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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 12 December 2024
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Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Role of Local Government in Delivering Net Zero

Meeting date: 25 January 2022

Liam Kerr

That is really interesting.

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Role of Local Government in Delivering Net Zero

Meeting date: 25 January 2022

Liam Kerr

I am grateful to the panel. Back to you, convener.

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 18 January 2022

Liam Kerr

Good morning, minister. The regulations strike me as welcome but extraordinarily complex, so I want to ask a couple of things to clear them up in my mind. Section 8A(5) of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 defines “nitrogen use efficiency” and you said that that means comparing what goes in with what comes out. Regulation 4 sets the baseline for that at 25 per cent. Will you explain what that means? What is that 25 per cent? What is going in precisely where and coming out precisely where, and why was 25 per cent felt to be the appropriate figure for the efficient use of nitrogen?

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Role of Local Government in Delivering Net Zero

Meeting date: 18 January 2022

Liam Kerr

I put the same questions to Philip Revell.

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 18 January 2022

Liam Kerr

I am grateful for that summary.

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Role of Local Government in Delivering Net Zero

Meeting date: 18 January 2022

Liam Kerr

Earlier, the convener talked about funding and the need to leverage private finance. The Scottish Government proposes to deliver its heat in buildings strategy using £336 million this year and £1.8 billion by 2026. Will that be enough? As far as the witnesses are aware, is there a sufficient plan to leverage the £33 billion that will apparently be required?

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 18 January 2022

Liam Kerr

That is helpful, minister, and I am grateful to you. I followed quite clearly what you said there, but I would not mind hearing from one of your officials as well.

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Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Role of Local Government in Delivering Net Zero

Meeting date: 18 January 2022

Liam Kerr

I will be brief. I direct my question to Mark McRitchie, who I ask to give a brief answer if possible; the other witnesses can come in if they have something to add.

The heat in buildings strategy requires homes to have an energy performance certificate rating of C by 2033. The installation of new or replacement fossil fuel boilers will be phased out after 2025 for off-gas houses and from 2030 for on-gas houses. Are communities aware of those impending deadlines? Is sufficient support available to them to meet the deadlines? In any event, are communities aware of that support?

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Role of Local Government in Delivering Net Zero

Meeting date: 18 January 2022

Liam Kerr

I am grateful for those answers. I think that what I am hearing, particularly in George Tarvit’s answer to the second part of my question, is that there is not yet a sufficient plan to leverage the £33 billion. On that note, in an earlier answer to the convener, John Wincott mentioned the Scottish green public sector estate decarbonisation scheme. Is that scheme sufficiently funded to decarbonise the public sector estate?

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Role of Local Government in Delivering Net Zero

Meeting date: 11 January 2022

Liam Kerr

Good morning, panel. I will ask the same question that I asked earlier, putting two questions into one. I will direct it to Margaret Davidson first, and then to Simon Fieldhouse.

You both talked about resources and the funding. Depending on what you read, the Scottish Government draft budget cuts between £300 million and £400 million from council budgets. What are the implications of the draft budget for your council’s delivery of net zero ambitions? Given the significant increase in funding that is ring fenced, does your local authority have sufficient flexibility to deliver on its net zero ambitions?