Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee
9th Meeting, 2025
The Committee considered the following negative instruments—
Scottish Road Works Register (Prescribed Fees) Regulations 2025 SSI 2025/18
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2025 SSI 2025/124
The Committee agreed to make no recommendation in relation to the instruments but agreed, in relation to SSI 2025/18 and SSI 2025/28 to write to the Scottish Government for further information.
The Committee considered a draft Stage 1 report. Various changes were agreed to, and the Committee agreed to consider a revised draft at its next meeting.
Edward Mountain referred Members to his register of interests which sets out that he is a partner in a farming partnership in Moray. He also referred members to the declarations of interests he has made in public session at past meetings on the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill. These indicate that he is owner of approximately 500 acres of farmed land of which 50 acres is woodland, that he is a tenant of approximately 500 acres in Moray under a non-agricultural tenancy and has another farming tenancy under the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991, and that he sometimes takes on grass lets on an annual basis.