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Official Report: search what was said in Parliament

The Official Report is a written record of public meetings of the Parliament and committees.  

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 9 July 2025
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Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Budget Scrutiny 2025-26

Meeting date: 21 January 2025

Douglas Lumsden

Can you not yet give us a date on when that decision will be made?

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Great British Energy Bill

Meeting date: 21 January 2025

Douglas Lumsden

Do you see a formal agreement being put in place between SNIB and GB Energy, just so that they are not competing against each other?

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Great British Energy Bill

Meeting date: 21 January 2025

Douglas Lumsden

You mentioned that GB Energy would probably invest more in test and demonstrator projects. Do you see the level of risk that GB Energy would entertain as higher than that of a private company?

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Great British Energy Bill

Meeting date: 21 January 2025

Douglas Lumsden

So, we should not be surprised if, in a couple of years, the number of investments on which we have lost money is quite high, because the level of risk in the investments is higher.

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Great British Energy Bill

Meeting date: 21 January 2025

Douglas Lumsden

For Acorn, are we still looking at 2030? That is my last question.

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 14 January 2025

Douglas Lumsden

Are we not making the system too complex for businesses to understand? If we look at the comments from Jim Ratcliffe yesterday, when the ethanol plant in Grangemouth was closed, he said that he wants a carbon trading regime that

“supports industry and decarbonisation equally.”

Are we not in danger of making the system so complex that businesses will close and we will just offshore our emissions completely?

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Budget Scrutiny 2025-26

Meeting date: 14 January 2025

Douglas Lumsden

Is it feasible to go from funding of £12 million last year to £15 million this year, to—

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Budget Scrutiny 2025-26

Meeting date: 14 January 2025

Douglas Lumsden

I am waiting for an answer.

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Budget Scrutiny 2025-26

Meeting date: 14 January 2025

Douglas Lumsden

I still have not had an answer.

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Budget Scrutiny 2025-26

Meeting date: 14 January 2025

Douglas Lumsden

Is there potential for some of that ScotWind money to be used to improve engagement with community groups that will be affected by not just ScotWind but the improved infrastructure that may have to be built onshore?