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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

Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill

Meeting date: 4 October 2022

Edward Mountain

I am not saying that they are holding things up; I am asking whether they are preventing developments that might have benefits across the whole environment rather than just in the area that was designated or that falls within the designation for a species of flora or fauna.

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 4 October 2022

Edward Mountain

A lot of chemical applications will be for on-label use but will involve a different permutation of the chemical application. They will have data sheets anyway, and, if companies have applied for use in the European Union, surely they will be submitting that information voluntarily, and the questions asked by the European Union will also apply to the HSE regarding the use of that chemical in the UK. Therefore, it should surely not slow things up that much.

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 4 October 2022

Edward Mountain

I want to check that I understand this. The application processes in the UK and the EU will run in tandem, so a lot of information that will be asked for will be similar. I cannot see how things will be slowed down for companies.

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 4 October 2022

Edward Mountain

I am sorry, Mr Ruskell—I did not quite hear that question.

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 4 October 2022

Edward Mountain

I was hoping that Natalie Don was not about to say no there. We are agreed.

Minister, you can slip away now. I know that you are busy.

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 4 October 2022

Edward Mountain

That concludes the public part of our meeting.

11:16 Meeting continued in private until 12:37.  

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Decision on Taking Business in Private

Meeting date: 4 October 2022

Edward Mountain

Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the 26th meeting in 2022 of the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee.

Agenda item 1 is consideration of whether to take agenda items 6, 7 and 8 in private. Item 6 is consideration of evidence that we will hear on the legislative consent memorandum on the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill; item 7 is consideration of the committee’s work programme; and item 8 is consideration of candidates for the post of adviser on climate change. Do members agree to take those items in private?

Members indicated agreement.

Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee

Correspondence (Proxy Voting)

Meeting date: 29 September 2022

Edward Mountain

I think that “illness” is sufficient, because it puts the expectation on to the members to explain to themselves that it is a serious illness, rather than having to explain to anyone else.

Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee

Correspondence (Proxy Voting)

Meeting date: 29 September 2022

Edward Mountain

I noticed something in the letter from the Parliamentary Bureau. I know that it is not going to happen, but I am a great one for making preparations in case a thing does happen. The bureau talks about the possibility of a proxy vote being incorrectly used and about whether we ought to have some sanction for that. I believe that that will never happen. However, if it does, that will be a serious breach of standards of conduct. If possible, I would like the clerks to think about whether that is covered by the “Code of Conduct for Members of the Scottish Parliament”. Personally, I think that we ought to write something in there to say that a breach of the use of the proxy will make a member fall foul of section whatever-it-is in the standing orders. I have not looked it up—I apologise.

Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee

Correspondence (Proxy Voting)

Meeting date: 29 September 2022

Edward Mountain

Absolutely.