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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 17 August 2025
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Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]

Scottish Water Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24

Meeting date: 1 April 2025

Mark Ruskell

When are you going to fix it?

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]

Scottish Water Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24

Meeting date: 1 April 2025

Mark Ruskell

I have a further question about the objectives and our alignment with the European Union, particularly with its drinking water directive and urban waste water treatment directive. What are your views on that? I recognise that there can be a tension between the objectives of those directives and how they land. I am interested in hearing your views on that. Are there any particular stances that you are encouraging the Scottish Government to take?

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]

Scottish Water Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24

Meeting date: 1 April 2025

Mark Ruskell

We will see. [Laughter.]

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]

Environmental Standards Scotland (Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24 and Future Priorities)

Meeting date: 25 March 2025

Mark Ruskell

鈥攗ntil you get involved in the CAFS3 process and see what Government thinking is on those things?

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 25 March 2025

Mark Ruskell

But this is about creating a level playing field with the brewing sector. Is that correct? The brewing sector is covered by the waste aspects, even though it is still using a natural feedstock.

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 25 March 2025

Mark Ruskell

Something that is not included in the regulations is ammonia emissions. My understanding is that the large industrial point-source emissions of ammonia from pig and poultry units are covered by the PPC regulations. They are already covered as industrial units under EU law, and under our laws, too.

However, there is an issue with other, larger collective sources of ammonia, which are not covered by any kind of regulation at all. As I understand it, the Government has, with those sources, decided to go down the route of best practice and codes of conduct with the industry. Having made that decision last year, can you tell us what progress is being made on tackling that greater source of ammonia emissions, which is causing air quality problems, particularly in rural areas?

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 25 March 2025

Mark Ruskell

If, in the future, the EU decided to change that threshold and bring more intensive livestock units under regulation, and the Government decided that there was a strong evidential basis for such a move to do with air quality and everything else, what would be your next steps? At the moment, it seems that the focus is on a firm voluntary approach with a code of practice. If the EU were to move towards widening the scope of regulations, would the Government engage early on with the agriculture industry on what the best-available technologies would be? They might even include anaerobic digestion, so the industry might need more time to think about how it would implement them. Does the Government have a commitment to move forward in that respect?

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 25 March 2025

Mark Ruskell

If the code of practice does not work and does not bring down ammonia emissions, will you regulate?

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 25 March 2025

Mark Ruskell

Okay.

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 25 March 2025

Mark Ruskell

Cabinet secretary, I want to ask you specifically about the change in the cadmium threshold in relation to sewage sludge. I believe that that has changed since the regulations were originally introduced in November. I want to understand what the change means in practice with regard to islands, grasslands and other areas where there are exemptions for higher cadmium thresholds. Can you explain that, please?