- Asked by: Lorna Slater, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 February 2025
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Current Status:
Answered by Gillian Martin on 4 March 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what conditions it sets on renewable energy supply chains to invest in Scottish content where possible.
Answer
Maximising the economic opportunity for the Scottish supply chain from our renewable potential is a key focus for our Green Industrial Strategy, published in September 2024.
We are investing up to £500 million over five years in the offshore wind supply chain, which is expected to leverage additional private investment of £1.5 billion in the infrastructure and manufacturing facilities critical to growing the sector. This investment will support thousands of new jobs and maximise economic value to Scotland.
Through the Supply Chain Development Statements process, offshore wind developers have made commitments to invest an average of £1.5bn per project across the 20 ScotWind developments in the Scottish supply chain. These commitments are an integral part of the leasing process and are intended to drive developer engagement with the supply chain from the very outset of project development.
The UK Government’s Clean Industry Bonus will provide extra revenue support to offshore wind developers who choose to invest in cleaner supply chains, and in supply chains in the UK’s most deprived areas. We expect both Scottish offshore wind projects and supply chain to benefit from this new initiative.
Through the Onshore Wind Sector Deal we are continuing to see positive engagement with industry on publishing data on the percentage of local content in the supply chain, which will help to illustrate the economic impact developments for communities and Scotland’s regional and national economies.
- Asked by: Lorna Slater, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 February 2025
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Current Status:
Answered by Gillian Martin on 3 March 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether (a) enterprise and (b) infrastructure funding is currently targeted at low-carbon, green manufacturing, and how it ensures that companies in receipt of such public money are supporting jobs in Scotland.
Answer
The Scottish Government is committed to supporting the net zero economy. Together with our enterprise agencies, we have invested £75 million in the cutting-edge National Manufacturing Institute Scotland facility, which is actively supporting low-carbon and green manufacturing.
We are also committing £2.9 billion of capital for activities that will positively impact our climate goals and support domestic manufacturing in green sectors, including over £300 million in energy efficiency and clean heat measures and £150 million to anchor our offshore wind supply chain.
Our Enterprise Agencies play a key role in supporting our low-carbon, green manufacturing sector, for example through funding streams and links to Business Energy Scotland and the Scottish Manufacturing Advisory Service.
- Asked by: Lorna Slater, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 28 February 2025
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Current Status:
Answer expected on 14 March 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) start and (b) end date is for the target in the Zero Waste Scotland’s Corporate Plan to reduce the extraction of raw materials by one third; what data was used to arrive at this target, and for what reason the figure of one third was set.
Answer
Answer expected on 14 March 2025
- Asked by: Lorna Slater, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 28 February 2025
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Current Status:
Answer expected on 14 March 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the cost to (a) local authorities and (b) businesses in Scotland of including incineration as part of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) in 2028.
Answer
Answer expected on 14 March 2025
- Asked by: Lorna Slater, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 28 February 2025
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Current Status:
Answer expected on 14 March 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to (a) mitigate any costs and (b) provide other support to local authorities in Scotland in relation to the inclusion of incineration as part of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) in 2028.
Answer
Answer expected on 14 March 2025
- Asked by: Lorna Slater, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 28 February 2025
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Current Status:
Answer expected on 14 March 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how banning fossil-based plastic from incineration, as proposed at recommendation 17 of the report, Stop, Sort, Burn, Bury? Independent Review of the Role of Incineration in the Waste Hierarchy in Scotland, could mitigate the impact of the inclusion of incineration in the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) in 2028.
Answer
Answer expected on 14 March 2025
- Asked by: Lorna Slater, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 February 2025
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Current Status:
Answered by Kate Forbes on 28 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made on enabling local authorities or regions to set their own local industrial plans.
Answer
Growing the economy is one of the Scottish Government's top priorities, and Scotland's regional economies, and Regional Economic Partnerships (REPs), are key to delivering this. We are committed to building a resilient and equitable economy where all regions can thrive and contribute to national prosperity.
This includes supporting our regions to develop their own regional economic strategies. These are led by the regions themselves, allowing the aims and priorities to specifically respond to regional needs and opportunities. Many REPs now have published and well-established strategies, setting their direction cohesively, and strongly demonstrating their plans for economic growth which enables clearer prioritisation and decision-making when seeking targeted support.
- Asked by: Lorna Slater, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 February 2025
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Current Status:
Answered by Alasdair Allan on 27 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to provide an update to the paper, Decarbonising Scotland’s Industrial Sectors and Sites, published in April 2019.
Answer
Policies to support the decarbonisation of Scotland’s manufacturing base will be summarised in the forthcoming Climate Change Plan which is being informed by discussion with representatives from key industrial sectors.
- Asked by: Lorna Slater, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 February 2025
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 20 February 2025
Question to be taken in Chamber.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 20 February 2025
- Asked by: Lorna Slater, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 03 February 2025
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 6 February 2025
Question to be taken in Chamber.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 6 February 2025