Michael Matheson

Scottish National Party MSP for Falkirk West

@MathesonMichael Scottish Parliament Profile

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Scottish National Party MSP for Falkirk West

Entered the Scottish Parliament on 6 May 1999 — Election

Also represented Central Scotland

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  • Scottish Parliament: Aarhus Convention and Access to Environmental Justice 3 Apr 2025

    Like colleagues, I welcome the debate and the considered way—which predates my joining the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee—in which the committees have scrutinised our lack of compliance with the Aarhus convention. Of course, the convention applies across the whole of the UK, which has not been in compliance with it for more than a decade. I welcome the fact that, despite having...
  • Scottish Parliament: Aarhus Convention and Access to Environmental Justice 3 Apr 2025

    There is an issue in that regard. I am strongly in favour of much more of a community wealth building principle for some assets to ensure that we move beyond the often superficial approach to community benefit. Community ownership can be part of community wealth building, but there are other models that could be developed and taken forward. Community Land Scotland recently produced an...
  • Scottish Parliament: Project Willow 3 Apr 2025

    I welcome the Deputy First Minister’s statement. As she rightly recognised, many of the potential projects that project willow has identified would take significant time to be developed. Some of them would not be developed until into the 2030s and would require a significant deployment of capital investment in order for their potential to be realised. Therefore, I will make two...

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