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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 14 July 2025
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Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Scottish Biodiversity Strategy

Meeting date: 6 September 2022

Liam Kerr

Thank you. My first question is for Professor Morgera and then for Bruce Wilson, who referred specifically in his submission to the limitations of previous strategies in relation to governance and accountability. There is a section in the strategy on conditions for success, one of which is that there be an independent body

“to monitor and report on progress”,

alongside

“An improved monitoring framework”.

However, the section does not go on to say anything about what those conditions might look like. What are your views on what is currently in place and on what the best solutions for monitoring and reporting might be?

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Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Scottish Biodiversity Strategy

Meeting date: 6 September 2022

Liam Kerr

I will throw the next question to Dr Walton, if you have wrapped up your answer on that question.

I also have a follow-up question. The conditions for success contain a bit about funding, but no real thoughts on the sources of such funding, bar a reference to agricultural subsidies. Bruce Wilson’s submission says that funding is not on the scale that is required, and Dr Walton made the same point in his opening remarks. I will come first to Dr Walton and then to Bruce Wilson. Will you give the committee an idea of the scale of funding that is required? Is the consultation realistic on that aspect? What would you expect to see in a delivery plan, as regards funding?

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Scottish Biodiversity Strategy

Meeting date: 6 September 2022

Liam Kerr

I am very grateful for those answers.

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Ferry Service Inquiry

Meeting date: 28 June 2022

Liam Kerr

Like Margaret Morrison’s answer, that was a useful summary.

Finally, I will throw that question to Sam Bourne, because I thought that the submission that came in from the Arran Ferry Action Group had some fascinating points on that area. Do you want to add anything to the two answers that we have already heard about where decisions on provision, procurement and specification should be made?

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Ferry Service Inquiry

Meeting date: 28 June 2022

Liam Kerr

I understand. Thank you all very much for your answers.

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Ferry Service Inquiry

Meeting date: 28 June 2022

Liam Kerr

I have one question, which I will direct to Margaret Morrison and Joe Reade, but I am conscious that, based on his submission, Sam Bourne might want to come in at the end. Where do you believe decisions on ferry service provision, vessel specification and procurement are best taken? Should they be taken by national organisations such as CMAL and Transport Scotland, by local authorities or, indeed, by something else, such as a transport forum?

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Ferry Service Inquiry

Meeting date: 28 June 2022

Liam Kerr

Thank you very much for that.

I will throw the same question to Joe Reade, as he made some comments earlier about vessel size and capacity. Joe, is Margaret Morrison right that decisions on service provision and capacity should be taken at local authority level with chief engineers and others who know about those things?

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Role of Local Government in Delivering Net Zero

Meeting date: 21 June 2022

Liam Kerr

Good morning. My first question is to John Cunningham. Throughout the inquiry, there has been a concern about the lack of financial resources available to local authorities to deliver net zero goals. I am thinking about your earlier remarks. Do you feel that investment for nature restoration and natural infrastructure reflects the importance of those matters within local authorities but also—given the significant lack of funding for councils from central Government, which you mentioned earlier—the non-ring-fenced resources coming to local authorities from central Government?

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Role of Local Government in Delivering Net Zero

Meeting date: 21 June 2022

Liam Kerr

I am very grateful. Julie Waldron, would you like to add to that?

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Role of Local Government in Delivering Net Zero

Meeting date: 21 June 2022

Liam Kerr

Thank you—I am very grateful. I will hand back to the convener but, before I do so, for full transparency I add that, earlier, I asked a question about buy-to-let properties. Just so that the committee is aware of it, I advise that I have a property that is occasionally let out but is not a buy-to-let one.