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

Zero Waste Scotland

Meeting date: 6 May 2025

Edward Mountain

Thanks very much. I am sure that Dominic Fry will take some of that half a million pounds to get rid of TLAs—or three-letter acronyms—so that Mr Stewart does not get upset. I totally agree with him: I, too, get lost with the amount of such acronyms that we have on this committee, and specifically in this area.

I thank the witnesses very much for their evidence this morning. That concludes our session in public, and we will now move into private session.

11:10 Meeting continued in public until 11:26.  

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]

Zero Waste Scotland

Meeting date: 6 May 2025

Edward Mountain

So, your salary is in the range that is higher than the First Minister’s salary.

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]

Zero Waste Scotland

Meeting date: 6 May 2025

Edward Mountain

It is.

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]

Zero Waste Scotland

Meeting date: 6 May 2025

Edward Mountain

If you can give me the range, that will be fine.

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]

Zero Waste Scotland

Meeting date: 6 May 2025

Edward Mountain

Douglas Lumsden, did you want to come in now?

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]

Zero Waste Scotland

Meeting date: 6 May 2025

Edward Mountain

Douglas Lumsden has some questions.

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]

Zero Waste Scotland

Meeting date: 6 May 2025

Edward Mountain

Sorry—my mistake. Bob Doris has the next set of questions.

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]

Decision on Taking Business in Private

Meeting date: 6 May 2025

Edward Mountain

Good morning, and welcome to the 16th meeting in 2025 of the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee. Apologies have been received from Monica Lennon, and I welcome to the meeting Sarah Boyack, who is attending as her substitute.

Our first item of business is a decision on taking business in private. Do members agree to take in private item 3, which is consideration of the evidence that we will hear from Zero Waste Scotland?

Members indicated agreement.

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee [Draft]

Housing (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2

Meeting date: 6 May 2025

Edward Mountain

I believe that I must make a declaration before talking to the committee in any shape or form. I apologise that I was unable to attend the meeting earlier but I was convening another parliamentary committee.

I would like the committee to be aware that I was a surveyor before I became a parliamentarian, letting houses under the Housing (Scotland) Acts of 1988, 2001 and 2014. I am also a private landlord in my own right and have been since 1989. I let houses under long-term private residential tenancies—no short-term lets for me, Mr Greer—and I also let them under licence to employees.

Amendment 142 moved—[Edward Mountain]—and agreed to.

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee [Draft]

Housing (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2

Meeting date: 6 May 2025

Edward Mountain

In the hope of getting a run, I will move amendment 143.

Amendment 143 moved—[Edward Mountain].