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Official Report: search what was said in Parliament

The Official Report is a written record of public meetings of the Parliament and committees.  

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 26 April 2025
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Economy and Fair Work Committee

New Deal for Business

Meeting date: 26 February 2025

Lorna Slater

The interesting conversation is about what businesses need, if science says that we have to do X, in order to get there. What is realistic for them?

Economy and Fair Work Committee

New Deal for Business

Meeting date: 26 February 2025

Lorna Slater

Thank you, convener. My question is directed primarily to Tony Rodgers, because Nathalie Agnew, who talked about B corps, Claire Mack, who works in renewables, and Jane Wood, who pointed out that housing is highly regulated, all live within our bubble a bit. I am an electrical and mechanical engineer by trade, and I have spent many happy hours shining a little penlight down a fibre optic cable and shouting, “I’ve lit number 1. Which one’s coming up?”, so I get what you do and why it is important.

Economy and Fair Work Committee

New Deal for Business

Meeting date: 26 February 2025

Lorna Slater

What do terms such as “wellbeing economy”, “net zero” and “nature positive” mean to you, as a typical successful Scottish businessman? Do they mean anything to you? Do Scottish businesses know what they mean? Do you know what role you play in all that, or is it all just opaque?

Economy and Fair Work Committee

New Deal for Business

Meeting date: 26 February 2025

Lorna Slater

That is a really interesting approach. Targets are set on the basis of—

Economy and Fair Work Committee

New Deal for Business

Meeting date: 26 February 2025

Lorna Slater

You guys have had loads of time, come on.

Economy and Fair Work Committee

New Deal for Business

Meeting date: 26 February 2025

Lorna Slater

That is the bit that I am interested in. I agree about the jargon of “wellbeing economy” and “net zero”. How do businesspeople look at their own businesses and employees in relation to terms such as “the circular economy”? Again, nobody knows what that means.

Economy and Fair Work Committee

New Deal for Business

Meeting date: 26 February 2025

Lorna Slater

Reporting is an incentive for taking things forward.

Economy and Fair Work Committee

New Deal for Business

Meeting date: 26 February 2025

Lorna Slater

I have heard that the businesses that you represent are broadly on board. They understand that part of the wellbeing economy is about paying living wages and that the circular economy means looking at what happens to their waste and making their processes more efficient. People get it, but they are struggling with having the resources and bandwidth to actually do it. Is that a reasonable summary?

SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review Committee

SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review

Meeting date: 20 February 2025

Lorna Slater

One of my follow-up questions relates to something that you alluded to earlier. With regard to the title “commissioner”, within the SPCB supported bodies there are commissioners but there are also, for example, ombudsmen, and there are roles outwith the SPCB supported bodies that have the title “commissioner”. Is the title “commissioner” useful for describing your role or all the roles that are covered by that title?

SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review Committee

SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review

Meeting date: 20 February 2025

Lorna Slater

I absolutely understand the importance of the independence aspect. When we were speaking with the Ethical Standards Commissioner and the Standards Commission for Scotland, they spoke about the importance to them of separating the investigative role from the adjudication role. However, for your role, the two are combined. I am just trying to understand why it is different for them from how it is for you.