Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 11 June 2025
11 Jun 2025 · S6 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Parliamentary Bureau Motions
The Scottish Conservatives, too, will be voting against the SSI. Does Ariane Burgess agree that these regulatory changes are premature and that we need to see the evidence first—as, I think, she hinted—so as not to replicate the inshore industry’s issues offshore? As the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation set out in its evidence to the committee, there has been no investigation into what impact extending the boundaries will have on wild fish stocks and on migratory salmon.
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The Presiding Officer (Alison Johnstone)
NPA
The next item of business is consideration of Parliamentary Bureau motion S6M-17895, on approval of a Scottish statutory instrument. I ask Jamie Hepburn to m...
Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green)
Green
I acknowledge that we all share a common goal: to manage our marine environment in a way that is responsible, non-polluting and forward looking. The aquacult...
Jamie Halcro Johnston (Highlands and Islands) (Con)
Con
The Scottish Conservatives, too, will be voting against the SSI. Does Ariane Burgess agree that these regulatory changes are premature and that we need to se...
Ariane Burgess
Green
I agree with Jamie Halcro Johnston on the issues that he has raised. The welfare of farm fish in offshore conditions is still largely unknown. As the Roy...
The Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands (Mairi Gougeon)
SNP
Marine planning zones define the boundaries of designated planning authorities’ responsibilities for planning controls of marine fish and shellfish farms in ...
Finlay Carson (Galloway and West Dumfries) (Con)
Con
It is important to understand that my colleagues and I believe that we need to push some fish farms further offshore to reduce their impact, but does the cab...
Mairi Gougeon
SNP
I do not quite understand the member’s point. If I may focus on the SSI, we are trying to close a gap in legislation, which I think is the perfectly right th...
The Presiding Officer
NPA
The next item of business is consideration of six Parliamentary Bureau motions. I ask Jamie Hepburn, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, to move motions S...
The Presiding Officer
NPA
The question on the motions will be put at decision time.