What we do

UKELA Scotland operates as a joint Devolved Administration committee and Working Party.  The committee organises a Scottish conference annually, which updates delegates on the big issues across Scotland in the year, whilst looking forward to what's on the horizon.

 

Meet the team 
  • Joanna Waddell, CMS (convenor)
  • Richard Leslie, Shepperd & Wedderburn (convenor)
  • Jamie Whittle, R & R Urquhart, Secretary
  • Prof Colin Reid, University of Dundee
  • Jeremy Warner, SEPA
  • Laura Tainsh, Davidson Chalmers Stewart
  • Robert Sutherland, Terra Firma Chambers
  • Ian Cowan, Highland Environmental Law

 

 

Joanna Waddell
Senior Associate at CMS Cameron McKenna
Nabarro Olswang LLP in Edinburgh
Richard Leslie
A partner at law firm Shepherd & Wedderburn
in Edinburgh, Glasgow and London

Responses to consultation papers 

  

Response to the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Posted on 11/10/2023
UKELA's response to the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee call for views on the Environmental Principles Statutory Guidance and Environmental Governance.

  

Response to the Scottish Government’s Report into the Effectiveness of Governance Arrangements

Posted on 11/10/2023
UKELA's response to the Scottish Government’s Report into the Effectiveness of Governance Arrangements, as required by section 41 of the UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Act 2021.

  

Response to a Human Rights Bill for Scotland

Posted on 05/10/2023
UKELA's response to the Scottish Government's consultation on a Human Rights Bill for Scotland, prepared by a number of specialist UKELA working parties and groups including the Scottish Working Party.

  

Response to the Scottish Parliament on the Circular Economy Bill

Posted on 31/08/2023
UKELA's submissions to the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee of the Scottish Parliament on the Circular Economy (Scotland) Bill, led by UKELA Scotland with input from the Governance and Devolution Group.

  

Response to the Scottish Parliament on REUL Bill

Posted on 24/11/2022
UKELA submissions to the Scottish Parliament on the legislative consent memorandum for the retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill