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That is absolutely shameful.
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To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether it is appropriate for the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy to use terms such as “far right” in the context of objections to energy projects. (S6O-05632)
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It is clear what is going on here. The cabinet secretary is trying to silence community groups that are against the monster pylons, battery storage and subsidies—[Interruption.]
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—that are ruining much of rural Scotland. The Government has stopped email submissions to the energy consents unit because there are too many objections—something that the cabinet secretary did not seem to understand. It has also stopped people seeing the objections before the submission deadline has closed and has resorted to mudslinging to try to silence communities. Those...
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This week, BrewDog, which is based in Ellon in Aberdeenshire, announced the loss of 484 jobs and the closure of 38 pubs after the company fell into administration. Nine of the bars that have closed are in Scotland, including two in Aberdeen and one in Inverurie. Unions, workers and investors have all voiced anger at how the sale of the business was handled, with staff being told that they had...
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Thank you, Presiding Officer. I speak with a lot of disappointment, to be honest. What should have been a landmark report for this Parliament is instead a catalogue of errors from this out-of-time, out-of-touch Scottish National Party devolved Government. I have been an MSP for nearly five years, and this is one of the most damning reports that I have seen from a committee or have...
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I will come on to some of the targets that should be in the plan. The plan sets out aspirations, which have their place. It is right that the Government establishes where it wants to go and what the vision is, but what we have in front of us today is a vision document. I do not feel that it is an actual plan. Time and again, the committee asked simple questions. What...
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Any plan should have real and proper targets that can be measured. This plan does not have any of that. We cannot wish our way to net zero. If the Government really wants to get to net zero, it should put forward a plan. However, just as it does not have an energy strategy, it does not have a climate change plan that we can look at. If we do not know how many heat pumps are to be...
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