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Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee
Meeting date: 14 September 2021
Mark Ruskell
Could there be a way of socialising that even further and supplying local communities?
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee
Meeting date: 14 September 2021
Mark Ruskell
That is okay—it has been an interesting session. I will pick up on the cabinet secretary’s comment about behavioural change. One of the advantages of having a public energy company or companies is that you can drive public confidence to make changes to how we heat our homes or to take the interventions that are needed. I am thinking about what could emerge from the agency. Instead of having a national energy company supplying electricity, could we, for example, have more municipal public ownership of the heat networks or the other solutions that we need in communities? Could there be a different approach to heat rather than having a national energy company that competes with the big six?
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee
Meeting date: 14 September 2021
Mark Ruskell
At COP, we will have the launch of the beyond oil and gas alliance, which is led by Denmark, Costa Rica, New Zealand, France and other states that are accelerating their just transition for the oil and gas sectors. I think that the Welsh Government has been in discussions on BOGA. Are you aware of it and will you seek to engage with it?
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee
Meeting date: 14 September 2021
Mark Ruskell
To be fair, the question was specifically about this policy.
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee
Meeting date: 14 September 2021
Mark Ruskell
Could that link into the target to decarbonise all public buildings as we move towards the hospitals and major national health service facilities that have huge heat demands?
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee
Meeting date: 14 September 2021
Mark Ruskell
I have questions about the whole thing. Was the Scottish Government developing a set of due diligence measures on forest risk commodities last year, when the bill was being developed?
Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee
Meeting date: 9 September 2021
Mark Ruskell
So what will success look like? Is it about maintaining the 2.5 per cent viewing share?
Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee
Meeting date: 9 September 2021
Mark Ruskell
Thank you very much, convener. I look forward to the work ahead. I have nothing to declare.
Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee
Meeting date: 9 September 2021
Mark Ruskell
I will wrap up on a couple of points that have been made. The Ofcom review suggests that there should be more of a spread of public service media across different providers. How would that affect the BBC’s relationship with such providers? Its relationship with some online providers has certainly been a bit frosty. Would spreading public service media across different providers improve the relationship, or would it provide a challenge? Would there still be partnership, or would that lead to more competition?
Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee
Meeting date: 9 September 2021
Mark Ruskell
One part of that ecology, as you call it, is the Kelvin hall studio. What contribution do you think will be made through that capacity? How will it enhance the entire sector’s ability to produce content in Scotland?
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