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Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 26 November 2024
Monica Lennon
Thank you. I appreciate the limitations of your knowledge on that. I will put the question to Andrew Miller as chairman, because it is really important that we are confident that all lessons that can possibly be learned have been learned. Are you able to say whether the board is satisfied that the specifications were appropriate and correct? Were they over the top or overambitious?
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 26 November 2024
Monica Lennon
Malcolm Combe, do you agree with Calum MacLeod? I note that your written evidence says that your inclination would be to reduce the trigger value to 1,000 hectares. Have I got that correct?
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 26 November 2024
Monica Lennon
My apologies, convener. I am not pressing any buttons, but I have been muted and unmuted a few times. I will go again.
Malcolm Combe, in your written evidence, you highlighted the concern that the proposed scheme for composite holdings might lead to some difficulties in application. Will you please set out your concerns?
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 26 November 2024
Monica Lennon
I am sure that they will forgive you for missing today.
Thank you for those answers. Before I hand back to the convener, I asked Andrew Miller about project domino. Just to clarify, the paperwork released by the Scottish Government suggests that that was a code name used by the Government in March this year, and that it may have been used only internally. We might be able to ask the Scottish Government about that separately.
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 26 November 2024
Monica Lennon
Right on cue, I will ask about land management plans. We honestly did not rehearse this before the witnesses came along.
From the written evidence, we know some of Calum MacLeod and Malcolm Combe’s thoughts on the issue. So far, the committee has taken a fair bit of written and oral evidence on land management plans. We have heard from witnesses about a number of concerns, including cost and administrative burden, lack of reference to crofting and commercial sensitivity.
I want to give you the chance to say a few words about the level of detail that should be in the land management plans. What would be appropriate? Is anything missing from the bill in that respect? I can see Calum MacLeod, so I will come to him first. All that I can see of Malcolm Combe is the back of his head.
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 26 November 2024
Monica Lennon
This question is for John Petticrew. I believe that one of the requirements for vessels that are procured under the small vessel replacement programme is that they have to be electric. We know that there have been issues with the Glen Sannox and the Glen Rosa as a result of the LNG fuel system. Do you have any concerns about that, or have lessons been learned that make you confident that you can handle that specification?
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 26 November 2024
Monica Lennon
I have not, unfortunately—not yet. Is that an invitation?
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 26 November 2024
Monica Lennon
Why do you think that that was missing?
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 26 November 2024
Monica Lennon
Do you have an opinion on whether that level of detail or that sort of requirement—with regard to, say, natural capital—should be in the bill or addressed later in secondary legislation?
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 26 November 2024
Monica Lennon
Your written evidence says that the size of the landholding for the management plan threshold is “arbitrary” and requires “further explanation”. Given that we are at stage 1, what explanation would you like from the Scottish Government? What is your view on the threshold size?