Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 04 October 2023
04 Oct 2023 · S6 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Energy Bill
The next item of business is a debate on motion S6M-10709, in the name of Gillian Martin, on a legislative consent motion on the Energy Bill, United Kingdom legislation.
I would be grateful if members who wish to speak in the debate were to press their request-to-speak buttons.
I call Gillian Martin to speak to and move the motion, for up to seven minutes.
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The Presiding Officer (Alison Johnstone)
NPA
The next item of business is a debate on motion S6M-10709, in the name of Gillian Martin, on a legislative consent motion on the Energy Bill, United Kingdom ...
The Minister for Energy and the Environment (Gillian Martin)
SNP
As our energy consenting powers are largely executively devolved rather than legislatively devolved, any changes to those schemes require the agreement of th...
The Presiding Officer
NPA
I call Douglas Lumsden to speak for up to six minutes. 17:06
Douglas Lumsden (North East Scotland) (Con)
Con
We are happy to support the legislative consent motion if not the tone in which the minister has presented it to the chamber this afternoon. It is heartenin...
Sarah Boyack (Lothian) (Lab)
Lab
Labour will support the LCM at decision time. The Energy Bill that is currently progressing through the UK Parliament is the first piece of energy legislatio...
Gillian Martin
SNP
First, I will address some of Douglas Lumsden’s questions, and points that were raised by Sarah Boyack. Douglas Lumsden asked about a memorandum of understa...