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Committee reports
Date published:
27 February 2026
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee Report on the Draft Climate Change Plan - Freight
Freight
The draft Plan includes policies and proposals on:
Investing in replacement of HGV vehicles and the deployment of charging infrastructureiDraft Climate Change Plan, Annex 3, pg 90 - it says Scottish Ministers will "continue to press the UK Government to set meaningful and ambitious dates for phasing out the sale of new diesel HGVs" adding that a "unified UK action on a common regulatory pathway" would be the best outcome for transport operators;iiDraft Climate Change Plan, Annex 2, pg 42 and
providing grant support for modal shift of freight from road to rail or water and specific rail freight investments.iDraft Climate Change Plan, Annex 3, pg 90 It says the Government will encourage rail freight growth with "... a regulatory target for rail freight growth of 8.7% for 2024 to 2029, with the expectation that a figure closer to 10% could be achievable by the rail industry." ivDraft Climate Change Plan, Annex 2, pg 38 The draft also cites as an example of grant support - the Freight Facilities Grants, saying awards for 2025/26 total more than £3 million and that the grants can help with capital costs.ivDraft Climate Change Plan, Annex 2, pg 38
Road freight
The draft Plan sets out that the Scottish Government signed the "Global Memorandum of Understanding on Zero Emission Medium and Heavy Duty Vehicles" in 2021 which sets an aspiration that at least, 30% of sales of new passenger and freight vehicles over 3.5 tonnes will be zero emission by 2030 and all new sales will be zero emission by 2040.viDraft Climate Change Plan, Annex 2, pg 28 It also summarises previous and ongoing work by the Scottish Government on zero-emissions freight vehicles including the publication of the HGV Decarbonisation Pathway for Scotland in 2024.
Last updated:
5 November 2024
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Stephen Kerr: To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any increased ) risk to public safety resulting from industrial action by the Scottish Police Federation.
Last updated:
1 November 2022
SPICe Briefing for petition PE1951
A comprehensive overview of historic fishing regulation in Scottish Waters is 1970 Cameron Report on the Regulation of Scottish Inshore set out in the Fisheries.
Committee reports
Date published:
22 September 2017
Stage 1 Report on the Wild Animals in Travelling Circuses (Scotland) Bill - Ambiguity
Written Submission. the British Veterinary Association similarly said that they supported the Bill’s proposed definition of "wild animal".
Mike Flynn of the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said that he did "not have a problem with the definitions"iEnvironment, Climate Change and Land Reform...
Committee reports
Date published:
4 March 2019
Stage 1 Report on the Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Bill - Monitoring reports
Policy Memorandum (SP Bill 30-PM, Session 5 (2018)), paragraph 34
The Bill provides—
"(1) The Scottish Ministers must in each relevant year, lay before the Scottish Parliament a report on each substantive chapter of the most recent climate change plan laid under section 35
Last updated:
7 March 2023
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(S5O-04001) 2. David Stewart: To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has for a new women's community integration unit in the Highlands and Islands.
Last updated:
19 September 2024
Salmon farming Gerry Farrell
A single farmed salmon is worth about £7 to the Scottish economy. A single wild salmon is worth about £700 (that's the contribution salmon anglers make when they travel here and fork out for food, accommodation and fishing permits).
Last updated:
19 September 2023
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Petitioner submission of 7 September 2023 PE1966/G: Formally recognise and incorporate local knowledge in Scottish Government policy We would like to make you aware of new information, in the form of a NatureScot commissioned report led by The James Hutton Institute, which recommends greater incorporation of local knowledge when understanding and addressin...
Committee reports
Date published:
22 September 2017
Stage 1 Report on the Wild Animals in Travelling Circuses (Scotland) Bill - Alternative approaches
As part of its consideration of the Bill, the Committee examined whether alternatives to a complete ban on the use of wild animals in travelling circuses had been explored and whether there was merit in a licensing system.
Andrew Voas of the Scottish Government saidiEnvironment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee, Official Report, 23 May 2017, Col 12 the Scottish Government had opted not to mirror its counterparts in England by introducing a licensing scheme because there were no travelling circuses using wild animals in Scotland and they did not consider such a scheme would address the key ethical issues outlined.
Last updated:
7 March 2023
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S5W-09694 Maurice Golden: To ask the Scottish Government who the members are of the Cabinet Subcommittee on Climate Change; how often the subcommittee meets; whether it will publish the (a) minutes and (b) action points of the subcommittee's meetings; what the subcommittee's priorities are for 2017-18, and how the subcommittee (i) has influenced and (ii) will influence the (A) Climate Change Plan and (B) Energy Strategy.
