Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 18 June 2025
18 Jun 2025 · S6 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Parliamentary Bureau Motions
The member omits from his remarks that the United Kingdom Government granted very limited exemptions to the internal market act, one of the conditions of which was that the deposit not be determined—not only that the plastic be removed but, specifically, that the deposit not be determined.
It is not possible to launch a deposit return scheme without knowing what the deposit is, so the member is not being accurate in how he represents the reasons why the internal market act prevented the launch of Scotland’s scheme.
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The Presiding Officer (Alison Johnstone)
NPA
The next item of business is consideration of Parliamentary Bureau motion S6M-18004, on the approval of a Scottish statutory instrument. I invite Jamie Hepbu...
Douglas Lumsden (North East Scotland) (Con)
Con
Although we will support the SSI, we have serious concerns about what has been put in front of us and the lack of detail that we are being asked to approve. ...
Lorna Slater (Lothian) (Green)
Green
The member omits from his remarks that the United Kingdom Government granted very limited exemptions to the internal market act, one of the conditions of whi...
Douglas Lumsden
Con
I thank Lorna Slater for that intervention—the system’s administrator Circularity Scotland was clear that it was happy enough for the scheme to take place. ...
The Presiding Officer
NPA
Let us hear one another.
Douglas Lumsden
Con
—and we have got such big exposure from Biffa. One must ask oneself: why is the devolved Government happy to have a DRS that excludes glass now, but to have...
The Presiding Officer
NPA
Thank you—members, let us carry out our proceedings in an atmosphere of courtesy and respect. I call Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Transport, to respon...
The Cabinet Secretary for Transport (Fiona Hyslop)
SNP
I thank the member for the further opportunity to discuss the draft deposit return scheme designation order. To Mr Carlaw, I point out that I have been prepa...
The Presiding Officer
NPA
The question on the motion will be put at decision time. The next item of business is consideration of Parliamentary Bureau motion S6M-18005, on the approva...
Maurice Golden (North East Scotland) (Con)
Con
I want to make clear that deposit return schemes can have a positive effect on the recycling rates for those items in the scheme, and a limited effect on ove...
The Presiding Officer
NPA
I call Fiona Hyslop, cabinet secretary—
Fergus Ewing (Inverness and Nairn) (SNP)
SNP
On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I seek your guidance. From my hearing of what the cabinet secretary said, she told Parliament that there is represent...
The Presiding Officer
NPA
As an experienced member, Mr Ewing will be aware of the mechanisms that exist and of the fact that the content of members’ contributions is not ordinarily a ...
Fiona Hyslop
SNP
I thank Maurice Golden for the opportunity to again discuss the draft Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland Amendment Regulations 2025. DRS forms part of th...
The Presiding Officer
NPA
The question on the motion will be put at decision time. The next item of business is consideration of two Parliamentary Bureau motions. I ask Jamie Hepburn...
The Presiding Officer
NPA
The question on the motion will be put at decision time.