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Meeting of the Parliament 25 March 2025

25 Mar 2025 · S6 · Meeting of the Parliament

Item of business

Clydeport Conservancy Fee

Hyslop, Fiona SNP Linlithgow Watch on SPTV

In closing, I would encourage anyone with views on the specific issue being debated tonight to engage fully with any forthcoming consultation, but I also thank members for raising wider and more general issues surrounding it. The issue has brought to the fore some of the historical nature of the regulation that is currently in place on this area, and that is something that, as I have said, I will take away and reflect on. Other important points have been made; for example, the issue of standards and expectations has, rightly, been raised in a variety of contributions, and I will reflect on that, too.

I hope that, in setting out my legal responsibilities, I have been able to indicate why I cannot give an opinion on what has been said today. However, I have certainly listened carefully to the well-considered and well-crafted points that members have made.

Meeting closed at 17:51.

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The Deputy Presiding Officer (Annabelle Ewing) SNP

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Stuart McMillan (Greenock and Inverclyde) (SNP) SNP

I thank colleagues from across the chamber for supporting the motion for debate and my previous motion on the matter. The issue is important and needs to b...

Kenneth Gibson (Cunninghame North) (SNP) SNP

I congratulate my colleague Stuart McMillan on bringing this important matter to the chamber and on his work over nearly two decades in supporting the recrea...

Brian Whittle (South Scotland) (Con) Con

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Paul Sweeney (Glasgow) (Lab) Lab

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Clare Adamson (Motherwell and Wishaw) (SNP) SNP

I grew up virtually on the banks of the Clyde, just beside Strathclyde park, and “Song of the Clyde” was one of the first songs that I remember being taught ...

Katy Clark (West Scotland) (Lab) Lab

I congratulate Stuart McMillan on securing the debate, and I congratulate every member who has spoken. I agree that the proposed fees are far from reasonable...

Paul Sweeney Lab

My friend has made very powerful points about the lack of accountability. Does she agree that one of the key challenges on the upper Clyde is the lack of reg...

Katy Clark Lab

Lack of maintenance has been an issue in many areas. Indeed, some of us are very aware of the situation at Ardrossan harbour, where the failure to maintain t...

Marie McNair (Clydebank and Milngavie) (SNP) SNP

I congratulate Stuart McMillan MSP on securing the debate. I know that he has done a lot of work to get Peel Ports to abandon its proposal, because the decis...

The Cabinet Secretary for Transport (Fiona Hyslop) SNP

I thank Stuart McMillan for his work in highlighting a number of issues of importance to the maritime sector, both in Parliament tonight and through his role...

Brian Whittle Con

I appreciate what the cabinet secretary says about these being private companies in which the Scottish Government cannot intervene, but does the Scottish Gov...

Fiona Hyslop SNP

The role played by that area of Government is limited and tends to apply to the marine sector and marine operations. Due to the importance of the issue that...

Paul Sweeney Lab

I appreciate the cabinet secretary’s points regarding the provisions of the 1964 act, but could she also allude to the need for greater regulatory oversight ...

Fiona Hyslop SNP

In closing, I would encourage anyone with views on the specific issue being debated tonight to engage fully with any forthcoming consultation, but I also tha...