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  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 26 August 2025
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Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 21 February 2023

Edward Mountain

The result of the division is: For 6, Against 0, Abstentions 1.

Motion agreed to,

That the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee recommends that the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 (Register of Persons Holding a Controlled Interest in Land) Amendment Regulations 2023 [draft] be approved.

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Ferry Services Inquiry

Meeting date: 21 February 2023

Edward Mountain

Our next item is our ninth evidence session as part of our inquiry into a modern and sustainable ferry service for Scotland. I refer members to the papers for this item.

For our first panel today, the committee will turn its attention to how ferry services are delivered internationally. The committee will hear from two experts, who join us remotely from Norway, about Norway鈥檚 approach to ferry provision and the lessons that Scotland can learn from their experience. On behalf of the committee, I am pleased to welcome Dag Hole, the director of ferry management at the Norwegian Public Roads Administration, and Harald H酶yem, a transport analyst from Asplan Viak. I hope that I have pronounced that right. Thank you for accepting our invitation. We are delighted to have you here.

Each member will ask a series of questions. The first question is from me on the bundling of ferry services. I understand that Norway bundles ferry services into small bundles. How long does the process of tendering take, and how many bidders are normally involved?

Would Dag Hole like to start off on that? Who would like to answer first? Let us not have a fight but, if one of you raises your hand, I will bring you in. Neither of you has indicated, so Dag Hole is definitely going first.

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Ferry Services Inquiry

Meeting date: 21 February 2023

Edward Mountain

We can hear you, but I am afraid that my hearing is not as good as it was when I was born. I am asking the sound technician to turn up the volume so that I can hear you better.

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Ferry Services Inquiry

Meeting date: 21 February 2023

Edward Mountain

Perfect. Thank you.

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Ferry Services Inquiry

Meeting date: 21 February 2023

Edward Mountain

Thank you. Does Harald H酶yem want to add anything to that?

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Ferry Services Inquiry

Meeting date: 21 February 2023

Edward Mountain

Okay. Do you bundle the ferry services into passengers and freight, or do you separate the two?

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Ferry Services Inquiry

Meeting date: 21 February 2023

Edward Mountain

I did not quite hear what you said about the duration of the tender鈥擨 apologise; I probably ought to get the hearing aid that my wife tells me that I need. Once you have awarded the contract, with people having two to three years to build into it, how long does the tender last? Obviously, if you have to gear up with ferries, a fairly long-term investment will be needed.

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Ferry Services Inquiry

Meeting date: 21 February 2023

Edward Mountain

Do you have any further questions, Mark Ruskell?

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Ferry Services Inquiry

Meeting date: 21 February 2023

Edward Mountain

Okay; perfect. Yes, I had noted that.

Liam Kerr has some questions.

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Ferry Services Inquiry

Meeting date: 21 February 2023

Edward Mountain

If I set up a ferry company with 25 or 30-year-old vessels鈥攈e says with a wry smile鈥攁nd came to you and suggested that I was going to tender for a job, would you consider me or would I be outside the scope of consideration?