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Meeting of the Parliament (Hybrid) 26 April 2022 Meeting of the Parliament (Hybrid) 26 April 2022Time for Reflection Time for Reflection Good afternoon.
The Committee recommends that in future work undertaken to streamline pipeline support, emphasis is placed on improving representation among companies receiving public support.
In NHS Dumfries and Galloway, in my region, over recent years, there has been an expansion in dialysis services. As well as the site at Mountainhall treatment centre—the previous Dumfries and Galloway Royal infirmary site—there are dialysis sites in Stranraer and Kirkcudbright...
Amendments were made in the Committee stage in the House of Commons to introduce powers in relation to sites in Scotland • for Scottish Ministers to designates sites if it is on Crown land • for Scottish Ministers to designate sites if it is on land owned by Her Majesty in her private capacity, or by the immediate heir to the throne in his private capacity; or, • for the Secretary of State to designate sites if it appears to him that it is in the interests of national security to do so.
However, we want to see those schemes expanded and developed in the future, to ensure that we make properties more energy efficient and that we meet our climate change targets.
Following the fire at the WEEE Solutions site in Linwood in June 2024, I asked my officials to consider the safety of these sites and battery energy storage (BESS) sites.