Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee
11th Meeting, 2025
The Committee continued its consideration of a draft Stage 1 report. Various changes were proposed and decided upon (one; to the paragraph numbered 493 in the published report, by division) and the report was agreed for publication.
The Committee agreed to share an embargoed copy with the Scottish Government.
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.