- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 13 March 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 23 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will ensure that policy is coherent between Marine Scotland and other UK administrations.
Answer
The agreement of 24 November 2008 between the Scottish ministers, other devolved administrations and the UK Government under the Joint Ministerial Committee (JMC) will ensure that policy is coherent between Marine Scotland and other UK administrations.
The full text of the JMC agreement can be viewed on pages 3-7 of the document found at this address:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/s3/committees/rae/lcm/documents/CAbsecletterreRiverESk13feb09formatted.pdf.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 13 March 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 23 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how Marine Scotland will be structured.
Answer
A senior management/organisational structure for Marine Scotland has been decided, comprising a Director and seven functional heads covering:
Marine Planning and Policy;
Aquaculture and Freshwater Policy and Licensing;
Science;
Sea Fisheries Policy;
Compliance;
Performance, and
Priority Projects.
Lower level structures will follow the senior organisational structure. The structure of the organisation will be kept under review in light of experience and developments.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 13 March 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 23 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that it will create a conflict of interest by establishing Marine Scotland as a branch of the Scottish Government with responsibility for both promoting economic growth and marine nature conservation.
Answer
No. These issues both fall to be considered currently by Scottish Government and related agencies.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 13 March 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 23 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will be possible to amend the structure of Marine Scotland through the Marine Bill.
Answer
The Scottish Marine Bill will not provide for the structure of Marine Scotland.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 13 March 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 23 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive which submissions to its Sustainable Seas For All consultation have been amended by telephone since the consultation closed and whether it will publish each of them in full.
Answer
No responses to the Sustainable Seas for All consultation have been amended by telephone since the consultation closed.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 13 March 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 23 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will guarantee the independence of Marine Scotland from the Scottish Government with regard to decisions on planning permission for development of renewable energy.
Answer
We will be setting out our proposals for marine planning arrangements in the Marine Bill, to be introduced to Parliament shortly.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 20 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is committed to introducing permitted development rights for the installation of renewable technology for non-domestic buildings.
Answer
Research published in early 2007 recommended that permitted development rights distinguish between domestic and non-domestic buildings. We have given priority to domestic buildings. The research recommended that the same rights apply to all non-domestic buildings. However, non-domestic buildings vary enormously in their scale, location and type of activity. We intend to progress work on non-domestic microgeneration when matters are resolved for domestic.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 20 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it is taking to address the level of skill in carbon assessment linked to the implementation of planning regulations.
Answer
Officials are in discussion with the Improvement Service about a range of training and development matters associated with planning modernisation.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 20 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the research into micro wind turbines and air source heat pumps will be carried out at the same time given the different issues raised by the decision to delay the granting of permitted development rights for micro wind turbines and air source heat pumps.
Answer
A single study will look at the issues relating to the introduction of permitted development rights for domestic wind turbines and air source heat pumps.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 20 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what draft secondary legislation it expects to make available to the Transport Infrastructure and Climate Change Committee to aid its Stage 2 consideration of the Climate Change (Scotland) Bill.
Answer
The draft regulations which have not been subject of detailed research or scrutiny to support the provisions of Section 50 of the Climate Change (Scotland) Bill [as introduced] will be provided to the Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change Committee at Stage 2.
