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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 12 July 2025
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Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]

MV Glen Sannox (Hull 801) and MV Glen Rosa (Hull 802)

Meeting date: 26 November 2024

Douglas Lumsden

My question is for John Petticrew. We heard that you have been offered a contract extension until spring next year, and that you are not sure whether you are going to take it yet. Do you not fancy doing the role full time?

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]

MV Glen Sannox (Hull 801) and MV Glen Rosa (Hull 802)

Meeting date: 26 November 2024

Douglas Lumsden

You are living almost full time in Scotland?

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]

MV Glen Sannox (Hull 801) and MV Glen Rosa (Hull 802)

Meeting date: 26 November 2024

Douglas Lumsden

Oh, you are doing it. All right.

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]

MV Glen Sannox (Hull 801) and MV Glen Rosa (Hull 802)

Meeting date: 26 November 2024

Douglas Lumsden

Do you not fancy doing it long term?

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]

MV Glen Sannox (Hull 801) and MV Glen Rosa (Hull 802)

Meeting date: 26 November 2024

Douglas Lumsden

You mentioned travel, so this is probably your chance to put on record what your travel arrangements are.

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]

Land Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 26 November 2024

Douglas Lumsden

We move on to section 2, “Community right to buy: registration of interest in large land holding”. As the bill stands, if a landowner owns 1,000 hectares and he wants to sell all or even part of that land, he will have to go through a process to give communities the right to buy that land. Even the sale of a cottage on part of the land would trigger that process. Do you think that that is right, or do you think that the bill should be changed to allow smaller chunks of a large landholding to be sold?

I will come to Malcolm Combe first, as he is here.

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]

Land Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 26 November 2024

Douglas Lumsden

Yes. Even if it was possible to sell only 1 per cent of a holding without going through the community right to buy process, the community might want that 1 per cent. I guess that the issue is how we strike the right balance. What could we put in place to accommodate small transfers without making it an overburdensome process?

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]

Land Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 26 November 2024

Douglas Lumsden

You have both talked about the community right to buy process being under review. Do you think that the bill adds complexity to that side of things, or does it provide an opportunity for the Government to get both things hand in hand and working seamlessly? Calum, I will come to you first on that one.

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]

MV Glen Sannox (Hull 801) and MV Glen Rosa (Hull 802)

Meeting date: 26 November 2024

Douglas Lumsden

Was the anchor issue a warranty issue or a design issue?

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]

MV Glen Sannox (Hull 801) and MV Glen Rosa (Hull 802)

Meeting date: 26 November 2024

Douglas Lumsden

Thank you.