INEOS)
Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday
25 March 2025
2:00pm
Private
2:30pm
Public
The work of the department - Oral evidence
25 March 2025
2:30pm
- Rt Hon Ian Murray MP (Secretary of State for Scotland at Scotland Office)
- Kirsty McNeill MP (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at Scotland Office)
- Laurence Rockey (Director at Scotland Office)
Room 6, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday
19 March 2025
9:00am
Private
9:30am
Public
GB Energy and the net zero transition - Oral evidence
19 March 2025
9:30am
- Robert Deavy (Scotland Senior Organiser at GMB)
- Ian Perth (Negotiations Officer at Prospect)
- Derek Thomson (Scotland Regional Secretary at Unite the Union)
Room 8, Palace of Westminster
10-13 March 2025
9:00am
Visit
10-13 March 2025
Norway
Wednesday
5 March 2025
9:15am
Private
9:45am
Public
Problem drug use in Scotland follow-up: Glasgow’s Safer Drug Consumption Facility - Oral evidence
5 March 2025
9:45am
- Kelda Gaffney (Interim Assistant Chief Officer, Adult Services & Chief Social Work Officer at Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership)
- Lynn MacDonald (Service Manager at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde)
- Councillor Allan Casey (City Convener for Workforce and Homelessness and Addiction Services at Glasgow City Council)
- Dr Saket Priyadarshi (Associate Medical Director, Alcohol and Drug Recovery Services at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde)
Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday
26 February 2025
9:00am
Private
10:30am
Public
GB Energy and the net zero transition - Oral evidence
26 February 2025
10:30am
- Russell Borthwick (Chief Executive at Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce)
- Neil Gordon (Chief Executive at Global Underwater Hub)
- Becca Groundwater (Head of External Affairs at Energies Industries Council)
- Jenny Stanning (External Relations Director at Offshore Energies UK)
9:30am
- Hebe Trotter (Vice President, Global Government Relations at Harbour Energy)
- Louise Kingham CBE (Senior Vice President, Europe & Head of Country UK at British Petroleum (bp))
Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday
12 February 2025
9:30am
Public
Problem drug use in Scotland follow-up: Glasgow’s Safer Drug Consumption Facility - Oral evidence
12 February 2025
9:30am
- Catriona Matheson (Professor in Substance Use at The University of Stirling)
- Andrew McAuley (Professor of Public Health at Glasgow Caledonian University)
- Vittal Katikireddi (Professor of Public Health & Health Inequalities at The University of Glasgow)
- Gillian Shorter (Reader in Clinical Psychology at Queen’s University Belfast)
Room 16, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday
5 February 2025
9:30am
Public
Scotland’s space sector follow-up: launch - Oral evidence
5 February 2025
9:30am
- Scott Hammond (Deputy Chief Executive Officer at SaxaVord Spaceport)
10:10am
- Nik Smith (Regional Director for UK and Europe at Lockheed Martin)
- Phil Chambers (Chief Executive Officer at Orbex)
10:50am
- Ruari Brooker (Business Development Manager at HyImpulse)
- Jörn Spurmann (Chief Commercial Officer at Rocket Factory Augsburg)
- Alan Thompson (Head of Government Affairs at Skyrora)
Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday
29 January 2025
9:00am
Private
9:30am
Public
The financing of the Scottish Government - Oral evidence
29 January 2025
9:30am
- Dr João Sousa (Senior Knowledge Exchange Fellow and Deputy Director at Fraser of Allander Institute)
- David Phillips (Associate Director at Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS))
- Claire Murdoch (Head of Fiscal Sustainability and Public Funding at Scottish Fiscal Commission)
Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday
28 January 2025
9:00am
Private meeting
28 January 2025
Room 5, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday
22 January 2025
9:30am
Public
GB Energy and the net zero transition - Oral evidence
22 January 2025
9:30am
- Emma Pinchbeck (Chief Executive at Climate Change Committee)
- Owen Bellamy (Head of Energy Supply Decarbonisation and Resilience at Climate Change Committee)
- Ameena Camps (Commissioner at Just Transition Commission)
- Richard Hardy (Commissioner at Just Transition Commission)
10:15am
- Professor Paul de Leeuw (Director at Robert Gordon University Energy Transition Institute)
- Hannah Corbett (Senior Knowledge Exchange Fellow at University of Strathclyde Centre for Energy Policy)
- Fraser Stewart (Just Transition Lead at Regen)
Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday
15 January 2025
9:00am
Visit
15 January 2025
To be confirmed
Wednesday
8 January 2025
9:00am
Private
9:30am
Public
The work of the BBC in Scotland - Oral evidence
8 January 2025
9:30am
- Hayley Valentine (Director at BBC Scotland)
- Louise Thornton (Head of Multiplatform Commissioning at BBC Scotland)
- Margaret Mary Murray (Head of Gaelic Services and Inclusion at BBC Scotland)
Room 16, Palace of Westminster
8-12 December 2024
3:00pm
Visit
8-12 December 2024
West Coast Visit - Glasgow, Lewis and Harris.