Minutes of Meeting on Wednesday 28th August 2025
Venue: Online via teams
Time: 16:00-17:30
Type: Panel Meeting
ATTENDEES:
Panel: Matthew Cole, Kirsten Jenkins, Alister Steele and Fraser Stewart
Secretariat: Philippa Brosnan, Roanna Sefton, Trisha Melvin
AGENDA ITEM 1: Introductory Remarks
Matt welcomed everyone to the meeting and noted the importance of finishing on time. Matt made minor adjustments to the agenda to facilitate a more efficient flow of discussion. Matt also advised the Panel that Douglas Armstrong – the Scottish Government’s Fuel Poverty Team Leader – will be moving to a new position.
AGENDA ITEM 2: Panel Dates and availability
Trisha took the panel through the upcoming Panel Meeting Overview. The Panel discussed what they thought would work and agreed on dates and times. Trisha will follow this up with calendar holds in everyone’s diary.
AGENDA ITEM 3: Intern
Roanna updated that an intern has been matched with the Panel and The Panel agreed they are happy to proceed.
AGENDA ITEM 4: Periodic report Response
Matt reflected that the Panel is very to a final version and thanked everyone for their work. Matt said its really important that the questions that Philippa has are answered in today’s meeting. Matt advised that he and the Secretariat would go through the document on Monday 1st September and that any final comments should be sent to Philippa by Monday morning at the latest. The Panel reviewed the document and requested amendments where applicable. Philippa will produce a final version for the walk-through of the document on Monday 1st September.
AGENDA ITEM 5: Panel reflection
Matt invited reflections and then closed the meeting.
Next meeting – 11th of September the Panel are meeting Mairi McAllan MSP the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Gillian Martin the Cabinet Scretary for Climate Action and Energy in Scottish Parliament.
19th of November a Panel meeting from 9:00 – 17:00pm at AQ5, Glasgow.