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Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 19 November 2024
Douglas Lumsden
Are the operators able to measure that accurately? Is that in place now?
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 19 November 2024
Douglas Lumsden
Would you not see that as an extra burden on them?
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 19 November 2024
Douglas Lumsden
An unintended consequence of the bill may be that nothing gets sold. It may stop pockets of land from being sold, because they would fall into this process.
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 19 November 2024
Douglas Lumsden
David Bean, do you have anything to add?
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 19 November 2024
Douglas Lumsden
Maybe it would be an extra financial burden.
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 19 November 2024
Douglas Lumsden
I guess that it is a balancing act for the Government. It wants to give communities the right to buy, but there could be unintended consequences.
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 19 November 2024
Douglas Lumsden
Thanks, convener.
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 19 November 2024
Douglas Lumsden
Okay. Thank you, convener.
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 19 November 2024
Douglas Lumsden
I was going to ask about venting. What will the order mean in practical terms for companies operating in the North Sea basin?
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 19 November 2024
Douglas Lumsden
My question is on community right to buy. What mitigations could be put in place for selling small pockets of land? Could a threshold be put in place if a sale was over a certain percentage of the land? It could then fall into a different process. I am trying to think of ways around it.