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Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 17 December 2024
Mark Ruskell
It is a gap in relation to these regulations, is it not?
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 17 December 2024
Mark Ruskell
Okay, but you are a science-based organisation, so what does that tell you, as scientists, about ammonia levels? If ammonia levels are going up, would you see that as a failure of regulation?
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 17 December 2024
Mark Ruskell
That would be very welcome. Let me consider this from the perspective of a constituent. Let us say that I have a constituent who lives close to a dairy farm and that members of the family have particular lung health conditions that are exacerbated by particulates that are derived from ammonia. The family is looking for regulation, for answers to those problems and for action to be taken by the polluter. If they called your helpline, what information would you give them? Where do they sit in the authorisation framework?
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 10 December 2024
Mark Ruskell
The conversation about new crofts is tantalising. The committee recently held a meeting in Perthshire, where there was a lot of interest in forest crofts, and Forestry and Land Scotland is doing some work that is particularly exciting for young people.
Andrew Thin, you mentioned national parks. Would any reform of the powers or functions of the national parks be required in order to deliver more crofts within the park areas? We have only two current national parks, but a third one may be on the way.
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 10 December 2024
Mark Ruskell
We keep going back to your previous roles.
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 10 December 2024
Mark Ruskell
You have mentioned lotting a number of times. Before we leave that subject, does anyone want to reflect more on what is currently in the bill? We have heard a lot of comments from stakeholders about the lotting process. Do you want to comment on lotting?
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 10 December 2024
Mark Ruskell
Okay. I presume that Andrew Thin and Gary Campbell are not going to comment on that. I see that they are not.
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 10 December 2024
Mark Ruskell
Is there a time horizon, rather than a date, by which you expect to be in compliance with that important international treaty on the environment?
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 10 December 2024
Mark Ruskell
If there is a date for that, it would be useful for this committee and the compliance committee to know what it is.
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 10 December 2024
Mark Ruskell
Right. What about the outcome of that?