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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 2 August 2025
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Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 3 September 2024

Edward Mountain

Does anyone else have any comments?

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 3 September 2024

Edward Mountain

Cabinet secretary, do you want to comment on anything that you have heard?

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 3 September 2024

Edward Mountain

The question is, that motion S6M-13568, in the name of Gillian Martin, be agreed to. Are we agreed?

Motion agreed to,

That the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee recommends that the Environmental Protection (Single-use Vapes) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 [draft] be approved.

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 3 September 2024

Edward Mountain

Welcome back. Agenda item 5 is consideration of another draft statutory instrument. I welcome Gillian Martin, the Acting Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Energy. She is joined by officials from the Scottish Government: Andrew Mackie, head of environment and forestry sponsorship hub; David McPhee, deputy director, circular economy; and Carolyn Boyd, a lawyer.

The instrument is laid under the affirmative procedure, which means that it cannot come into force unless the Parliament approves it. Following the evidence session, the committee will be invited, under the next agenda item, to consider a motion for the committee to recommend that the instrument be approved. I remind everyone that the Scottish Government officials will be able to speak under this item but not in the debate that follows.

I invite the cabinet secretary to make a short opening statement.

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill

Meeting date: 3 September 2024

Edward Mountain

I have a final question. This is good news, as far as it reads, but my concern is that it would cost a massive amount of money to electrify the two most difficult railway lines—the one from Perth to Aberdeen and the one up to Inverness. We have seen the cost of electrification between Glasgow and Edinburgh, but those are the two lines that need most investment and most trains, because diesel trains are used to chug up there. If there is an open contract, surely people will go for the easy option and, yet again, Aberdeen and Inverness will be left on the sidelines with old trains—or will you ensure that that does not happen?

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill

Meeting date: 3 September 2024

Edward Mountain

I hope that you are right. Inverness has often been last to get investment, whether it be in roads or rail, so it will be interesting to see what happens.

Thank you for making the announcement to the committee and for answering our questions. I will briefly suspend the meeting to allow for a change of witnesses.

10:17 Meeting suspended.  

10:22 On resuming—  

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill

Meeting date: 3 September 2024

Edward Mountain

Okay. Fine. Thank you for pointing that out to me. As you can imagine, I do not have time to look at my computer while I am trying to convene this meeting. I now know that there will be a GIQ, and the clerks will make sure that committee members get that.

I apologise for that interruption, and I thank members for pointing out that information, but the—

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 3 September 2024

Edward Mountain

It is a very interesting question. I am thinking about some local authorities that burn a lot of their waste because there is no other way to dispose of it—those with island communities, for example—and I wonder whether they will be disadvantaged as a result of the proposal. Cabinet secretary, could you address that issue?

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 3 September 2024

Edward Mountain

I encourage committee members to put short questions, and witnesses to give short answers, because we are quite pushed for time.

I have a very short question. On 1 April 2025, will the whole of the United Kingdom or just Scotland implement the measures?

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 3 September 2024

Edward Mountain

The deputy convener has some questions.

10:45