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Groups that would not normally work together did so and were deeply worried by the proposals. We must take account of that full debate. I have a question for Mr Halpin and Dr Cohen, although it relates to Dr Goodall’s submission.
Committee reports
Date published:
15 November 2024
Progress since last year's report
Retrofitting of housing for net zero and the climate change plan
Homes in Scotland account for around 13% of Scotland’s total greenhouse gas emissions.
It has already been made clear that the chief executive will be the accountable officer. They will be accountable and, in the main, they would come to Parliament to answer the appropriate questions.
Our new agency will be directly accountable to the Scottish ministers, who are, in turn, accountable to Parliament, and it will be answerable to the people of Scotland on social security in a way that has not been possible before.
What you mentioned was one of the criticisms of the system and it has been taken into account in the specifications for the new system that will be in place in May 2017.
I referred earlier to the policy that we have had over the years of taking account of facilities where waste is collected, processed and transported as well as landfill, and recycling facilities are certainly included in that.